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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

339381
Ending Structural Racism


Monday, November 2, 2015 : 9:35 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.

Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, Chicago, IL
Audio (mp3) recording
This presentation will explore actions needed to end structural racism in the USA. The role of governmental and non-governmental public health agencies will be discussed.

Learning Areas:

Diversity and culture
Public health or related public policy
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Describe the historical roots of structural racism in the USA. Compare and contrast efforts to eliminate structural racism in the USA with other nations. Categorize and analyze policies designed to reduce and eliminate structural racism in the USA.

Keyword(s): Public Health Policy

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have designed courses and curriculum to address health inequities and racism in the United States for over 50 years.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 3009.0: Racism and Public Health