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Moving Towards Intersec2onality,

Equity, and Inclusion

ChackuMathaiSaeKim

OryxCohen

Our Power is in Our Difference

PeminaYellowbird

Power and Privilege

Theabilitytodecidewhowillhaveaccesstoresources;thecapacitytodirectorinfluencethebehaviorofothers,oneself,and/orthecourseofevents.

Unearnedaccesstoresourcesonlyreadilyavailabletosomepeopleasaresultoftheiradvantagedsocialgroupmembership.

Health Equity: A Process Or Outcome?

HealthequityistheassuranceofthecondiIonsforopImalhealthforallpeople.Achievinghealthequityrequires:•  valuingallindividualsandpopulaIonsequally,•  recognizingandrecIfyinghistoricalinjusIces,and•  addressingcontemporaryinjusIcesbyprovidingresourcesaccordingtoneed.

Healthandhealthcaredispari/eswillbeeliminatedwhenhealthequityisachieved.

Intersec2onality

Thecomplex,cumula/vewayinwhichtheeffectsofmul/pleformsofdiscrimina/on(suchasracism,sexism,andclassism)combine,overlap,orintersect,especiallyintheexperiencesofmarginalizedindividualsorgroups.

Intersec2onality

•  CoinedbyProfessorKimberléCrenshawin1989

•  Describeshowrace,class,gender,andotheraspectsofouridenIty“intersect,”overlapandinteractwithoneanother

•  Informshowindividualssimultaneouslyexperienceoppressionandprivilege

•  PromotestheideathataspectsofouridenItydonotworkinasilo.

•  (CenterfortheStudyofSocialPolicy)www.cssp.org)

Blank Social Matrix (Kliman, 2008)

Social Matrix completed

Steps We Can Take As Organiza2onal Leaders •  Advanceandembedraceequityandinclusion

inyourorganizaIonasanexplicitpriority•  UIlizeanequityandinclusionframeworkthat

isexplicitaboutracism

•  Supportyourcommunity/stafftoidenIfyandanalyzetherootcausesofracialinequiIes

•  Learnthekeyterms,conceptsanddefiniIonsrelevanttoraceequity

•  Developthecapacitytotalkaboutraceissuesandestablishsharedvaluesandacommonunderstanding

•  Setgoalsforracialequityandtrackandmeasureprogress

•  AssesstheimpactofpoliciesandotheracIonsonracialandethnicgroups

Resources

RobertWoodsJohnsonFoundaIononHealthEquityh`ps://www.rwjf.org/en/library/features/achieving-health-equity.htmlUnderstandingRaceh`ps://www.understandingrace.org/ResourcesProjectImplicith`ps://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/SAMHSABehavioralHealthEquityh`ps://www.samhsa.gov/behavioral-health-equityCenterforDiseaseControlonHealthEquityh`ps://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/healthequity/index.htm

References

•  Smedley,BrianD.(2014)EliminaIngHealthDispariIesByAdvancingHealthEquity,AmericanPsychologicalAssociaIon(APA)StrategicIniIaIveonHealthDispariIes

•  Havinsky,O.(2014).Intersec/onality101.Vancouver,BC:InsItuteforIntersecIonalityResearchandPolicy

•  CDCHealthDispariIes&InequaliIesReport–UnitedStates,2013,Morbidity&MortalityWeeklyReport(MMWR)Supplement,November22,2013,Vol.62,SupplementNo.3,pg.1-187

•  Reicherzer,S.,Shavel,S.,Pa`on,J.,(2013)ExaminingResearchIssuesofPowerandPrivilegeWithinaGender-MarginalizedCommunity.JournalofSocial,Behavioral,andHealthSciences,Volume7,Issue1,Pages79–97

•  Cole,E.(2009)IntersecIonalityandresearchinpsychology.AmericanPsychologist,Vol.64no.3170-180

•  Prilletensky,I.,(2008)TheAssessmentofPowerThroughPsychopoliIcalValidity.JournalofCommunityPsychology,Volume36,Issue2,pages116-136

•  ANewWaytoTalkAboutSocialDeterminantsofHealth;2010RobertWoodJohnsonFoundaIon

•  Kliman,J.withBedoya,A.&DiChiara,C.(2008).IntersecIngdomainsofprivilegeandmarginalizaIon:LocaIngoneselfinasocialmatrix.Massachuse`sSchoolofProfessionalPsychology

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