Putting health inequities on the map: social epidemiology meets medical/health geography––an ecosocial perspective |
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| Authors: | Nancy Krieger |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge 717, Boston, MA 02115, USA |
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| Abstract: | To put on the map: according to the Oxford English Dictionary, whatever is so placed occupies “an important or prominent position” and is “of
some account or importance.” In this brief commentary, I take the opportunity to reflect on several articles by medical/health
geographers and others regarding our Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project and my research, as a social epidemiologist, on the myriad ways racism can harm health. In both cases, my work on these topics
has been motivated by my desire, starting a quarter of a century ago, to put health inequities on the map: as a topic of public
concern, research, and action. The insightful and informative points and questions raised by the geography-oriented articles
underscore the importance of bringing the best of our respective disciplinary insights and expertise to illuminate the profound
connections between social justice and public health, between our bodily truths and the body politic, so as to further the
goal of embodying equity––in an ecologically sustainable world. |
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| Keywords: | Social epidemiology Geocoding Socioeconomic position Racial discrimination Public health surveillance Health inequities |
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