People of African Descent of the Americas, Racial Discrimination, and Quality of the Health Services

The WHO urges countries to consider the link between racial discrimination and health and, in particular, the need for further research to study the links between health outcomes and racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance. This article is carried out within the framework...

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Autores: Pino Marchito, Sandra del, Gómez Salgado, Juan, Domínguez Gómez, José Andrés, Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Public policy
Universal access to health
Universal health coverage
Accessibility to health services
Quality of health services
Racism
Ethnic inequality
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spelling People of African Descent of the Americas, Racial Discrimination, and Quality of the Health ServicesPino Marchito, Sandra delGómez Salgado, JuanDomínguez Gómez, José AndrésRuiz Frutos, CarlosPublic policyUniversal access to healthUniversal health coverageAccessibility to health servicesQuality of health servicesRacismEthnic inequalityThe WHO urges countries to consider the link between racial discrimination and health and, in particular, the need for further research to study the links between health outcomes and racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance. This article is carried out within the framework of approximation work towards health‐related ethnic inequalities among the population of African descent of the Americas. A qualitative methodology was used to conduct 20 in‐depth interviews with a group of key informants composed of leaders of African descent, officials from the ministries of health, international health agencies, and international technicians specialised in African descent health and interculturality from six different countries. The extracted data were categorised and encoded, generating quotations and concept maps with Atlas.ti v.8.2. The concurrency coefficients made it possible to link the codes of each subcategory with the central analytical category. The racial discrimination experienced by people of African descent and the quality of health services received poses a problem. Discrimination is faced in all countries, affecting access to services and the quality of health care, and greater discrimination against women is also detected. This shows the need for an activistpolicy and for the inclusion of specific variables in surveys, censuses, and records in order that they may be researched. Claims are made about the complementary role that traditional medicine may play and the fact that the intercultural approach may be a useful strategy for addressing inequalities. The interviewees agree with the reference theory on the existence of racial discrimination and segregation regarding the African descent population of the Americas and how this translates into ethnic inequities in the field of health. Proposals have been put forward both on how to deepen research and how to contribute to the reduction of ethnic inequalities in health issues.MDPI20202020-08-0120202020-08-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10272/18795reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/187952026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv People of African Descent of the Americas, Racial Discrimination, and Quality of the Health Services
title People of African Descent of the Americas, Racial Discrimination, and Quality of the Health Services
spellingShingle People of African Descent of the Americas, Racial Discrimination, and Quality of the Health Services
Pino Marchito, Sandra del
Public policy
Universal access to health
Universal health coverage
Accessibility to health services
Quality of health services
Racism
Ethnic inequality
title_short People of African Descent of the Americas, Racial Discrimination, and Quality of the Health Services
title_full People of African Descent of the Americas, Racial Discrimination, and Quality of the Health Services
title_fullStr People of African Descent of the Americas, Racial Discrimination, and Quality of the Health Services
title_full_unstemmed People of African Descent of the Americas, Racial Discrimination, and Quality of the Health Services
title_sort People of African Descent of the Americas, Racial Discrimination, and Quality of the Health Services
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pino Marchito, Sandra del
Gómez Salgado, Juan
Domínguez Gómez, José Andrés
Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
author Pino Marchito, Sandra del
author_facet Pino Marchito, Sandra del
Gómez Salgado, Juan
Domínguez Gómez, José Andrés
Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Gómez Salgado, Juan
Domínguez Gómez, José Andrés
Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
author2_role author
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Public policy
Universal access to health
Universal health coverage
Accessibility to health services
Quality of health services
Racism
Ethnic inequality
topic Public policy
Universal access to health
Universal health coverage
Accessibility to health services
Quality of health services
Racism
Ethnic inequality
description The WHO urges countries to consider the link between racial discrimination and health and, in particular, the need for further research to study the links between health outcomes and racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance. This article is carried out within the framework of approximation work towards health‐related ethnic inequalities among the population of African descent of the Americas. A qualitative methodology was used to conduct 20 in‐depth interviews with a group of key informants composed of leaders of African descent, officials from the ministries of health, international health agencies, and international technicians specialised in African descent health and interculturality from six different countries. The extracted data were categorised and encoded, generating quotations and concept maps with Atlas.ti v.8.2. The concurrency coefficients made it possible to link the codes of each subcategory with the central analytical category. The racial discrimination experienced by people of African descent and the quality of health services received poses a problem. Discrimination is faced in all countries, affecting access to services and the quality of health care, and greater discrimination against women is also detected. This shows the need for an activistpolicy and for the inclusion of specific variables in surveys, censuses, and records in order that they may be researched. Claims are made about the complementary role that traditional medicine may play and the fact that the intercultural approach may be a useful strategy for addressing inequalities. The interviewees agree with the reference theory on the existence of racial discrimination and segregation regarding the African descent population of the Americas and how this translates into ethnic inequities in the field of health. Proposals have been put forward both on how to deepen research and how to contribute to the reduction of ethnic inequalities in health issues.
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