The NAM Culture of Health Program will hold a virtual meeting on March 9 and 10, 9:00 am-12:30 pm ET. The objectives of this meeting include:
- Announcing the development of the Systems Impact on Historically and Currently Marginalized Populations publication under the NAM Culture of Health Program.
- Discussing the significance of understanding the history and systems impact of oppression, racism, and widening racial health disparities in light of current social and political contexts.
- Highlighting the social construction of race and ethnicity, describing the shifting definitions of race and ethnicity over time, and elevating how existing racial and ethnic definitions can cause harm and misrepresentation of diverse populations.
- Describing how structural and systemic racism moves through systems to drive health outcomes, and providing illustrative examples of levers of systemic change for advancing health equity within and across racial and ethnic populations.
- Providing an overview of the publication series and development to date, and discussing challenges, opportunities, and potential impact.
