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Many of the CEMCH Scholars attended this year\u2019s meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA)<\/a>, held in Denver, October 29 – November 2. We will be posting their reflections and highlights this month.
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By Grace Saul, BA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Grace Saul at APHA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A definite highlight of this year\u2019s conference was when APHA President Dr. Camara Jones addressed the full assembly with a powerful speech calling for racism to be named and centered in the field of public health. Using several illustrative metaphors (including, notably, The Gardener\u2019s Tale<\/u><\/a>), Dr. Jones constructed an accessible framework for understanding what racism is, how it is perpetuated, and what barriers we face in seeking to dismantle it in modern society.\u00a0 I was amazed and inspired by Dr. Jones\u2019 ability to synthesize this content into a picture that is easy to understand and to pass on to others.<\/p>\n

During her tenure as President of APHA, Dr. Jones has led an initiative for addressing racism across the field of public health. \u00a0As she explained, our first order of business must be to put racism on the agenda by naming<\/em> it and by establishing systems to rigorously monitor exposures and outcomes that differ along racial lines. \u00a0Next, we must critically examine the mechanisms at work in our systems, policies, practices, norms, and values, paying close attention not only to the existence of harmful policies, but also to the absence of supportive policies. \u00a0Finally, we must organize and strategize to address the structural factors perpetuating racism and unequal access to resources, power, opportunity, and representation.<\/p>\n

Dr. Jones additionally discussed the three principal barriers we face to achieving health equity in this country.\u00a0 First, our culture is a-historical: we resist the understanding that our present condition is organically connected to our past.\u00a0 Second, we have a narrow focus on the individual, which blinds us from seeing important sociological and institutional factors that create and perpetuate racism.\u00a0 And lastly, we ascribe to the myth of meritocracy, ignoring how racism fundamentally shapes opportunities and outcomes.<\/p>\n

It was an honor to be a part of a crowd that greeted Dr. Jones\u2019 message with a standing ovation and a collective commitment to work toward rectifying the historical, institutional injustices that persist today. \u00a0Dr. Jones\u2019 words lingered in my mind throughout the conference as I observed professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds taking a deep interest in one another\u2019s work, asking difficult questions, and coming together as a community to better understand and confront the challenges we face in striving for health equity in our country.<\/p>\n

Grace Saul is a first-year MPH student, concentrating in Maternal and Child Health.\u00a0 She holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in International Development Studies from McGill University and has previously worked in research, monitoring & evaluation, and non-profit program development in Canada, the U.S., and Senegal.\u00a0 Her interests include women\u2019s health, reproductive justice, immigrant and refugee health, social norms theory, health communication, and health policy.\u00a0 She loves mountains, dogs, cities, maps, and photography.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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