Title |
Structural Competency and Reproductive Health
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Published in |
The AMA Journal of Ethic, March 2018
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DOI | 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.peer1-1803 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Margaret Mary Downey, Anu Manchikanti Gómez |
Abstract |
Reproductive health disparities-particularly those experienced by racial and ethnic minority groups-are considered a persistent public health issue in the United States. Frameworks that focus on social determinants of health seek to identify the forces producing these disparities, particularly social conditions that create vulnerability to premature death and disease. Such frameworks pose challenges to health care provision, as structural factors can seem immutable to health care professionals trained to treat individual patients. Here, we discuss the links between reproductive health disparities and social determinants of health. We then apply to reproductive health care the structural competency framework, developed by physician-scholars to encourage health care professionals to address health disparities by analyzing and intervening upon sociopolitical forces. |
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Australia | 1 | 6% |
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Scientists | 3 | 18% |
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Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
Researcher | 4 | 8% |
Unspecified | 3 | 6% |
Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 6% |
Other | 10 | 19% |
Unknown | 15 | 28% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 17% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 11% |
Arts and Humanities | 3 | 6% |
Unspecified | 3 | 6% |
Other | 5 | 9% |
Unknown | 16 | 30% |