Structural Competency and Reproductive Health

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15744324
AutoresMargaret Mary Downey (0000-0002-9971-7882, Social Welfare Department, autor de correspondencia), Anne M Gomez (0000-0002-9461-4411, Social Welfare Department)
Año2018
Volumen20
Número3
Páginas211-223
Fecha de publicación2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980
EditorialAmerican Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.peer1-1803
PMID29542432
OpenAlexW2793841786
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas27
Referencias citadas24

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

Environmental health · Ethnic group · Focus (optics · Health equity · Political science · Population · Public health · Reproductive health · Social determinants of health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception