Structural Competency and Reproductive Health

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ID15744324
AutoresMargaret Mary Downey (0000-0002-9971-7882, Social Welfare Department, autor correspondente), Anne M Gomez (0000-0002-9461-4411, Social Welfare Department)
Ano2018
Volume20
Fascículo3
Páginas211-223
Data de publicação2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980
EditoraAmerican Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.peer1-1803
PMID29542432
OpenAlexW2793841786
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas27
Referências 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