Research Guides: Racial Justice Resource Guide: RACE, MEDICINE &amp; HEALTH

BOOKS AT THE TUC LIBRARY: HISTORY, THEORY, DISPARITIES, POLICY & PLANNING IN RACE, MEDICINE, AND HEALTH

An American Health Dilemma: A Medical History of African Americans and the Problem of Race: Beginnings To 1900 by W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton, 2000
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Black and Blue: the Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism, 1st ed. by John Hoberman, 2012
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Broken Promises: Evaluating the Native American Health Care System by U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2013
Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities by Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, Cynthia T. Cook, and Richard L. O'Brien, 2008
Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself, and the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future by Harriet A. Washington, 2011, 2012
The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills by David A. Ansell, 2017
*ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK.*
Diversity and Cultural Competence in Health Care: A Systems Approach, 1st ed. by Janice L. Dreachslin, M. Jean Gilbert, and Beverly Malone, 2012
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Environmental Racism in the United States and Canada: Seeking Justice and Sustainability by Bruce E. Johansen, 2020
Essentials of Health Justice: A primer by Joel B. Teitelbaum & Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, 2018
*ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK*
Health Care and Immigration: Understanding the Connections by Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Alejandro Portes, and Patricia Fernández-Kelly, 2014
Health Disparities in the United States: Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Determinants of Health, 3rd Edition by Donald A. Barr, 2019
Health Issues in the Black Community, 3rd edition by Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor, and Henrie M. Treadwell, 2009
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, 2010
*EBOOK AND DVD AVAILABLE*
Inequality, Crime, and Health among African American Males: Enduring Social Costs of Racial Inequality by Darnell F. Hawkins and Marino A. Bruce, 2018
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care by Dayna Bowen Matthew, 2015
*ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK.*
Katrina's Imprint: Race and Vulnerability in America by Keith Wailoo, Roland Anglin, and Karen M. O'Neill; Contributions by Richard Mizelle, William Rodgers, Evie Shockley, Lyra Stein, David Troutt, John Aiello, Mia Bay, Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Niki Dickerson, Ann Fabian; Introductions by Karen M. O'Neill, Keith Wailoo, and Jeffrey Dowd, 2010
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty, Second Vintage books edition, Twentieth anniversary edition by Dorothy Roberts, 1998
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington, 2008
The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think and Teach About Human DIfference by Ann Morning, 2011
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement by Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement & Board on Health Care Services; Edited by Cheryl Ulmer, Bernadette McFadden, and David R. Nerenz Institute of Medicine, 2009
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Race Decoded: The Genomic Fight for Social Justice by Catherine Bliss, 2012
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Race in a Bottle: The Story of BiDil and Racialized Medicine in a Post-Genomic Age by Jonathan Kahn, 2012
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional by Chandra L. Ford, Derek M. Griffith, Marino A. Bruce, and Keon L. Gilbert, 2019
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Researcher Race: Social Constructions in the Research Process by Lauren Mizock, Debra A. Harkins, and Renee Morant, 2012
*THIS IS AN EBOOK.*
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care by Institute of Medicine Staff; Board on Health Sciences Policy Staff; Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Committee; Edited by Alan R. Nelson, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Brian D. Smedley, 2002
*ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK.*
Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa
ISBN: 9780385544887
"THIS IS A PRINT BOOK."

VIDEOS: RACISM AND HEALTH OUTCOMES

In Sickness and in Wealth: 1st Episode of the Series Unnatural Causes

"What are the connections between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin colour? Our opening episode travels to Louisville, Kentucky, not to explore whether medical care cures us, but to see why we get sick in the first place, and why patterns of health and illness reflect underlying patterns of class and racial inequities." -from Kanopy website

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to begin watching the film

How Racism Makes Us Sick - David R. Williams - Ted Talk (17:27)

Does Racism Play a Role in Health Inequities? (6:38)

Minority Health Disparities - Michelle's Story (5:09)

Health Inequity: America’s Chronic Condition? - Esteban López - TEDxSanAntonio (11:58)

FILMS AT THE TUC LIBRARY

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, 2017

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to begin watching the film

The “immortal” cells of Henrietta Lacks were used in the development of the polio vaccine, the study of cancer, viruses, in vitro fertilization, cloning and gene mapping, with her genetic property bought and sold without her, or her family’s knowledge. Henrietta Lacks' story uncovers the history of medical research experimentation on African-Americans, bioethical issues and informed consent.

Running Time: 1 hour, 33 minutes

This film is also available as a DVD to check out from the TUC Library.

Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: A Tragedy of Race and Medicine - James H. Jones - Stony Brook University (1:07:23)

Race Based Medication: Bidil and African Americans - Ann Morning - New York University (5:43)

VIDEOS: THE BIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF RACE

Race and Genetics - Dr. Allen Gathman - TEDXSoutheastMissouriState University (10:57)

The Biology of Race in the Absence of Biological Races - Rick Kittles - TEDxNorthwesternU (16:51)

STRUCTURAL COMPETENCY RESOURCES

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) MedEdPORTAL
Competency : Curriculum for Medical Students, Residents, and Interprofessional Teams on the Structural Factors That Produce Health Disparities
Berkeley Rad Med Critical Social Medicine Collective Structural Competency Working Group
Structural Competency Handouts
Northwestern University – National Collaborative for Education to Address the Social Determinants of Health
General Resources
Structuralcompetency.org
Training Materials
Structural Competency Working Group

MEDICINE AND RACE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Medicine And Race: An Annotated Bibliography From Brown University
This collection of articles from Brown University's Alpert Medical School "was created to serve as a resource for medical students, residents, and faculty interested in learning more about how race is used in medicine and how racism results in disparate health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities." - taken from the Brown University Webpage "Medicine and Race: AMS Annotated Bibliography".

RACISM AND PEDIATRIC HEALTH

Racism and Its Effects on Pediatric Health
The editorial board of Pediatrics has compiled a collection of articles published over the last 10 years that focuses on race and its effects on pediatric health issues. All articles in this collection are open access and free to anyone to read.

RACE AND MEDICINE: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Race and Medicine
"A selection of articles on race and medicine, with implications for improving patient care, professional training, research, and public health." taken from the NEJM Race and Medicine homepage.