Race and Health Equity
Consider: Health equity
WATCH
How Racism Makes Us Sick
Health EquityÂ
exists when everyone has access to the conditions needed for optimal health and well-being and and no one is disadvantaged from achieving optimal health and well-being because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.
ACTION
Please continue to get comfortable in your vulnerability as we reflect upon and answer the following questions:
- Reflect on what you have learned from the materials. How do you connect with the information? What stands out?
- Reflect upon the Destination 2027 Report and finding that “[t]here is a 10-year difference in life expectancy depending on who you are and where you live in Arlington.” Does this finding surprise you?
- Legislation is moving through the Virginia General Assembly to declare racism a public health crisis. Review HJ537. If passed, Virginia would become the sixth state in the country to declare racism as a determinant of health. What are your thoughts?
