Power and Health
Health is re-examined as we take a deep look into race, wealth, and power.
Our health isn’t solely determined by medicine, doctors and genetics. Instead, sociological, economic and racial conditions have a greater impact on our wellbeing. What inevitably shapes these conditions is Power. "Power and Health" examines the role of power in our society and how it can be reshaped through community, belonging and inclusion in order to reshape our health.
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Health inequities are systemic, avoidable and unjust health outcomes ultimately perpetuated by those who have power in society. Here, we explore four examples of health inequities and their relationship to power imbalances.
Racism undergirds the inequities we see in nearly every major measure of health status we have. But there are immediate steps we can take toward transformative solidarity to begin changing our systems and institutions.
Perceptions of public safety impact the physical and mental well-being of residents. In communities like South Los Angeles, racial profiling by police and unequal law enforcement tactics have large impacts for public health.
In Santa Ana, a majority Mexican and renting population is heavily affected by pandemic. Advocates argue that the need to address the community’s lack of affordable housing and green space, crucial public health issues even before coronavirus, is now even more urgent.
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