Advanced Critical Race Theory Concepts for Health Equity Research

• Researchers, postdoctoral fellows and students engaged in health equity research
• Critical race theorists in the humanities and other disciplines seeking to apply CRT/PHCRP empirically
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion administrators based in schools or programs of public health, medicine, nursing or other health sciences
• Community-based activists and data scientists

Interest in applying Critical Race Theory (CRT) or its public health extension, Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP), to research has grown substantially since 2017; however, few opportunities exist for researchers to strengthen their work’s fidelity to these critical race approaches. This interactive course offers an opportunity for researchers who already have an introductory level of familiarity with critical theory, CRT, or PHCRP to advance their understandings of CRT concepts and approaches further and explore applications to health equity research through interactive learning with others who share these goals. Basic knowledge of CRT preferred. 

Participants will take a tour of CDC Museum, which is across the street from the Emory Rollins School of Public Health. The experience will offer students an additional layer of insight regarding the history and orientation of U.S. public health.

• Describe two contributions that Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP) offers Critical Race Theory (CRT) as it originated in Legal Studies.
• Outline a plan to integrate three CRT concepts (e.g., racial consciousness, critical self-reflection) into a proposed study.
• Use the relational dimension of ethnicity to identify a plausible pathway that may link racism to health or healthcare outcomes among ethnically-identified populations.