The Policy, Evidence, Advocacy, and Community Engagement for Health Justice (PEACE) Center
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Addressing the root causes of health inequities
Overview
Our Mission
The PEACE Center’s approach to addressing the root causes of health inequities in the early 21st century is to focus on racism within and the profession.
Specifically, to:
- Identify ways institutional or overt forms of racism within the field may inadvertently bias understandings or hamper the ability to respond effectively
- Build the capacity of public health professionals to develop effective interventions to mitigate the health impacts of racism.
All of the center’s work is guided by the Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP) framework.
Our Objectives
- To develop theory-informed 21st century strategies to advance health equity while documenting and challenging racism within and beyond the public health profession
- To build the capacity of public health professionals to develop rigorous interventions to mitigate the public health impacts of racism.
Our Projects
The Sankofa Project
The Sankofa Project gleans lessons learned about how to navigate institutional and overt forms of racism and other threats to health equity work from the experiences of health equity pioneers.
The SCIENCE Project
The Social Construction In Empirical Norms, Constructs, and Evidence (SCIENCE) Project identifies racialized biases in the public health evidence base and examines their role in shaping responses to health inequities.
The Racism Teaching Guide & Curriculum Project
This project develops and evaluates a set of tools for use with the edited book Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional, 2nd Edition, written by PEACE Center Director Chandra Ford, PhD.
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