HSCI 130 Lecture - Racism, Discrimination & Ethnic Differences in Health Pt 2

A set of vocabulary flashcards derived from lecture notes on racism, discrimination, and their impacts on health, focusing on Indigenous experiences and immigrant health effects.

Indigenous-specific Racism

Racism that specifically targets Indigenous peoples, often leading to discrimination and poor health care outcomes.

Healthy Immigrant Effect

The phenomenon where immigrants arrive in a new country in better health than the native population, which deteriorates over time due to various factors.

Stereotyping

Generalized beliefs or assumptions about a group of people that can lead to discrimination and biased treatment.

Covert Racism

Subtle or hidden forms of racism that are often not overtly expressed but still manifest in discriminatory behaviors.

Discrimination at Point of Care

The unfair treatment of patients based on their identity or background during healthcare interactions.

Acculturation Stress

The stress experienced by individuals when adapting to a new culture, which can negatively impact their health.

Socio-economic Disadvantage

A condition where individuals or groups have lower socio-economic status, which is often linked to poorer health outcomes.

Racism in Healthcare

Discriminatory practices based on race or ethnicity that negatively affect the quality of healthcare received by certain groups.

Cultural Dismissal

The failure to recognize or validate a person's cultural practices and beliefs, particularly in healthcare settings.

Health Inequity

Differences in health outcomes or access to healthcare services that are unjust and preventable, often based on social disadvantage.

Systemic Racism

Racism embedded in the laws, policies, institutions, and practices of a society that results in structural disadvantages for certain racial groups.

Implicit Bias

Unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions towards a person or group without our awareness.

Microaggressions

Brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial slights and insults toward a person or group.

Cultural Humility

A lifelong commitment to self-reflection and self-critique, to redressing power imbalances in the patient-provider dynamic, and to developing mutually beneficial and non-paternalistic clinical and advocacy partnerships with communities.