From Cape Coast to COVID-19: Tracing Health Inequities Through Racialized Space, Collective Trauma, and Slavery Era
Findings reveal that structural racism perpetuates health-compromising conditions and fosters medical mistrust and race-based hierarchy to (re)produce health disparities. Structural and population-level interventions are needed to promote health equity and accelerate the SDG goals such as good health and well-being.
Authors
- Grace Karikari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9023-5393)
- Eric Kyere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3998-6324)
- Jessica Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5152-5822)
- Bianca Smith
Institutions
- Baylor University (US)
- University of North Dakota (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-025-02793-z
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00