The stories about racism and health: the development of a framework for racism narratives in medical literature using a computational grounded theory approach.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The scientific study of racism as a root cause of health inequities has been hampered by the policies and practices of medical journals. Monitoring the discourse around racism and health inequities (i.e., racism narratives) in scientific publications is a critical aspect of understanding, confronting, and ultimately dismantling racism in medicine. A conceptual framework and multi-level construct is needed to evaluate the changes in the prevalence and composition of racism over time and across journals.

Objective

To develop a framework for classifying racism narratives in scientific medical journals.

Methods

We constructed an initial set of racism narratives based on an exploratory literature search. Using a computational grounded theory approach, we analy

SUBMITTER: Figueroa CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10734166 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature