Can intersectionality help with understanding and tackling health inequalities? Perspectives of professional stakeholders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The concept of "intersectionality" is increasingly employed within public health arenas, particularly in North America, and is often heralded as offering great potential to advance health inequalities research and action. Given persistently poor progress towards tackling health inequalities, and recent calls to reframe this agenda in the United Kingdom and Europe, the possible contribution of intersectionality deserves attention. Yet, no existing research has examined professional stakeholder understandings and perspectives on applying intersectionality to this field.

Methods

In this paper we seek to address that gap, drawing upon a consultation survey and face-to-face workshop (n = 23) undertaken in the United Kingdom. The survey included both researchers (n = 53

SUBMITTER: Holman D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8227357 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature