Critical Theory, Culture Change, and Achieving Health Equity in Health Care Settings.

ABSTRACT: Achieving optimal health for all requires confronting the complex legacies of colonialism and white supremacy embedded in all institutions, including health care institutions. As a result, health care organizations committed to health equity must build the capacity of their staff to recognize the contemporary manifestations of these legacies within the organization and to act to eliminate them. In a culture of equity, all employees-individually and collectively-identify and reflect on the organizational dynamics that reproduce health inequities and engage in activities to transform them. The authors describe 5 interconnected change strategies that their medical center uses to build a culture of equity. First, the medical center deliberately grounds diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts

SUBMITTER: Todic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9232289 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature