Antiracist symptom science: A call to action and path forward

Nurse scientists are increasingly recognizing the experience of racism as a substantial driving force behind health and well-being among individuals and communities (American Academy of Nursing, 2021; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2021). However, symptom science, a pillar of nursing science, has not explicitly highlighted racism as an area of importance. Racism, as conceptualized in Critical Race Theory, is the racially-based oppression of a group by a different group in power (dRworks, 2021) and is a key social determinant of health in the United States (Paradies et al., 2015).

Source: Nursing Outlook - November 15, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Rebecca E. Salomon, Sarah Dobbins, Carolyn Harris, Laurel Haeusslein, Chen-Xi Lin, Katie Reeves, Sarah Richoux, Greg Roussett, Joosun Shin, Carol Dawson-Rose Source Type: research