SSSP 2024 Annual Meeting

Date: Saturday, August 10

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

THEMATIC

Session 044: Health Justice: Addressing Discrimination in Health and Health Care
Room: Hemon

Sponsor: Program Committee

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Raja Staggers-Hakim, University of Connecticut

Description: 

Health justice issues are historical and political in nature. Health outcomes for communities of color and other marginalized groups require further attention by the general public and sociologists to fully achieve health equity. The current session considers longstanding and ongoing health and healthcare concerns that specifically affect people of color or groups that experience intersecting oppressions of race, gender, class, ability, sexuality, and religion. Specifically, panelists will address reproductive health and technology, discrimination in health care, Black maternal health outcomes, and the implications of gender in the conception of the sick role.

Papers:

“Beyond Motherhood: Exploring the Unmet Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Needs in the Medicaid Landscape,” Elizabeth M. Anderson, Indiana University Bloomington, Winner of the Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Division’s Student Paper Competition

“Gendered Legitimacy in the Sick Role: A Survey Experiment of Gender-Typed Head Pain,” Caroline V. Brooks and Emily A. Ekl, Indiana University

“Healthcare Discrimination, Healthcare Avoidance, and Self-rated Health in a Sample of American Indians with Type 2 Diabetes,” Gabby Gomez and Kelley J. Sittner, Oklahoma State University

“Intersectional Dynamics in Black Maternal Health: A Qualitative Study of Gendered Racial Disparities in Maternal Care,” Carla Devonn Brailey and Brittany C. Slatton, Texas Southern University