Navigating Hostile Workplaces and Educational Spaces Within Health Services and Policy Research

Taylor B. Rogers, Kevin Q. Graham, Carmen R. Mitchell, Tongtan Chantarat, Michelle J. Ko · 2024

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Taylor Rogers and four co-authors report how minoritized researchers experience health policy workplaces and training, in a 2024 study. Representation in the field has grown in recent years. Equity inside its institutions has lagged behind. Twenty-seven researchers joined six online focus groups. Nearly half identified as Black, and most were women. Themes were drawn from structured coding of the talks.

Three themes stood out. Work and school spaces subject minoritized staff to exclusion and harm. Diversity programs often fail to drive real institutional change. Policy work also exposes researchers to shifting politics that reinforce racism. Participants offered fixes aimed at inclusion at every level. The authors call for intentional, action-oriented reform. A workforce able to advance health equity needs equitable homes, they argue.

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CREATORTaylor B. Rogers, Kevin Q. Graham, Carmen R. Mitchell, Tongtan Chantarat, Michelle J. Ko
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE35 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11671308

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