Commentary: Just what is critical race theory and what’s it doing in a progressive field like public health?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 28, Issue , 2018, Pages 223-230

  Ford, Chandra L ^a   Airhihenbuwa, Collins O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical race theory; Public health; Public health critical race praxis; Racism

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; REVIEW; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY;

EDUCATION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 85052724666     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: 19450826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18865/ed.28.S1.223     Document Type: Review

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