交叉性:我俩都可以
博客文章作者:
亚洲McCleary-Gaddy博士
多样性与包容性
助理教授
当我看着整个Uthealth的各种亲和力群体时,我敬畏,并受到我们机构能够保留的多样性的鼓励。Within the medical school alone, we have organizations such as the South Asian Medical Student Association (SAMSA), LGBTQ+ Health, Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA), American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), and Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) where students who share that identity converge to discuss their unique experiences. However, what happens when you identify as a lesbian Latina? Do you choose between LMSA, LGBTQ+ Health, and AMWA, or must you be a member of them all since in reality you are a member of them all?
交叉性是一个分析框架,用于了解一个人身份的多个方面如何结合起来创建各种形式的歧视和特权。珍妮特·图兰(Janet Turan)博士等健康专家使用此框架来更好地了解我们不断增长的人群的健康影响。交叉污名被定义为一个人内部多个污名化身份的合并,并解决其对健康的共同影响。污名化是与个人或群体身份相关的负面态度,认知或行为。污名通常以刻板印象,偏见和歧视表现出来。一种卫生的交叉方法使卫生专业人员可以全面思考具有多种污名化身份的生活如何影响行为,个人和人口健康成果,以及这一切如何促进健康不平等。交叉方法还强调了当具有相似身份的人团结的人时出现的独特应对策略。
尽管我污名的形式是一个普遍的现实。该领域的领导者已经开始开发工具和方法,以更好地表征相互污名的机制和影响,例如颜色微侵入量表的LGBT人群或黑人女性量表的刻板印象作用。但是,我们还有很长的路要走!
参考
Turan,J.M.,Elafros,M.A.,Logie,C.H.,Banik,S.,Turan,B.,Crockett,K.B.,...&Murray,S.M。(2019)。检查和解决交叉污名和健康方面的挑战和机遇。BMC医学,,,,17(1),7。