Headache Specialist Charleston Health Neurology & Head Pain Consultants Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Racial/ethnic minoritized individuals may experience racialized discrimination in the form of racism. Interestingly, racism is considered a fundamental cause of adverse health outcomes for racial/ethnic minoritized individuals and racial/ethnic inequities in health. Racism can be stressful and traumatizing, eliciting a response comparable to posttraumatic stress in those who experience it. Racial trauma is a form of racialized-based stress and is often cumulative. It is often experienced by Black/African Americans, Indigenous and people of color in Westernized countries and it refers to experiences related to threats, prejudices, harm, shame, humiliation, and guilt associated with various types of racial discrimination, either for direct victims or witnesses. There are links between mental and physical health outcomes and racial trauma. This course will briefly introduce and explore racism-based trauma.
Learning Objectives:
Briefly review race, racism focusing on (BIPOC) populations living in the United States and explore how racism is thought to damage health.
Briefly introduce and define racism-based trauma.
Identify causes, treatment and coping strategies of racism-based trauma.
