Advancing Equity through Effective Youth Engagement in Public Health to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis: The Flint Public Health Youth Academy Model
Background: The underrepresentation of BIPOC youth in the fields of public health, medicine, and research may be a factor contributing to the disproportionate rates of health disparities in BIPOC communities. In 2004, the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce, commissioned by...
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| author | Kent D. Key Kayla Shannon Everett Graham Cruz Duhart Tomás Tello Cole Mays Christian Mays Tyshae Brady Jasmine Hall Kahlil Calvin Courtney Blanchard Vanessa de Danzine Sarah Bailey |
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| description | Background: The underrepresentation of BIPOC youth in the fields of public health, medicine, and research may be a factor contributing to the disproportionate rates of health disparities in BIPOC communities. In 2004, the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce, commissioned by the White House and led by the United States Health and Human Services, recommended efforts to increase the number of minority professionals in the aforementioned fields as necessary for addressing racial and ethnic health disparities. More recently, over 240 municipalities in the United States have declared “racism a public health crisis”. This national declaration links racism directly to public health disparities, thus calling for a public health response. The Flint Public Health Youth Academy (FPHYA) provides an effective model of youth engagement steeped in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). FPHYA was created based on a dissertation study designed to explore the motivators for engagement of African American and other minority students into careers in public health and its six recommendations. Methods: The FPHYA Model described in this article uses a case study of the Flint Water Crisis to assess and explore effective youth engagement models for public health. This model is rooted in the Continuum of Community Engagement and Youth Empowerment Theory and explores FPHYA’s contribution of youth voice in operationalizing racism as a public health crisis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dab951454bb54290b081768c2fd2edc82024-03-27T14:08:54ZengMDPI AGYouth2673-995X2024-03-014139540410.3390/youth4010028Advancing Equity through Effective Youth Engagement in Public Health to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis: The Flint Public Health Youth Academy ModelKent D. Key0Kayla Shannon1Everett Graham2Cruz Duhart3Tomás Tello4Cole Mays5Christian Mays6Tyshae Brady7Jasmine Hall8Kahlil Calvin9Courtney Blanchard10Vanessa de Danzine11Sarah Bailey12Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USACharles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USAFlint Public Health Youth Academy, Flint, MI 48502, USABackground: The underrepresentation of BIPOC youth in the fields of public health, medicine, and research may be a factor contributing to the disproportionate rates of health disparities in BIPOC communities. In 2004, the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce, commissioned by the White House and led by the United States Health and Human Services, recommended efforts to increase the number of minority professionals in the aforementioned fields as necessary for addressing racial and ethnic health disparities. More recently, over 240 municipalities in the United States have declared “racism a public health crisis”. This national declaration links racism directly to public health disparities, thus calling for a public health response. The Flint Public Health Youth Academy (FPHYA) provides an effective model of youth engagement steeped in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). FPHYA was created based on a dissertation study designed to explore the motivators for engagement of African American and other minority students into careers in public health and its six recommendations. Methods: The FPHYA Model described in this article uses a case study of the Flint Water Crisis to assess and explore effective youth engagement models for public health. This model is rooted in the Continuum of Community Engagement and Youth Empowerment Theory and explores FPHYA’s contribution of youth voice in operationalizing racism as a public health crisis.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/4/1/28public healthracismyouth engagementyouth empowermentsocial justice |
| spellingShingle | Kent D. Key Kayla Shannon Everett Graham Cruz Duhart Tomás Tello Cole Mays Christian Mays Tyshae Brady Jasmine Hall Kahlil Calvin Courtney Blanchard Vanessa de Danzine Sarah Bailey Advancing Equity through Effective Youth Engagement in Public Health to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis: The Flint Public Health Youth Academy Model Youth public health racism youth engagement youth empowerment social justice |
| title | Advancing Equity through Effective Youth Engagement in Public Health to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis: The Flint Public Health Youth Academy Model |
| title_full | Advancing Equity through Effective Youth Engagement in Public Health to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis: The Flint Public Health Youth Academy Model |
| title_fullStr | Advancing Equity through Effective Youth Engagement in Public Health to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis: The Flint Public Health Youth Academy Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advancing Equity through Effective Youth Engagement in Public Health to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis: The Flint Public Health Youth Academy Model |
| title_short | Advancing Equity through Effective Youth Engagement in Public Health to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis: The Flint Public Health Youth Academy Model |
| title_sort | advancing equity through effective youth engagement in public health to operationalize racism as a public health crisis the flint public health youth academy model |
| topic | public health racism youth engagement youth empowerment social justice |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/4/1/28 |
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