Abstracts
Abstract
In this paper I argue that certain ways in which the relationship among discrimination, emotions and health is presented can undermine equity. I identify a model of this relationship the discrimination-emotion-health model - and claim that while the model is important for understanding the detrimental impact that discrimination and oppression can have on emotions and health, certain implications of the model are troubling. I identify six critiques of the model, and show that equity could be undermined, for example, when stereotypes of the oppressed are reinforced and the experiences of the privileged are normalized. I then assess the implications of my analysis of the model and its critique for a framework of health equity, demonstrating what such a framework would need to look like in order for it to best represent discrimination as a psychosocial determinant of health.
Résumé
Dans cet article, je soutiendrai que certaines façons de présenter le rapport entre la discrimination, les émotions, et la santé peuvent miner l’équité. Je présente un modèle de ce rapport - le modèle discrimination-émotion santé - et avance que même si ce modèle est important afin de comprendre l’impact négatif que peuvent avoir la discrimination et l’oppression sur les émotions et la santé, certaines implications du modèle sont troublantes. Je présente six critiques du modèle, et montre que l’équité peut être affectée lorsque, par exemple, il renforce les stéréotypes concernant les opprimes et normalise les expériences des privilégiés. J’évalue ensuite les implications de ma propre analyse du modelé et de sa critique en vue de l’articulation d’un cadre de l’équité en santé, en démontrant la forme que devrait prendre un tel cadre afin de représenter de la meilleure façon possible la discrimination en tant que déterminant psychosocial de la santé.
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