International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March 2023

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid "pass laws" in 1960.

In 1979, the General Assembly adopted a programme of activities to be undertaken during the second half of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. On that occasion, the General Assembly decided that a week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and racial discrimination, beginning on 21 March, would be organized annually in all States.

(https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-racism-day)

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Preventive Medicine, Volume 162, September 2022

Approximately two thirds of Americans reported delaying or forgoing healthcare during the pandemic. Experience of racial discrimination were prevalent among Asian Americans, Blacks and Hispanics during the pandemic.
Relative number of participants with a diagnosis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in studies that assessed its association with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
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CJC Open, Volume 3, Issue 12, December 2021

In studies of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, white women are overrepresented. There is limited and heterogeneous reporting of race and ethnicity information across studies and few include race and/or ethnicity variables in statistical analysis.
Historical and Continued Colonial Impacts on Heart Health of Indigenous Peoples
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CJC Open, Volume 3, December 2021

This article explores the ongoing impact of long-standing marginalization and oppression faced by Indigenous people in Canada and the effects on cardiovascular health.
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation: graphical abstract
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CJC Open, Volume 3, December 2021

This article highlights the underrepresentation of racial and ethnic populations in atrial fibrillation clinical trials, especially trials focused on stroke prevention. Specific strategies are proposed for future research and initiatives that have potential to eliminate racial and ethnic differences in the care of patients with atrial fibrillation.
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CJC Open, Volume 3, December 2021

The authors evaluated the quality and outcomes of in-hospital ACS management for White patients vs patients of colour, within a universal healthcare context.
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Journal of Responsible Technology, Volume 9, April 2022, 100024

A study of the risks from emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, and their disproportionate impact on particularly vulnerable individuals or groups in a community. The authors identify and map types of harms or injustices experienced in the digital space to understand how they are translated into rights violations by adjudicative bodies. Racial structural injustice is one aspect of the research.
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The American Journal of Medicine, available online 22 December 2022

Dismantling racism in health care demands that medical education promote racial justice throughout all stages of medical training. The development of any anti-racism curriculum in medicine requires the ability to identify racial bias in practices we have not previously recognized as explicitly racist or unjust.
Structural Racism, Social Determinants of Health, and Provider Bias
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Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 39, Issue 2, February 2023, Pages 133-143

This article explores health disparities based on the intersection of sex, geography, race, and ethnicity that have been identified for poorer pre- and postnatal outcomes in the general population, as well as those with critical congenital heart disease.
Guide Development Timeline
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The Journal of Climate Change and Health, available online 21 November 2022, 100188

Climate justice and health education can address the disproportionate health impacts of climate change on minoritized communities by providing frameworks to build awareness and instigate action on climate-related health inequities.

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