Jonathan Metzl, the psychiatrist and cultural analyst who coined the term “structural competency” and, with Helena Hansen, co-authored the main journal article on the topic. Dr. Metzl will review the ...

Dr. Helena Hansen, co-author of the article on structural competency that inspired this certificate series, will describe the components of structural competency and how it can be used to correct a ...

For decades, American medicine addressed some of its most persistent problems -- racial, geographic, and economic inequities in health outcomes, unequal treatment, mistrust -- by focusing on the ...

From Apathy to Structural Competency and the Right to Health: An Institutional Ethnography of a Maternal and Child Wellness Center From Apathy to Structural Competency and the Right to Health: An ...

A free one day conference by New York University’s Department of Social and Cultural Analysis. For anyone who has the chance to travel to NYC on Friday, March 23rd, this seems like a great event to ...

The health impact of the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age have been recognized for centuries. However, widespread acceptance of this impact remains contentious, as ...

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