Cultural trauma as a fundamental cause of health disparities

The Northwest AHEC Practice Support Team supports social, physical, and economic environments which promote attaining the full potential of health and well-being for all. This blog segment highlights impactful publications which promote improved health outcomes through Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) each month.

In this months article, the authors introduce a model that would links cultural trauma to health disparities by three cultural resources: cultural modes, institutions, and lands. The article encourages the need to change policy to prevent dominant groups from dominating the resources of minority groups.

Cultural trauma as a fundamental cause of health disparities. Subica AM, Link BG. Soc Sci Med. 2022 Jan;292:114574. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114574. Epub 2021 Nov 17. PMID: 34808396