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Title: Advancing Health Equity through Inclusive and Equitable Publication Practices at Women's Health Issues
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2022
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ISSN: 1049-3867
DOI: 10.1016/J.WHI.2022.04.002
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Abstract: Tremendous advances in women's health have occurred in the 30 years since the launch of Women's Health Issues, yet not all women have benefited equally (Vyas et al., 2021). Inequities in health outcomes by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity reflect structural racism and other systemic in-equities, as well as institutional and interpersonal racism, and other intersecting forms of discrimination that individuals encounter as they seek health care. Today, we are deep in the midst of a national and global reckoning around racism, other forms of inequality and discriminationdincluding but not limited to sexism, heterosexism, and transphobia, and health inequitiesdas well as a pandemic that demonstrates the horrific consequences of unjust structures, systems, institutions, and practices. This article describes how the editorial board and staff of Women's Health Issues approach these complex topics and steps we are undertaking to advance equity. A Context of Injustice In the field of women's health, we acknowledge both the intersecting forms of oppression that shape the experiences of women with multiple marginalized identities and the fact that cisgender women are not the only ones who need "women's" health care and research. Black feminist and other critical scholars have explained how our laws and cultural standards both implicitly and explicitly reinforce White supremacy and other forms of oppression (Collins, 1990; Combahee River Collective,
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Authors: Vyas, Amita N.; Katon, Jodie G.; Battaglia, Tracy A.; Batra, Priya; Borkowski, Liz; Frick, Kevin D.; Hamilton, Alison; Agénor, Madina; Amutah-Onukagha, Ndidiamaka; Bird, Chloe E.; Kozhimannil, Katy Backes; Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz
Periodical (Full): Women's Health Issues
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