Racism is a pervasive force in America today. It remains a major determinate of health and health policy. The most harmful form of racism is subtle and complex as it interacts with socio-economic status, culture, and other political factors.

In this videotape program, Dr. Bill Jenkins addresses why the problems of health disparities have not been solved, and the need for new approaches.

After viewing this program, you will:

• Understand a model of health disparities;
• Have a framework for racism in the United States;
• Understand the role that socio-economic status plays in producing health disparities;
• Recognize the levels of community participatory research;
• Identify the barriers of mandating community participatory research; and
• Identify steps that will alleviate the problems of health disparities.

This program was originally broadcast on June 22, 2004, as a part of the 10th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Minority Health Project.

UNC-Chapel Hill's annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference is a unique forum that enables experts in the area of health disparities to reach an audience of several hundred researchers, educators, administrators, practitioners, and students throughout the U.S. Initiated in 1995, its aims include the identification and reduction of barriers to conducting health research in minority communities. Read more on the UNC website.