Dr. Harold “Woody” Neighbors explains goal-striving stress and other racial differences in mental health

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The Skin You're In

Partners for Advancing H.E.

5 episodes

2 months ago

Black Americans and other people of color tend to live sicker and die younger than white Americans. Why is this happening? The Skin You’re In Podcast investigates this disturbing phenomenon. We talk to leading health experts about the issues and potential solutions, and we hear from individuals about their firsthand experiences of injustice and its effects on their lives and their communities. Hosted by Thomas LaVeist, Dean, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Partners for Advancing Health Equity, a national health equity learning collaborative led by Tulane. Dr. LaVeist is also Executive Producer and Writer of the groundbreaking docu-series, “The Skin You’re In”. The Skin You’re In Podcast is produced by Partners for Advancing Health Equity, led by Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and is part of the Tulane Institute for Health Equity. Partners for Advancing Health Equity is supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

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Dr. Harold “Woody” Neighbors explains goal-striving stress and other racial differences in mental health

The Skin You're In

1 hour 5 minutes

2 years ago

Dr. Harold “Woody” Neighbors explains goal-striving stress and other racial differences in mental health

In this episode, we speak to Dr. Harold “Woody” Neighbors, Senior Advisor for public health research and Research Professor with Tulane’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, about his life experiences that led him to study the intersection of socio-political determinants and behavioral response in producing racial disparities in disease. We discuss several aspects of his work, including the concept of goal-striving stress, its effects, and racial differences in mental health as well as his experience with community-based participatory research.

Bio: https://sph.tulane.edu/sbps/harold-neighbors

Papers discussed in this episode:
Neighbors (1984) The use of informal and formal help-Four patterns of illness behavior American J of Comm Psychol.pdf

Neighbors (1995) From Personal Empowerment to Community Action.pdf

Neighbors (2003) Race and DSM Diagnosis-Clinical Judgment JHSB.pdf

Neighbors (2011) Goal Striving and Race in Mental Health - Race and Social Problems.pdf

Neighbors (2022) Blame and Responsibility in Health Equity Social Science and Medicine.pdf

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