TY - JOUR
T1 - Applying culturalist methodologies to discern COVID-19's impact on communities of color
AU - Grills, Cheryl
AU - Carlos Chavez, Fiorella L.
AU - Saw, Anne
AU - Walters, Karina L.
AU - Burlew, Kathleen
AU - Randolph Cunningham, Suzanne M.
AU - Rosario, Cristalis Capielo
AU - Samoa, Raynald
AU - Jackson-Lowman, Huberta
N1 - Funding Information:
This project is part of a larger multiracial/ethnic research study that was supported by The W. K. Kellogg Foundation, JPB Foundation, Ford Foundation, The California Endowment, Weingart Foundation, and The California Wellness Foundation in partnership with the National Urban League.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately impacted communities of color (CoC) amid increasing incidents of racial injustices and racism. In this article, we describe our culturalist methodologies for designing and implementing a multi-ethnic, interdisciplinary national needs assessment developed in partnership with CoC. Instead of a typical western-centric social science approach that typically ignores and perpetuates structural racism and settler colonialism, the research team implemented culturalist and community-partnered approaches that were further contextualized to the context of structural racism and settler colonialism. The culturalist approach yielded two sets of themes both related to the impact of the pandemic on CoC. The first set involved syndemic factors that contribute to the adverse impact of COVID-19. These include historical trauma; racism, racial stress, and discrimination; and cultural mistrust. The second set consisted of factors that potentially mitigate the impact of the COVID-19. These include cultural protective factors; community engagement; communal ethos, and data disaggregation. Our methodologies and the resulting findings encourage research praxis that uplifts the shared effects of the social determinants of health while honoring unique cultural and contextual experiences—a lesson that social science researchers largely have yet to learn.
AB - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately impacted communities of color (CoC) amid increasing incidents of racial injustices and racism. In this article, we describe our culturalist methodologies for designing and implementing a multi-ethnic, interdisciplinary national needs assessment developed in partnership with CoC. Instead of a typical western-centric social science approach that typically ignores and perpetuates structural racism and settler colonialism, the research team implemented culturalist and community-partnered approaches that were further contextualized to the context of structural racism and settler colonialism. The culturalist approach yielded two sets of themes both related to the impact of the pandemic on CoC. The first set involved syndemic factors that contribute to the adverse impact of COVID-19. These include historical trauma; racism, racial stress, and discrimination; and cultural mistrust. The second set consisted of factors that potentially mitigate the impact of the COVID-19. These include cultural protective factors; community engagement; communal ethos, and data disaggregation. Our methodologies and the resulting findings encourage research praxis that uplifts the shared effects of the social determinants of health while honoring unique cultural and contextual experiences—a lesson that social science researchers largely have yet to learn.
KW - COVID-19
KW - communities of color
KW - culturalist and decolonizing methodology
KW - health disparities
KW - needs assessment
KW - race and ethnicity
KW - researchers of color
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U2 - 10.1002/jcop.22802
DO - 10.1002/jcop.22802
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85123931004
SN - 0090-4392
VL - 51
SP - 2331
EP - 2354
JO - Journal of Community Psychology
JF - Journal of Community Psychology
IS - 6
ER -