COVID-19 Implications on Worksite Wellness Programming
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-14-2024
Publication Title
Health Promotion Practice
Abstract
As multi-racial and multi-ethnic populations are anticipated to be 11.6% of the U.S. population by 2060, it is essential that public health research and practice find ways to effectively capture and reach these diverse groups. Single racial identification has been a norm in public health practice; however, this method has limitations for capturing the health of multi-racial and multi-ethnic individuals. Drawing on personal experience of the author and multi-disciplinary scholarship, this research commentary examines the limitations of single-race identification and how this influences the processes of racialization. The author provides important implications for public health research by suggesting more complex and effective ways to capture personal racial identification and racial perceptions and addresses how to reach multi-racial and multi-ethnic groups through public health interventions where individuals might identify with multiple cultural identities.
PubMed ID
38742539
Recommended Citation
Underwood, Renee A.; Wood, Angela R.; Wood, Ralph J.; Broussard, Rylie B.; and Broyles, Stephanie T., "COVID-19 Implications on Worksite Wellness Programming" (2024). School of Public Health Faculty Publications. 392.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/soph_facpubs/392
10.1177/15248399241251831