Dane County Health Council Commits to Action on Racism, a Public Health Crisis
Dane County Health Council Commits to Action on Racism, a Public Health Crisis
In Wisconsin, African Americans and Native Americans have the highest excess death rates at every stage of life, and the infant mortality rate for non-Hispanic black women is the highest in the nation, the Dane County Health Council noted in a news release today. In Dane County, black women and men identify persistent, unchanging racial economic inequities as key drivers of health outcomes.
With this in mind, the Dane County Health Council recently signed onto the Wisconsin Public Health Association’s (WPHA) resolution that racism is a public health crisis. The Health Council members, collectively and individually, join more than 20 organizations that have publicly asserted that racism is a problem affecting our entire society.