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The Black Health Block was founded by a group of medical professionals with a SINGULAR MISSION:
To deconstruct centuries of systemic racism in scientific research as a keystrategy in the elimination of health disparities among the “blacklisted.”
The Black Health Block is led by Dr. Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH, Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, and Dr. Linda Alexander, EdD.
The Black Health Block is led by Dr. Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH, Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, and Dr. Linda Alexander, EdD.
The Black Health Block is led by Dr. Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH, Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, and Dr. Linda Alexander, EdD.
The Black Health Block is led by Dr. Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH, Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, and Dr. Linda Alexander, EdD.
The Black Health Block is led by Dr. Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH, Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, and Dr. Linda Alexander, EdD.
The Black Health Block is led by Dr. Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH, Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, and Dr. Linda Alexander, EdD.
The Black Health Block focuses on the“blacklisted,”people who are and have been historically and systematically subjugated. The aggregate racialized groups of indigenous people of North America, persons of African descent, Asians, Native Hawaiians, Other Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics of any ethnicity and race have been “blacklisted.”
To address the historical and systemic racism that has caused health disparities in the US among the “blacklisted”, the Block Health Block’s primary objectives are to:
We do this through research, evaluations, proposing legislation and policy changes, and reporting on the issues surrounding disparities. Get the facts about our work here.
We focus on the “blacklist” in the Black Health Block because these groups continue to suffer from health disparities fundamentally caused by systemic racism. Systemic racism is the reason that scientists justified the Tuskegee Study, The Guatemalan sexually transmitted disease trials, the misuse of Henrietta Lacks cells, and numerous other atrocities to advance scientific knowledge. Today, the “blacklisted” include poor communities who have less access to health care and social and economic resources that influence their health.
Our vision is to create a more human society that is aware of racism’s role in the creation of health disparities, openly acknowledges its role, and takes immediate actionto deconstruct racism and colonialism in scientific research.
Contact us to learn more about our mission and vision and how you can help.