S04E18 – Exploring Bystander Behavioral Approaches to Address Racial Violence with Khadijah Ameen and Collins Airhihenbuwa

“The reality is that there are power differentials between a student, a junior scholar and a full professor, or between a medical assistant, a patient, and a physician. But recognizing those power dynamics, if you are in a position of power, really using your privilege, your position as a gatekeeper to speak up and intervene or to give platform to folks that may have less access to power to intervene.”- Khadijah Ameen Drs. Khadijah Ameen and Collins Airhihenbuwa share their work on how to expand how we think about bystanders and perpetrators of racial violence, and how bystander behavioural approaches can be used to intervene. They bring in antiracism frameworks such as the Public Health Critical Race Praxis and the PEN-3 Cultural Model to illustrate their points using some antiracism bystander intervention scenarios. This episode references the article “Expanding Bystander Behavioural Approaches to Address Racial Violence in Health Research, Pedagogy, and Practice” by Khadijah Ameen and Collins Airhihenbuwa. LAST CHANCE: The Health Education Specialist Practice Analysis (HESPA) III is live now and closes this weekend! Take the survey here: https://ow.ly/bYqz50TfuJ1. Complete the survey and receive 2 CECH and earn eligibility to win up to $500 in gift cards!