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Front. Public Health
Sec. Life-Course Epidemiology and Social Inequalities in Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1381416
This article is part of the Research Topic Intervening in structural determinants: The role of language and narrative in enacting power to define issues and control resource distribution View all 7 articles

Intervening in structural determinants: The role of language and narrative in enacting power to define issues and control resource distribution

Provisionally accepted
Monica L. Wendel Monica L. Wendel 1,2*Tasha L. Golden Tasha L. Golden 3,4Maury Nation Maury Nation 5,6Brandy N. Kelly Pryor Brandy N. Kelly Pryor 1
  • 1 University of Louisville, Louisville, United States
  • 2 Department of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, Louisville, United States
  • 3 Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  • 4 Arts + Mind Lab, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, United States
  • 5 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
  • 6 College of Education & Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States

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    Keywords: Structural determinants, Language, Narrative, power, Equity

    Received: 12 Feb 2024; Accepted: 15 Apr 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wendel, Golden, Nation and Kelly Pryor. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Monica L. Wendel, University of Louisville, Louisville, United States

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