Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
J Pain. 2022 Jun;23(6):913-928. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.01.008. Epub 2022 Feb 26.
This third paper in the "Confronting Racism in All Forms of Pain Research" series discusses adopting an antiracism framework across all pain research disciplines and highlights the significant benefits of doing so. We build upon the previous call to action and the proposed reframing of study designs articulated in the other papers in the series and seek to confront and eradicate racism through a shared commitment to change current research practices. Specifically, we emphasize the systematic disadvantage created by racialization (ie, the Eurocentric social and political process of ascribing racialized identities to a relationship, social practice, or group) and discuss how engaging communities in partnership can increase the participation of racialized groups in research studies and enrich the knowledge gained. Alongside this critical work, we indicate why diversifying the research environment (ie, research teams, labs, departments, and culture) enriches our scientific discovery and promotes recruitment and retention of participants from racialized groups. Finally, we recommend changes in reporting and dissemination practices so that we do not stigmatize or reproduce oppressive forms of power for racialized groups. Although this shift may be challenging in some cases, the increase in equity, generalizability, and credibility of the data produced will expand our knowledge and reflect the pain experiences of all communities more accurately. PERSPECTIVE: In this third paper in our series, we advocate for a shared commitment toward an antiracism framework in pain research. We identify community partnerships, diversification of research environments, and changes to our dissemination practices as areas where oppressive forms of power can be reduced.
这是“直面各种形式的疼痛研究中的种族主义”系列论文的第三篇，本文讨论了在所有疼痛研究学科中采用反种族主义框架，并强调了这样做的重要意义。我们在上一篇行动呼吁和前一篇论文中提出的重新设计研究方案的建议基础上更进一步，试图通过共同承诺改变当前的研究实践来对抗和消除种族主义。具体而言，我们强调了种族化（即将种族化身份归因于一种关系、社会实践或群体的欧洲中心主义的社会和政治过程）所造成的系统性劣势，并讨论了如何让社区参与合作，从而增加种族化群体在研究中的参与度，并丰富所获得的知识。在进行这项重要工作的同时，我们还指出了多样化研究环境（即研究团队、实验室、部门和文化）的原因，这可以丰富我们的科学发现，并促进招募和保留来自种族化群体的参与者。最后，我们建议改变报告和传播实践，以免给种族化群体带来污名化或复制压迫性权力的形式。虽然在某些情况下，这种转变可能具有挑战性，但增加数据的公平性、普遍性和可信度将扩展我们的知识，并更准确地反映所有社区的疼痛体验。观点：在本系列论文的第三篇中，我们倡导在疼痛研究中共同致力于反种族主义框架。我们确定了社区伙伴关系、研究环境的多样化以及传播实践的改变，这些都是减少压迫性权力形式的领域。
