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Intersectionality as a lens for achieving kidney health justice

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Individuals who are members of multiple marginalized populations experience multiple axes of oppression and discrimination. Such intersectional discrimination can have interactive, negative effects on all aspects of life, including health. To achieve health equity, intersectional-discrimination-induced kidney harms must be examined, measured and mitigated.

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  1. Center for Applied Transgender Studies, Chicago, IL, USA

    Elle Lett

  2. Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Elle Lett

  3. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Elle Lett

  4. Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Carmen H. Logie

  5. Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Carmen H. Logie

  6. United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Carmen H. Logie

  7. Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Dinushika Mohottige

  8. Institute of Health Equity Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Dinushika Mohottige

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Lett, E., Logie, C.H. & Mohottige, D. Intersectionality as a lens for achieving kidney health justice. Nat Rev Nephrol 19, 353–354 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-023-00715-y

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