When Formal Supports End: Picturing Health Access for Afghan Refugees in Small Town Refugee Resettlement Communities in Vermont
Informed by critical race theory (CRT), racist nativism, and intersectionality, the goal of this mixed-methods inquiry was to understand how race and ethnicity, class, politics, and immigrant status intersect within rural geography to produce health disparities and inequities among Afghan refugees living in small town resettlement communities in Vermont. Using photo research methodology, asset mapping and focus groups, Tran Smith investigated mechanisms through which structural racism and nativism impact access to health resources, and identified patterns of resource distribution by race and ethnicity, class and immigrant status to serve as a critical first step to generating interventions targeting structural barriers to healthcare and resources for healthy living.