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Beyond the Boxes, Part 1: Guiding Questions for Thoughtfully Measuring and Interpreting Race in Population Health Research
Introducing our new series on conceptualizing, measuring, and interpreting race and ethnicity in population health.
Population Health News Roundup: August
Which policies add life-years—and which subtract? What’s making the pandemic worse, and for which groups? How does systemic racism harm the environment and vice versa? Whose mental health is suffering disproportionately during the pandemic?
Structural Racism as a System of Racial Inequities: New Approaches and Tools
Seeing structural racism as a system is key to dismantling it. Read more about how the MORHE program is developing new measurement tools and approaches.
Population Health News Roundup: July
Disparities in the harm from plastics pollution, in who can work from home, in who can access mental health care, and whose hunger is increasing. Plus how climate change will combine with COVID-19 to worsen disparities and how the private sector plays a role in COVID-19’s spread, and much more in our monthly population health news roundup.
School Reopenings, Health, and Health Inequality
Until the novel coronavirus is under control, there aren’t really many good options for our kids. IAPHS Blog Editor Danya Keene explores this complex issue.
Spotlight on Successful Mentoring: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum
Our mentoring program is going strong. Find out how one mentor is unlocking the “hidden curriculum” for her mentee.
When it Comes to Systemic Racism in Policing, Don’t be Fooled by Flawed Statistical Reasoning
Arguments against systemic racism in policing often rely on flawed approaches and cherry-picked data.
Quality of Life Measures and Standardized Tests Share Equity Problems
How we measure quality of life and college readiness is a problem. Here’s why.
Compliant But Unprotected: Communities of Color Take Greater Action to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 But Remain at Risk
Despite the risk of police profiling, people of color are wearing masks. Yet COVID-19 infection and death disparities remain.
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