Health Equity Archives

How Can Health Policy Researchers Measure Structural Racism?

Katy Backes Kozhimannil explores a review of how the impacts of structural racism have been studied in reproductive health.

Kosali Simon breaks down research that uses NASCAR’s switch to unleaded gas to explore the impact of pollution on kids’ cognitive development.

Doctors are pushing millions more Americans to get screened for lung cancer, but the test comes with tricky risks and tough barriers.

Jamie Song describes new research on how the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index relates to risks of getting and dying from COVID-19.

The Commonwealth Fund’s Shanoor Seervai leads a discussion about anti-Asian bias and how the pandemic is affecting the lives of Asians in the U.S.

Samantha Artiga on one of the few analyses to look at how race and sex impact a person’s likelihood of dying from COVID-19.

Stacie Dusetzina on research looking at the impact Medicaid subsidies can have for costs and care for Medicare beneficiaries.

Bapu Jena breaks down research on a new algorithm that could better identify causes of pain in Black patients that radiologists regularly miss.

As gun violence surges, researchers use new federal funding to search for solutions.

Kosali Simon on research showing how digital tools shrunk the number of unnecessary amputations among Black diabetics.