Equity
Topic
Equity
“Researchers often cite small sample size as an obstacle to collecting data from small minority groups in the United States. In reality, this is less of a problem than a myth—one that begs the question, ‘small compared to what?’”
Tran T. Doan
Black residents in Cancer Alley try what may be a last legal defense to curb toxic pollution
In St. James Parish, Louisiana, a zoning ordinance divides industrial development along racial lines.
A boy’s bicycling death haunts a Black neighborhood. 35 years later, there’s still no sidewalk.
“Local government takes money from the neighborhood but does not invest in it.”
Researchers tried to fix a racist lung test. It got complicated.
The new test deems many patients of color sicker and White ones healthier.
No research about us without us?
When researchers include the people they study in the research process, outcomes improve.
A Wabanaki organization forges its own approach to addiction treatment
Its treatment and recovery centers are designed for Indigenous people recovering from substance use disorder and healing from trauma.
We can’t fix health disparities we don’t see
There are new ways to gather data on marginalized groups. It’s time to use them.
Good health care is rooted in evidence. So is DEI.
Outcomes improve when patients see doctors who look like them.
Daniel Dawes on why Meharry is adding a school of global health
The new school will focus on the practice, not the theory, of health equity.
The ‘Black Angels’ who helped cure tuberculosis
Professional nurses working in New York City’s most contagious sanatorium changed the course of public health history.