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Racism as a Public Health Crisis

From LabXchange and Harvard University's Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Science Education (RDEISE) project. The resources in Racism as a Public Health Crisis would be of immense value for students interested in pursuing (or who are currently pursuing) public health and related fields as these resources explore the concept of race in the context of medicine and healthcare to demonstrate how race has a significant impact on a person's treatment and health outcomes.

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Examining Medical and Scientific Racism Using the Story of Henrietta Lacks

This is a semester-long project in which students read and discuss the story of Henrietta Lacks from multiple ethical perspectives. This project was developed for an undergraduate science ethics course but could be adapted to other biology courses.

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Health disparities

[HTML] Association Between Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic or Latino Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Study

CK Ormiston, K Villalobos, FAM Ishino, F Williams - JMIR Formative Research, 2024
… Lower use and poorer access to psychological services among underrepresented 
and underserved racial and ethnic groups (eg, Black and African American 
communities; Hispanic and Latino communities) stem from socioeconomic inequities …
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[HTML] Practice-Based Research From the Frontlines: Selected Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities and Accelerating Progress Toward Health Equity in the United …

JE Hall, GH Shah, JV Bowie - Public Health Reports®, 2024
… The interviews revealed key challenges in how data elements fail to capture 
sufficient evidence for the 3 populations traditionally underrepresented by 
surveillance systems. Their findings uncovered deficiencies in data definitions; …

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Risk factor articles

Socioeconomic Disparities and the Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance

LN Cooper, AM Beauchamp, TA Ingle, MI Diaz… - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2024
… , a large portion of southeastern Dallas County remained underrepresented in 
this study which may have led to underestimating the prevalence of AMR organisms 
in this region. Additionally, differential underrepresentation by region could bias the …
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Evidence for Environmental Risk Factors and Cumulative Stress Linking Racial/Ethnic Identity and Psychotic-Like Experiences in ABCD Study Data

E Petti, J Schiffman, H Oh, NR Karcher - Journal of the American Academy of Child & …, 2024
Objective Previous work has found increased endorsement of psychotic-like 
experiences (PLEs) among marginalized racial and ethnic groups. According to 
social determinants frameworks, marginalized groups are at increased risk for …

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