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Improving The Measurement Of Structural Racism To Achieve Antiracist Health Policy.

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Hardeman, RR; Homan, PA; Chantarat, T; Davis, BA; Brown, TH
Published in: Health affairs (Project Hope)
February 2022

Antiracist health policy research requires methodological innovation that creates equity-centered and antiracist solutions to health inequities by centering the complexities and insidiousness of structural racism. The development of effective health policy and health equity interventions requires sound empirical characterization of the nature of structural racism and its impact on public health. However, there is a disconnect between the conceptualization and measurement of structural racism in the public health literature. Given that structural racism is a system of interconnected institutions that operates with a set of racialized rules that maintain White supremacy, how can anyone accurately measure its insidiousness? This article highlights methodological approaches that will move the field forward in its ability to validly measure structural racism for the purposes of achieving health equity. We identify three key areas that require scholarly attention to advance antiracist health policy research: historical context, geographical context, and theory-based novel quantitative and qualitative methods that capture the multifaceted and systemic properties of structural racism as well as other systems of oppression.

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Health affairs (Project Hope)

DOI

EISSN

1544-5208

ISSN

0278-2715

Publication Date

February 2022

Volume

41

Issue

2

Start / End Page

179 / 186

Related Subject Headings

  • Systemic Racism
  • Racism
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • Health Policy & Services
  • Health Policy
  • Health Equity
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Hardeman, R. R., Homan, P. A., Chantarat, T., Davis, B. A., & Brown, T. H. (2022). Improving The Measurement Of Structural Racism To Achieve Antiracist Health Policy. Health Affairs (Project Hope), 41(2), 179–186. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01489
Hardeman, Rachel R., Patricia A. Homan, Tongtan Chantarat, Brigette A. Davis, and Tyson H. Brown. “Improving The Measurement Of Structural Racism To Achieve Antiracist Health Policy.Health Affairs (Project Hope) 41, no. 2 (February 2022): 179–86. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01489.
Hardeman RR, Homan PA, Chantarat T, Davis BA, Brown TH. Improving The Measurement Of Structural Racism To Achieve Antiracist Health Policy. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2022 Feb;41(2):179–86.
Hardeman, Rachel R., et al. “Improving The Measurement Of Structural Racism To Achieve Antiracist Health Policy.Health Affairs (Project Hope), vol. 41, no. 2, Feb. 2022, pp. 179–86. Epmc, doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01489.
Hardeman RR, Homan PA, Chantarat T, Davis BA, Brown TH. Improving The Measurement Of Structural Racism To Achieve Antiracist Health Policy. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2022 Feb;41(2):179–186.

Published In

Health affairs (Project Hope)

DOI

EISSN

1544-5208

ISSN

0278-2715

Publication Date

February 2022

Volume

41

Issue

2

Start / End Page

179 / 186

Related Subject Headings

  • Systemic Racism
  • Racism
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • Health Policy & Services
  • Health Policy
  • Health Equity
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1402 Applied Economics