Structural Racism and Rigorous Models of Social Inequity Proceedings of a Workshop (2022) / Chapter Skim
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and an interdisciplinary steering committee was appointed by the National Academies to plan the structure and content. Invited speakers included investigators from relevant studies, population health researchers, and experts across disciplines with innovative methodologies.
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and regional differences in mortality and life expectancy, as well as persistent racial inequalities, have been documented, and increasing understanding of the sources and approaches to ameliorating these needs [are] to be a major research focus going forward" (National Institute on Aging and National Advisory Council on Aging, 2019, p.
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Harris cautioned population health scientists to avoid becoming distracted by "new and shiny" data, such as biomarkers, and to avoid producing "simplistic, sound-bite research" that could actually move the field backward. Lee emphasized that although the study of structural racism might be relatively new for many population health researchers, the concept of struc tural racism is not -- it is foundational in the United States and across the world, as well as the practices of genocide, colonization, and slavery.
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What study designs could be used to consider how structural fac tors operate to shape health over the life course? ORGANIZATION OF THIS PROCEEDINGS Chapter 1 offers foundational definitions for and discussions of the responsible study of race and structural racism -- drawn primarily from the humanities and humanistic social sciences -- and highlights the value of understanding the complexity of these concepts and applying them to data collection and analysis in an effort to improve health and well-being and to reduce health disparities.
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. The views expressed in this proceedings are those of the individual workshop participants and do not necessarily represent the views of the participants as a whole, the planning committee, or the National Academies.
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