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ethnicity
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The complicated role race and ethnicity play in research
Using race and ethnicity categories in research contributes to health inequities — but omitting them can also be problematic, a…
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How I Did It: From ‘internet rabbit hole’ to compelling series
STAT correspondent Katie Palmer talks about how she and her colleague reported on medicine’s struggle to use race in clinical…
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More data needed on disparities in patient safety research, experts say
Many studies in the U.S. have looked at gender, race and ethnic disparities in patient safety, a leading cause of…
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Report exposes worrisome health trends in Black and Indigenous women of childbearing age
Many American women of reproductive age have high rates of chronic conditions like diabetes and obesity that may be linked…
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These tools add important social context to public health stories
Federal, state and local officials use risk assessment tools called “social vulnerability indices” to identify places that may be hit…
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Why race equity plans matter and how to report on them
Dallas is among cities, counties and other local governments that have recently adopted race equity plans. In the 2022-2023 goals and metrics…
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Reporting on disparities in HIV testing, PrEP
HIV trends don’t make headlines the way they used to. But we may see an influx of them in the…
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Certain ethnic groups still underrepresented in dental profession
America’s shortage of minority dentists is “large and growing” according to a recent study published in Health Affairs. It would…
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Recent headlines examine impact of racial disparities on cancer, longevity
First there was the “dubious milestone,” as The New York Times called it, of black women for the first time…