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Racism’s Cumulative Toll on Youth Mental Health: A Call for Action in Colorado

In the halls of a Colorado high school, a counselor tries to comfort a student who reluctantly shares his growing sense of hopelessness. As they talk, it becomes clear that this feeling isn’t just about grades or peer pressure. It’s rooted in something more insidious: experiences of racism that have accumulated over time, like drops […]

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News

Budget Battles, Systemic Racism, and Medicare Choices: Public Health at a Crossroads

This week’s public health landscape has been a churn of congressional scrutiny, entrenched societal challenges, and critical health insurance decisions (and that’s not even counting the chicanery out of the Supreme Court and the Fascism out of Louisiana). From the halls of Congress where Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended a controversial Health and Human […]

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Online Racism’s Impact on Mental Health

Imagine a 25-year-old Asian American woman sitting at her laptop late into the night, scrolling through social media. She begins to see posts filled with anti-Asian sentiment and racially charged comments. Overwhelmed, she feels isolated in her own community. This scenario highlights a pressing issue at the intersection of technology, mental health, and racism—a recent […]

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Microaggressions and Mental Health: Unseen Impacts

Imagine a young Black adult, let’s call him Jason, walking into a high-paced urban college campus. Jason is not just another student — he is carrying the weight of daily microaggressions. Perhaps at the coffee shop, he receives a dismissive glance or hears an offhand comment about his intellect during a group study session. While […]

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Policy

Why Medicare’s Coding Rules May Widen Health Gaps

When a patient walks into a clinic, their diagnosis doesn’t just determine treatment—it determines how much money flows through the health system. Every diagnosis code added to a chart affects how Medicare pays hospitals, physician groups, and other healthcare providers. But what if the way we code diseases—rather than the diseases themselves—has been quietly reshaping […]

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The Invisible Hand of Inequality

What if the systems designed to support us—our laws, policies, cultural norms, and institutions—were inadvertently harming the most vulnerable among us? This unsettling question lies at the heart of the growing body of research on structural stigma, a concept gaining momentum in public health and social science. As a scoping review of nearly 300 studies […]

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Bridging Public Health and Critical Race Theory:

We’ve all seen research and analyses fail to consider the systemic racism and inequities that make health unobtainable in many communities. This is the gap Critical Race Theory (CRT) seeks to bridge in public health education. The Intersection of CRT and Public Health For decades, public health has sought to understand and address health disparities […]

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Implicit Bias Training: Are We Really Addressing the Issue?

Implicit bias training in healthcare has gained significant attention over the past decade as a crucial tool in combating disparities in patient care. With growing evidence that healthcare providers’ unconscious biases contribute to unequal treatment across different racial, ethnic, and social groups, many institutions have implemented training programs to address this issue. But how effective […]

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Invisible Chains: How Systemic Racism Impacts Health

When you think of racism, what comes to mind? Many of us picture hateful words, violent acts, or blatant discrimination. However, racism often operates on a much deeper, more insidious level, embedded within the very fabric of our society. This hidden form of racism, known as systemic or structural racism, is far more pervasive and […]

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Racism in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

In contemporary discussions about justice and equity, one profound question arises repeatedly: How does racism shape the U.S. criminal justice system? This question isn’t just a matter of academic discourse but one of urgent social importance. Racism isn’t merely present within the system; it operates through it, influencing every aspect from policing to sentencing. The […]

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The Impact of Racism on Health: Insights and Directions

On this MLK Day in the US, this article from Annual Reviews is a tangible reminder that, hey, we have a LOT of work still to do. Racism and Health: Evidence and Needed Research is a comprehensive exploration of how racism influences health is presented. This eye-opening piece (to my naive eyes) delves into the […]

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Racism’s Cumulative Toll on Youth Mental Health: A Call for Action in Colorado

Budget Battles, Systemic Racism, and Medicare Choices: Public Health at a Crossroads

Online Racism’s Impact on Mental Health

Microaggressions and Mental Health: Unseen Impacts

Why Medicare’s Coding Rules May Widen Health Gaps

The Invisible Hand of Inequality

Bridging Public Health and Critical Race Theory:

Implicit Bias Training: Are We Really Addressing the Issue?

Invisible Chains: How Systemic Racism Impacts Health

Racism in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

The Impact of Racism on Health: Insights and Directions

Latest Insights & Research

Tag: racism

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