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Addressing racial disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes
Decades of disparities in health between infants born to Black and white mothers have persisted, despite policy initiatives to improve maternal and reproductive health for Black mothers. Although the role structural racism plays in these disparities is increasingly recognized, measurement of this relationship remains challenging. This study evaluates potential factors, including an index of racialized disadvantage as well as community- and individual-level factors that serve as proxy measures for structural racism, that may contribute to racial differences in infant health. Findings suggest these factors’ effects explain about half of the underlying disparity in infant health.
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Building Black wealth through employee ownership
In a new collaboration between Morehouse College and University of California, Riverside, researchers aim to identify policy levers to advance employee ownership as a powerful intergenerational wealth-building strategy for Black communities and a tool to narrow the racial wealth gap.
Community corner
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Data for Action program recently launched more than 20 new research projects. These grantees will explore significant health policy questions using valuable datasets to inform pressing issues such as chronic and complex conditions, reproductive health, and health care payment systems. You can learn more about the awarded projects and the impactful work these scholars will undertake by visiting the
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