This Tuesday, February 8, from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST, join Health Affairs for a freevirtual symposium on our February 2022 issue, "Racism & Health."
We are honored that Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, will address the group.Another highlight of the event will be the reading of "Identity," an original poem by Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo, which will be published in the issue.
Racism is the reason for large, sustained health inequities in the United States.
The February 2022 issue of Health Affairs, "Racism & Health," contains a comprehensive, scholarly look at the complex relationship between racism and health and provides new evidence, analysis, and narratives on the topic.
It is our hope that the issue will make a lasting contribution to the field and enhance the national dialogue regarding the importance of policies to address structural racism.
Panels of distinguished authors and experts will present their work and engage in discussions on the historical context, evolving research practices and policies, and the lived experience of populations whose health has been harmed by individual and structural racism.
Join Health Affairs on Monday, February 7, from 6:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST, on the eve of the "Racism & Health Virtual Symposium," for a livestreamed salon-style discussion of "Race, Place, And Structural Racism: A Review Of Health And History In DC."
The event will address how structural racism and historical events socially, economically, and politically disenfranchised Black residents in the District of Columbia, yielding stark differences in health outcomes by race and place. The event will be livestreamed on LinkedIn.
Moderated by Amanda Michelle Gomez of DC public radio station WAMU, panelists will include Georgetown University Professor Christopher King, the author of the study in the title, and Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil.
In the paper, appearing in the February 2022 issue of the journal, the authors examine medical providers’ use of negative patient descriptors in electronic health records (EHRs) and investigate whether the use of these terms varied by patient race and ethnicity.
Please join Michael Sun, a medical student at the University of Chicago, on February 22 for a detailed discussion of the paper’s data, methods, and conclusions. Health Affairs Director of Health Equity, Vabren Watts, will host.
Stay tuned for details of upcoming additional events that are in the works, including Policy Spotlight with Meena Seshamani, Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare on February 28.
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