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Conceptualizing, Contextualizing, and Operationalizing Race in Quantitative Health Sciences Research

Elle Lett, Emmanuella Asabor, Sourik Beltrán, Ashley Michelle Cannon and Onyebuchi A. Arah
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2022, 20 (2) 157-163; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2792
Elle Lett
1Center for Health Equity Advancement, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2Center for Applied Transgender Studies, Chicago, Illinois
3Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MBiostat, MA, PhD
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Emmanuella Asabor
1Center for Health Equity Advancement, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
6Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
MPhil
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Sourik Beltrán
7Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Ashley Michelle Cannon
8Technical Resources International, Bethesda, Maryland
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Onyebuchi A. Arah
9Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
10Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles College of Letters and Science, Los Angeles, California
11Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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vol. 20 no. 2 157-163
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2792
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35045967

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1544-1709
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1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication September 7, 2021
  • Revision received November 23, 2021
  • Accepted for publication November 30, 2021
  • Published online March 28, 2022.

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  1. Elle Lett, MBiostat, MA, PhD1,2,3,4⇑,
  2. Emmanuella Asabor, MPhil1,5,6,
  3. Sourik Beltrán, MD, MBE7,
  4. Ashley Michelle Cannon, BS8 and
  5. Onyebuchi A. Arah, MD, PhD9,10,11
  1. 1Center for Health Equity Advancement, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  2. 2Center for Applied Transgender Studies, Chicago, Illinois
  3. 3Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  4. 4Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  5. 5Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
  6. 6Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
  7. 7Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  8. 8Technical Resources International, Bethesda, Maryland
  9. 9Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  10. 10Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles College of Letters and Science, Los Angeles, California
  11. 11Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR Elle Lett University of Pennsylvania Blockley Hall Philadelphia, PA 19146 ellel{at}upenn.edu

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