Societal systems act individually and in combination to create and perpetuate structural
racism through both policies and practices at the local, state, and federal levels, which, in …

Voting As a Social Determinant of Health: Leveraging Health Systems to Increase Access to
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In the late spring of 2020, outcry about the brutal killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery,
and Breonna Taylor led to widespread protests by diverse groups in support of the Black …

Background Many states in the United States (US) have introduced barriers to impede voting
among individuals from socio-economically disadvantaged groups. This may reduce …

Purpose: To determine the associations between state-level indicators of structural racism
and incidence of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) among black and white women …

Re-reading the risk literature, I sketch a novel nomenclature for 36 dyadic risk interactions
that constitute the prototypes of what eventually become cascading effects. This analysis …

The health inequities revealed by the Covid-19 pandemic, along with heightened
awareness of racial justice issues, present opportunities for leaders, especially at community …

Policy Points Health and civic engagement are reciprocally and longitudinally linked: Poor
health is associated with less civic engagement. Well‐established social drivers of health …

The study examines the relationship between voting restrictions and public health in the 50
American states. Using a recently developed Cost of Voting Index (COVI) as a surrogate for …

During the past 2 decades, voter turnout in US presidential elections has ranged from 51.7%
to 66.9% of the eligible population. Low voter turnout rates and inequitable electoral …