Thread by @ia4phs

I'm @RRHDr, a #healthequity researcher & the Founding Director of @CARHEumn. My work seeks to manifest racial justice & liberation by making the invisible visible. This means that I start from the premise that racism is a fundamental cause of health inequity. #HardemanTakeover

Today I'm taking over @ia4phs to talk about #structuralracism and health from methodological innovation for measuring racism to its manifestations in our society from abortion access to policing. Structural racism as a #populationhealth crisis. #HardemanTakeover

Structural racism is a public health crisis, but it's also a FIXABLE problem!

Earlier this year @CARHEumn & @minnpop hosted an event on the measurement of structural racism. A product of that event was this 🔥 reading list. #HardemanTakeover

https://twitter.com/CARHEumn/status/1504546798576316422?s=20&t=c0jDtp7lDRWqT7zi0MubRw

Each article in that list is truly 🔥, must-reads for scholars engaged in #healthequity & #antiracism research.

The TL;DR: Racism, not race, is a fundamental cause of health. So if we want to improve #populationhealth, we need to dismantle #structuralracism. #HardemanTakeover

This Feb my coauthors @pa_homan, @bertchantarat, @badavis_, @tysonbrown & I published an article on improving measurement of #structuralracism in @Health_Affairs. We quote James Baldwin, “How much time do you want for your progress?” #HardemanTakeover healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

We believe that we have run out of time. There is an urgency to address racism. #HardemanTakeover healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

We can't change what we don't measure, which is why rigorous measurement of #structuralracism is an urgent issue. In our @Health_Affairs article we outline theory + methods, and I want to highlight rigorous work being done by the rising generation of scholars. #HardemanTakeover

Specifically for measuring #structuralracism in #epidemiology, @pbaJackson, @bertchantarat, @zinzinator & @NinezPonce published an article in @AmJEpi as a guide for researchers. #HardemanTakeover academic.oup.com/aje/article/19…

This year @bertchantarat published an article w @dcvanriper & me using multidimensional measures of #structuralracism to predict birth outcomes in Minnesota. Since racism is multidimensional, solutions need to be multidimensional too. #HardemanTakeover onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Last year I, @bertchantarat, @MLukeSmith, @BeahboutIT, @dcvanriper & @DrDaraDMendez published an article in @JAMANetworkOpen on aggressive policing, a form of #structuralracism & poor birth health, esp for US-born Black birthing people. #HardemanTakeover jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Look out for an article #SooninAJPH by @ProfAlang, @rahwaghaile, me & @AimtoSwerve on how police brutality harms the health of racialized woman thru #structuralracism & #structuralsexism over the lifecourse. #HardemanTakeover @AMJPublicHealth

https://twitter.com/AlfredoMorabia/status/1553355227897729024

Also #SooninAJPH is an article by me, @hing_anna & @ReproResearcher on measuring #structuralracism thru the lens of anti-abortion policy.

Abortion is health care, so we can't achieve #healthequity w/o abortion. #HardemanTakeover @AMJPublicHealth

https://twitter.com/AlfredoMorabia/status/1565315033592111105?s=20&t=S8v2SOWwFCYLtOL4eXC53Q

We need to take #structuralracism seriously across the lifecourse, as explained by @GilbertGee6, @hing_anna et al in @AMJPublicHealth. #HardemanTakeover ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.21…

I will always, always repeat this: Structural racism is a public health crisis, and it is a FIXABLE problem!

Racism is a FIXABLE problem, and the #antiracism solutions to achieve racial #healthequity are fueled by love. #HardemanTakeover

Last month @BeahboutIT, I, Numi Katz, Dimpho Orionzi & @katybkoz published an article I'm incredibly proud of, "From A Place of Love." We describe the love-fueled care model of @RootsBirthMpls & how their #antiracism advances maternal #healthequity. digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol15/is…

If you are as passionate about measuring, confronting, & dismantling #structuralracism as I am, sign up for the #IAPHS pre-conference workshop hosted by me, @BeahboutIT & @hing_anna! It's in person Sep 20th from 1-5pm. #HardemanTakeover iaphs.org/tools-for-succ…

Be sure to attend @bertchantarat's & Alexandria Kristensen-Cabrera's #IAPHS "Structural Factors" conference sessions on #structuralracism and health, happening on Sep 22nd at 3:15-4:30pm. #HardemanTakeover iaphs.org/wp-content/upl…

Structural racism is a public health crisis, and it is also a FIXABLE problem!

Follow @ia4phs, me at @RRHDr, my center at @CARHEumn, & all the scholars mentioned in this thread to stay connected to people involved in the #antiracism solutions! #HardemanTakeover