EPID 684
Spatial Epidemiology
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Jon Zelner
[email protected]
epibayes.io
How can we appropriately measure the impacts of structural racism on spatial health inequality?
Methodological considerations in the measurement of structural racism.
Brief overview of infectious disease transmission models
Hands-on with mechanisms discussed in Acevedo-Garcia paper.
Discussion of the cyclical nature of residential segregation and infection.
“Isolation may increase the risk for gonorrhea through its effect on social factors as well. Social norms — which also can be transmitted — have been shown to be associated with sexual risk among adolescents and among Black women. In isolated communities, within group norms for risky sexual behavior might be strengthened.” (1)
Hands-on with a mechanistic version of this model
Suggestions for accurately measuring the nature of and impact of structural racism on health outcomes (From (2))
We must think beyond our training, statistical tests, and practices that dismiss methodologies that we may be unfamiliar with. There is scholarship being overlooked that proposes new approaches we could explore…, but we cannot move forward with capturing variables like structural racism if we do not explore our creativity. (From Adkins-Jackson 2021)