Our work and resources

• Martinez, R.A., Smith, N.R., Wilbur, R.E., Andrabi, N., Goodwin, A.N., Zivich, P.N. (2023). Threats to equity: Missing methodological details about race and ethnicity in health research. Health Affairs Forefront. https://doi.org/10.1377/forefront.20230310.613486.

• Martinez, R.A., Andrabi, N., Goodwin, A.N., Wilbur, R.E., Smith, N.R., Zivich, P.N. (2023) Conceptualization, operationalization, and utilization of race and ethnicity in major epidemiology journals 1995-2018: a systematic review. American Journal of Epidemiology. Volume 192, Issue 3, March 2023, Pages 483–496. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwac146

  • “How epidemiology researchers discuss race and ethnicity.” Carolina Population Center News. https://www.cpc.unc.edu/news/how-epidemiology- researchers-discuss-race-and-ethnicity/

• Martinez, R.A., Andrabi, N., Goodwin, A.N., Wilbur, R.E., Smith, N.R., Zivich, P.N. (2022) Conceptualization, operationalization, and utilization of race and ethnicity in major medical journals 1995-2018: a systematic review. Under review. Available as preprint from medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.07.22271661

• Martinez, R.A., Smith, N.R., Andrabi, N., Goodwin, A.N., Wilbur, R.E., Zivich, P.N. (2021). Beyond the Boxes: Guiding Questions for Thoughtfully Measuring and Interpreting Race in Population Health Research. IAPHS Blog. https://doi.org/10.17615/bs67-jj32

  • This was a 6 part series on thoughtfully using race and ethnicity in population health research. Part 1 (intro), 2 (definitions), 3 (measurement), 4 (coding), 5 (analysis & interpretation), and 6 (conclusions).

Related readings

• La Veist, T. A. (1996). Why we should continue to study race… but do a better job: an essay on race, racism and health. Ethnicity & disease, 6(1-2), 21-29. pubmed
• LaVeist, T. A. (2000). On the study of race, racism, and health: a shift from description to explanation. International Journal of Health Services, 30(1), 217-219. pubmed
• Kaplan, J. B., & Bennett, T. (2003). Use of race and ethnicity in biomedical publication. Jama, 289(20), 2709-2716. pubmed
• Krieger, N. (2001). A glossary for social epidemiology. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 55(10), 693-700. pubmed
• Roth, W. D. (2016). The multiple dimensions of race. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 39(8), 1310-1338. link
• Yudell, M., Roberts, D., DeSalle, R., & Tishkoff, S. (2016). Taking race out of human genetics. Science, 351(6273), 564-565. link
• Boyd, R. W., Lindo, E. G., Weeks, L. D., & McLemore, M. R. (2020). On racism: a new standard for publishing on racial health inequities. Health Affairs Blog, 10. link
• Hardeman, R. R. (2020). Examining racism in health services research: A disciplinary self‐critique. Health Services Research, 55(Suppl 2), 777. pubmed
• Vyas, D. A., Eisenstein, L. G., & Jones, D. S. (2020). Hidden in plain sight—reconsidering the use of race correction in clinical algorithms. pubmed

Other things

• Multiple Components of Race Data Library link