Anti-racism Resources for Epidemiologists & Public Health Researchers

Disclaimer: The list is compiled by a social epidemiologist, Ariel Beccia

* resources are listed alphabetically (by first author’s last name) within sections

RESEARCH CONDUCT 

Critical Histories of Epidemiological & Public Health Research

1. Epidemiology and Social Sciences: Towards a Critical Reengagement in the 21st Century by Nancy Krieger

2. Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context by Nancy Krieger

3. Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

4. Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings

5. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

6. Contemporary Epidemiology: A Review of Critical Discussions Within the Discipline and A Call for Further Dialogue with Social Theory by Maria Wemrell, Juan Merlo, Shai Mulinari, & Anne‐Christine Hornborg

Research Ethics & Epidemiological Knowledge Production 

1. Uprooting Institutionalized Racism as Public Health Practice by Mary T. Bassett & Jasmine D. Graves

2. Invited Reflection: Quantifying Intersectionality by Lisa Bowleg & Greta R. Bauer

3. Latin American Critical (‘Social’) Epidemiology: New Settings for an Old Dream by Jaime Breilh

4. Culturally Safe Epidemiology: Oxymoron or Scientific Imperative by Mary Cameron, Neil Andersson, Ian McDowell, & Robert J. Ledogar

5. Feminism Meets the 'New' Epidemiologies: Toward an Appraisal of Antifeminist Biases in Epidemiological Research on Women's Health by Marcia C. Inhorn & K. Lisa Whittle

6. Beyond Health Equity: Achieving Wellness Within American Indian and Alaska Native Communities by Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan et al.

7. Using Intersectionality Responsibly: Toward Critical Epistemology, Structural Analysis, and Social Justice Activism by Bonnie Moradi & Patrick Grzanka

8. Reflections on Researcher Identity and Power: The Impact of Positionality on Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Processes and Outcomes by Michael Muhammad et al.

9. A Critical Approach to Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health: Engaging Scientific Realism and Incorporating Social Conflict by Edwin Ng & Carles Muntaner

10. Critical Epidemiology in Action: Research for and by Indigenous Peoples by Erica Prussing

11. Understanding the Routinised Inclusion of Race, Socioeconomic Status and Sex in Epidemiology: The Utility of Concepts from Technoscience Studies by Janet K. Shim

12. Heart-Sick: The Politics of Risk, Inequality, and Heart Disease (Biopolitics) by Janet K. Shim

Epidemiology for Social Justice

1. An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework: Critical Reflections on a Methodology for Advancing Equity by Olena Hankivsky et al.

2. Epidemiology and Social Justice in Light of Social Determinants of Health Research by Sridhar Venkatapuram & Michael Marmot

3. Allyship/Antiracism in Epidemiological Research

4. Structural Racism and Supporting Black Lives — The Role of Health Professionals by Rachel R. Hardeman, Eduardo M. Medina, & Katy B. Kozhimannil

5. An Allied Research Paradigm for Epidemiology Research with Indigenous Peoples by Denise Jaworsky

6. The Coin Model of Privilege and Critical Allyship: Implications for Health by Stephanie A. Nixon

RESEARCH CONTENT 

Subject Matter

1. Structural Racism and Health Inequities in the USA: Evidence and Interventions by Zinzi D. Bailey, Nancy Krieger, Madina Agénor, Jasmine Graves, Natalia Linos, & Mary T. Bassett

2. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Glossary of Terms edited by Jen Balkus (thanks to Dr. Maayan Simckes of WA DOH for the suggestion)

3. Place Matters: From Health and Health Care Disparities to Equity and Liberation by Sharrelle Barber

4. Colonialism as a Broader Social Determinant of Health by Karina Czyzewski

5. Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional edited by Chandra L. Ford, Derek M. Griffith, Marino A. Bruce, & Keon L. Gilbert

6. Naming Institutionalized Racism in the Public Health Literature: A Systematic Literature Review by Rachel R. Hardeman, Katy A. Murphy, J’Mag Karbeah & Katy Backes Kozhimannil

7. Toward the Science and Practice of Anti-Racism: Launching a National Campaign Against Racism by Camara Phyllis Jones

8. More than Culture: Structural Racism, Intersectionality Theory,

9. and Immigrant Health by Edna A. Viruell-Fuentes, Patricia Y. Miranda, & Sawsan Abdulrahim

10. Racism and Health: Evidence and Needed Research by David R. Williams, Jourdyn A. Lawrence, & Brigette A. Davis

Theoretical Frameworks 

1. Future Directions for Incorporating Intersectionality into Quantitative Population Health Research by Madina Agénor

2. Incorporating Intersectionality Theory into Population Health Research Methodology: Challenges and the Potential to Advance Health Equity by Greta R. Bauer

3. The Problem with the Phrase Women and Minorities: Intersectionality-An Important Theoretical Framework for Public Health by Lisa Bowleg

4. Critical Race Theory, Race Equity, and Public Health: Toward Antiracism Praxis by Chandra L. Ford & Collins O. Airhihenbuwa

5. Commentary: Just What is Critical Race Theory and What’s it Doing in a Progressive Field like Public Health? by Chandra L. Ford & Collins O. Airhihenbuwa

6. The Public Health Critical Race Methodology: Praxis for Antiracism Research by Chandra L. Ford & Collins O. Airhihenbuwa

7. Kaupapa Maori Epidemiology by Shirley Simmonds, Bridget Robson, Fiona Cram, & Gordon Purdie

8. Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice: A Theory-Driven Conceptual Framework for Structural Analysis of Transgender Health Inequities by Linda M. Wesp, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, Ayana Elliott, & Tonia Poteat

Methods

1. Methods for Analytic Intercategorical Intersectionality in Quantitative Research: Discrimination as a Mediator of Health Inequalities by Greta R. Bauer & Ayden I. Scheim

2. Causally Interpreting Intersectionality Theory by Liam Kofi Bright, Daniel Malinsky, & Morgan Thompson

3. A Multilevel Approach to Modeling Health Inequalities at the Intersection of Multiple Social Identities by Clare R. Evans, David R. Williams, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, & S. V. Subramanian

4. Disparities at the Intersection of Marginalized Groups by John W. Jackson, David R. Williams, & Tyler J. VanderWeele

5. Invited Commentary: “Race,” Racism, and the Practice of Epidemiology by Camara Phyllis Jones (thanks to Dr. Maayan Simckes of WA DOH for the suggestion)

6. Methods for the Scientific Study of Discrimination and Health: An Ecosocial Approach by Nancy Krieger

7. Measures of Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism, and Gender Binarism for Health Equity Research: From Structural Injustice to Embodied Harm—An Ecosocial Analysis by Nancy Krieger

8. Invited Commentary: What Social Epidemiology Brings to the Table-Reconciling Social Epidemiology and Causal Inference by Whitney R. Robinson & Zinzi D. Bailey

9. Is the “Well-Defined Intervention Assumption” Politically Conservative? by Sharon Schwartz, Seth J. Prins, Ulka B. Campbell, & Nicolle M. Gatto

10. On Causal Interpretation of Race in Regressions Adjusting for Confounding and Mediating Variables by Tyler J. VanderWeele & Whitney R. Robinson

11. Indigenous Statistics: A Quantitative Research Methodology by Maggie Walter & Chris Andersen

Data Science & Equity

1. A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration from the Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP) (thanks to Libby McClure for the suggestion)

2. Data Feminism by Catherine D'Ignazio & Lauren F. Klein

3. Teaching Yourself about Structural Racism will Improve your Machine Learning by Whitney R. Robinson, Audrey Renson, & Ashley I. Naimi