Objectives:There is a need for formal guidance around antiracist research practices to dismantle structural racism, which has been embedded into the design and conduct of health sciences research. Our objective is to review and summarize recommendations from published literature…

PolicyLab responded to a request for comment from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Rescind 2022 Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility Regulations.In their response, contributing PolicyLab experts cautioned that rescinding these…

PolicyLab responded to a request for comment from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit”.In their response, contributing PolicyLab experts…

Child health outcomes are often determined by factors outside of the health care system. At PolicyLab, our vision for health equity is that all children have the opportunity to achieve the best possible health outcomes, regardless of their race, ethnicity, preferred language,…

Travis, a 17-year-old transgender boy, was admitted to an inpatient general pediatrics service for pyelonephritis and was also found to have severe constipation and weight loss. Detailed history revealed avoidance of eating, drinking, or urinating during daytime hours to avoid bathroom…

In the United States, equitable research and health communication requires translation of words and concepts into languages other than English. This process often goes beyond using a translation dictionary, as common English words often do not have a “word-for-word" equivalent and the …

Objective: Not all individuals self-identify with race categories on birth certificates, selecting "Other" and writing in identities. Our hypothesis was that curating write-in responses in the "Other" race category would contribute to understanding preterm birth inequities.Methods…

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare outpatient behavioral health scheduling for children in Spanish-speaking families in Pennsylvania with that for children in families who speak English.Study design: We made paired English and Spanish telephone calls to outpatient…

Since 2016, enactment of more punitive immigration policies resulted in more people avoiding health care and other public services in the U.S. Passage of policies such as the 2019 “public charge” rule change, which expanded the rules by which immigrants could be denied access to…

The electronic health record (EHR) should contain information to support culturally responsive care and research; however, the widely used default "Asian" demographic variable in most US social systems (including EHRs) lacks information to describe the diverse experience within the…