Blankenship Lab

American University

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Washington · United States

NIH-funded
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NIH R01 · 2024

Addressing the Impacts of Structural Racism on Race Inequities in Health: A Focus on Mass Incarceration, Housing, and their Intersection

This multi-level mixed methods study will analyze the implications for racial health equity of policies that undergird structural racism (SR) in the domains of mass incarceration (MI) and housing; and will examine the potential for policy reforms in these domains to reduce inequities. We conceptualize the domains of MI and housing as systems of exposure to SR that are given meaning by specific policies (as well as the legacies of past policies) and that dynamically intersect with one another in ways that shape their impacts on population and individual health. We will measure, in different ways, SR in, and at the intersection of, each of these domains, at the national level and within the…

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