A Racial Equity Framework for Assessing Health Policy

Commonwealth Fund January 20, 2022
Jamila Michener

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Public policy is a powerful determinant of racial inequity in health, but there is limited consensus on how to assess policy for impacts on equity

The Racial Equity and Policy (REAP) framework provides a conceptually sound, empirically grounded basis for systematically assessing racial equity in health policy

Abstract

• Issue: Despite enduring racism and the need for greater racial equity, there is limited consensus among analysts, academics, and public officials on how to assess policy for its impact on racial equity. Without instructive conceptual frameworks, our ability to identify, examine, and eradicate racial inequity through health policy will be limited.
• Goal: To establish a conceptually nuanced, empirically informed, and practically useful framework for analyzing the racial equity implications of...

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