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Researchers in the MIT Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism are building an open data repository to advance research on racial inequity in domains like policing, housing, and health care. | Click below to read the full article on Sunalei

Digital justice: beyond safety ? The University of Suffolk and the SWGfL are coordinating a national event on digital justice and online harms in the context of the Online Safety Act (OSA). The event will take place on Monday 24 June 2024, and will be hosted by the University of Suffolk at our quayside Ipswich campus. The conference will bring together stakeholders from across the UK to explore challenges, next steps and new horizons in promoting justice and safety in the wake of the OSA, inviting talks, workshops and creative submissions. The event is aimed at researchers, practitioners, those with lived and/or professional experience of technology-facilitated and online abuse, and policy makers. Organisers invite abstracts of between 200-300 words, outlining the topic and nature of the contribution, its relevance to combating online harms and promoting digital justice, implications for policy and practice and key messages or takeaways for attendees. Conference themes and suggested topics include:? ? Policy – Implementation, enforcement and appraisal of the OSA; the Criminal Justice Bill; regulating harmful but legal content; intersections between gendered online abuse and radicalization/terrorism, the Istanbul Convention? ? Practice and communities – Trauma-informed and culturally responsive practice; coordinated community responses to online harms; peer support and active bystander approaches? ? Technology –?safety by design; trauma-informed and accessible design; generative AI and new frontiers in online and technology-facilitated harms? ? Experience – research, practice and/or lived experience focused contributions by survivors of online and technology-facilitated abuse? ? Event coordinators particularly welcome submissions from early career and independent researchers, those with lived experience of technology-facilitated and/or online abuse, and those who are underrepresented in academia, policy and practice spaces, including racially minoritised, LGTBQ+, disabled and neurodivergent individuals. Coordinators are pleased to be able to offer ￡150 honorariums for a number of contributors; if you would like to be considered for an honorarium please note this in your email to organisers. Abstracts, workshop concepts and creative submissions in relation to conference themes, as well as general event inquiries,?can be submitted to the event coordinators Dr Katherine Allen and Dr Megan Hermolle via email by 5pm on 15th?April 2024: [email protected]?

Researchers in the MIT Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism are building an open data repository to advance research on racial inequity in domains like policing, housing, and health care... Another example of #GoodAI and showing how it can truly change things for the good! See full article here -https://lnkd.in/eUsp9zzn #AInews #AIforgood

Cited more than 3900+ times, this is an example of how researchers, scientists, students, and practitioners should uphold the most valid, reliable, and high-quality research when producing training materials, policy briefings, or research briefings. "Structural racism refers to the totality of ways in which societies foster racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems of housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care, and criminal justice. These patterns and practices in turn reinforce discriminatory beliefs, values, and distribution of resources." Bailey, Z. D., Krieger, N., Agénor, M., Graves, J., Linos, N., & Bassett, M. T. (2017). Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions.?The lancet,?389(10077), 1453-1463. #rigor #research #data #multifactorial

#BlackHistoryMonth, for me, is a time to reflect on the disparities and recommit to my passion for addressing #healthcare inequality. It's refreshing and inspiring when the industry speaks of diversity and inclusion as essential components of high-quality clinical trials. I firmly believe that without adequate representation, there is no true quality in our research. [Otis Johnson, PhD, MPA, Trial Equity] hbanet.org #HBAimpact #BlackHistoryMonth2024

It's important that we continue to learn from history so that we can remain steadfast in implementing change. This is an important watch if you have never seen it. As a financial advisor who works with clients who are suffering from chronic and critical illnesses and have been historically (and currently) discriminated against, it's important for me to use my knowledge and research to help implement change by disseminating informaton that can help the public hold organizations accountable. This video is from 2021. We are due for an update. #publichealth #racism #healthequity https://lnkd.in/gGPEqVMj

As we enter the final quarter of 2024, I’ve had the opportunity to attend a recent session by Dr. Rae Reece on the role of critical race study in research that left a lasting impact. What resonated most is the idea that #racism isn’t just an individual experience, it’s a structural issue—woven into our institutions, including healthcare. And while it may be a privilege not to experience racism, we all have a role to play in addressing it. Sometimes the least we can do is the most important—being kind, empathetic, and human. Dr. Reece emphasized that race is a social construct created by humans. Look at children for instance, they don’t see race when they play or talk to each other, until society teaches them to. It’s through learned behaviors and observed attitudes that biases are formed. Change takes time, but it starts with acknowledging the presence of racism in our healthcare systems, where racialized communities are too often judged based on their identities and who they are rather than their health needs. It’s not just about physiological predispositions; social and structural factors often make these communities more vulnerable. As healthcare professionals, we must shift from being reactive to proactive—actively learning how these communities experience racism and embracing trauma-informed approaches that address their holistic well-being. How can we take steps to ensure that healthcare is truly equitable for all? #HealthcareEquity #CriticalRaceStudy #TraumaInformedCare #InclusionInHealthcare #RacismInHealthcare

How does the way we collect data impact racial equity efforts? This insightful conversation between my friends Alonzo Plough and Gail Christopher walks through this exact question. This quote from Alonzo stood out to me: “We must reform our public health systems to address structural racism, and this requires that we collect and analyze data in ways that accurately reflect the serious harms that racism and other forms of discrimination inflict on our communities.” I see this very clearly in my work as a policy advocate — inclusive health data helps us understand not only health disparities themselves, but the social inequities that create and widen those disparities, and the efficacy of potential solutions. https://lnkd.in/e8XnS5iN

Research Reveals Black Women's Homicide Rates Six Times Higher Than White Women's The alarming disparity in homicide rates between Black women and white women in the United States has been thoroughly documented, revealing a deeply troubling trend that spans over two decades. Research conducted by Columbia University Irving Medical Center?and Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, and published in The Lancet, indicates that between 1999 and 2020, Black women were, on average, six times more likely to be murdered than their white counterparts. The study highlighted that this disparity is particularly pronounced in certain states, with Wisconsin experiencing the most significant disparity, where Black women were 20 times more likely to be killed than white women. Click the link below to finish reading this compelling article. https://lnkd.in/gE9XbKA8

?? Racism rather than race is the critical independent risk factor for poor health outcomes. Let me explain: ?? Bias and fairness of AI in healthcare settings are two of the biggest issues concerning those of us in the healthtech space. ?? Teams are laser focused on ensuring the monitoring and mitigation of the very real risks they present. However, I was very grateful to be reminded yesterday by virologist and science journalist Layal Liverpool (who was being interviewed at UCL by Christoffer van Tulleken about her new book ?? Systemic: How Racism Is Making Us Sick) that medical science itself can be deeply flawed and supporting systems, processes and people can inadvertently promote and propagate these flaws, often to the detriment of marginalised racial and ethnic groups. ?? It was an eye opening session in which racism itself was meticulously presented as a public health crisis affecting outcomes across the board, from infectious diseases to cardiovascular disease, cancer and mental health conditions. ??????Persistent and pervasive medical myths around different pain thresholds, pelvic shapes, lung and kidney function between racial groups were comprehensively debunked. Some of these were only formally corrected in the literature and in practice very recently. ??For instance it was only in 2021 that the recommendation to “correct” eGFR (a marker of kidney function), need on very problematic data, for people of African-Caribbean or African family origin was removed from NICE guidance. It resulted in the over-estimation of kidney function in many black patients, delaying necessary treatment resulting in the stark inequality that if you’re of Black ethnicity, you’re three- to five-fold more likely to end up with end-stage kidney disease. So, as we rightly strive to eliminate bias and ensure fairness in our algorithms we must not forget the simultaneous need to collectively help address the systemic problems affecting the health systems and societies within which we deploy our tools. #bias #fairness #ai #racism