JAMA Pediatrics (2024) Authors: Mollie T. McQuillan, Joseph R. Cimpian, Benjamin A. Lebovitz, Erin K. Gill Abstract: Despite well-established health disparities between transgender and cisgender youth, state bills restricting gender-inclusive school supports and health care …
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Children’s perceptions of race and ethnicity in media: a 25-year update to children now
Link to Publication Journal of Applied Communication Research (2024) Authors: Nicole Martins, Marie-Louise Mares (IDS Affiliate), McCall Booth, Anne Marie McClain Abstract: In 1998, Children Now surveyed 1,200 U.S. 10- to 17-year-olds about TV racial …
Webinar: Equity Issues around Disability and Aging
Description: Adults enter their later years with a wide range of different care needs, challenges, and resources available to them. In the U.S. aging population, there is evidence of significant overlaps between social disparities—including race, …
Marketplace: Max Besbris on Homebuying Among Members of Gen Z
IDS affiliate Max Besbris recently spoke to Marketplace about home-buying progress among members of Gen Z. Besbris, a sociologist who studies access issues in the housing and rental markets spoke about how Gen Z both …
Ifatunji awarded NIH Diversity Supplement grant to study health and mortality disparities of native- and foreign-born Blacks in the United States
IDS affiliate Mosi Ifatunji was recently awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diversity Supplement grant to study disparities in the health and mortality of native- and foreign-born Blacks in the United States. Ifatunji, …
CDC report finds worse outcomes and persistent disparities in maternal mortality during pandemic
A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released in March 2023 found a large and statistically significant increase in U.S. maternal mortality in 2021. The rate for non-Hispanic Black women was …
Study suggests that implicit-bias focused diversity training for police unlikely to change behavior
In a study published in 2023 in Psychological Science, Calvin Lai and Jaclyn Lisnek evaluated a diversity training program with nearly 3,800 participating officers in 251 trainings. The one-day program was conducted by a well-regarded …