Historic disinvestment in transportation infrastructure is directly related to adverse social
conditions underlying health disparities in low-income communities of color. Complete …

Objective: To inform continued progress in this area, we qualitatively examined the
development and implementation of equity-related plans and initiatives of LHDs within 4 …

Racial disparities in health are among the most disconcerting forms of inequity in the United
States. Divergent health outcomes between Americans racialized as White and those …

In communities overburdened by environmental pollution, it is commonplace to find other,
additional health-impacting problems such as poor housing conditions, high crime rates …

Research demonstrates a causal link between increased exposure to racial discrimination
and adverse health outcomes among diverse racial and ethnic populations in the US …

In recent years, cities across the US have increasingly invested in programs, policies, and
infrastructure to support active transportation. Some have suggested that these investments …

Civil rights and environmental justice laws and regulations aim to ensure fair processes and
outcomes in regional transportation planning. Despite these requirements, people of color …

Racial and ethnic health inequities are driven by multiple social and political factors. Race-
neutral policies that overlook the role of racism in policy and in disparities may also …

Recent events have amplified the debilitating effects of systemic racism on the health of the
United States. In an effort to improve population health and dismantle more than 400 years …

Structural racism is a multilevel system of ideologies, institutions, and processes that have
created and reified racial/ethnic inequities. As a system, it works in concert across …