Background: US maternal and infant mortality rates constitute an important public health
problem, because these rates surpass those in developed countries and are characterized …

There have been over 100 years of literature discussing the deleterious influence of racism
on health. Much of the literature describes racism as a driver of social determinants of …

Dramatic increases in criminal justice contact in the United States have rendered prison and
jail incarceration common for US men and their loved ones, with possible implications for …

Black birthing people are twice as likely to experience severe maternal morbidity (SMM) as
their white counterparts. Structural racism provides a framework for understanding root …

Importance Air pollution presents clear environmental justice issues. However, few studies
have specifically examined traffic-related air pollution (TRAP), a source driven by historically …

Black women have elevated rates of multiple physical illnesses and conditions when
compared to White women–disparities that are only partially explained by socioeconomic …

Background: Due to the physical, metabolic, and hormonal changes before, during, and after
pregnancy, women—defined here as people assigned female at birth—are particularly …

T he epidemic of chronic pain, affecting approximately 20% of Americans and estimated to
cost $600 billion per year, exacts a tremendous personal, economic, and societal toll. 1, 2 …

Structural racism represents a key determinant of the racial health disparities that has
characterized the US population throughout its existence. While this reality has recently …

Community-level disinvestment and de facto segregation rooted in decades of
discriminatory race-based policies and racism have resulted in unacceptably large infant …