Webinar: From Theory to Practice - Addressing Race and Racism in Quantitative Reproductive Health Research
This session provides a deep look at strategies for integrating racial equity into research methods, using several reproductive health studies as case examples. Speakers will share practical approaches, drawing on recently published guidance for family planning research that helps reduce health inequities. They will illustrate how these principles are applied in real-world studies, giving you tools to strengthen your own research and ensure it is more inclusive and responsible.
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Join our upcoming webinar to explore how to effectively address race and racism in quantitative reproductive health research. This session provides a deep look at strategies for integrating racial equity into research methods, using several reproductive health studies as case examples. Speakers will share practical approaches, drawing on recently published guidance for family planning research that helps reduce health inequities. They will illustrate how these principles are applied in real-world studies, giving you tools to strengthen your own research and ensure it is more inclusive and responsible.
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to increase their understanding of theoretical approaches to addressing race and racism in quantitative reproductive health research, describe best practices and potential pitfalls in applying theoretical guidance to their own studies, and communicate and demonstrate the value of guidance for addressing race and racism in quantitative analyses to colleagues.
This event is hosted by AcademyHealth’s Research Community on the Equity Impacts of Dobbs, an initiative launched in 2024 with support from the Commonwealth Fund.
Supported by the Commonwealth Fund, a national, private foundation based in New York City that supports independent research on health care issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. The views presented here are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Commonwealth Fund, its directors, officers, or staff.
By the end of the webinar, participants will:
- Increase understanding of theoretical approaches to addressing race and racism in quantitative reproductive health research.
- Describe best practices and potential pitfalls in applying theoretical guidance to one’s own quantitative studies.
- Communicate about and demonstrate the value of guidance for addressing race and racism in quantitative analyses to colleagues.
Featured Speakers
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Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP
Dr. Simpson was the President and Chief Executive Officer of AcademyHealth from 2011-March 2024. A nationally recognized health policy researcher and pediatrician, she is a passionate advocate for the translation of research into policy and practice. Read Bio
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Nicole Quinones, M.P.H.
Nicole is a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Read Bio
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Taylor Riley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Riley is a social and reproductive epidemiologist with a research focus on the structural and policy drivers of reproductive health. Read Bio
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Sara Daniel, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Sara Daniel is a social epidemiologist and reproductive justice scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Read Bio
This research community is focused on the broad health equity impacts of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health on the U.S. health care system and is supported by a collaboration between AcademyHealth and the Commonwealth Fund.