Open AccessPopulation-Attributable Risk Percentages for Racialized Risk Environments
Author(s) -
Hannah L.F. Cooper,
Kimberly Jacob Arriola,
Regine Haardörfer,
Colleen M. McBride
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2016.303385
Subject(s) - ethnic group , odds , race (biology) , population , demography , health equity , odds ratio , geography , attributable risk , sociology , public health , medicine , logistic regression , gender studies , anthropology , nursing , pathology
Research about relationships between place characteristics and racial/ethnic inequities in health has largely ignored conceptual advances about race and place within the discipline of geography. Research has also almost exclusively quantified these relationships using effect estimates (e.g., odds ratios), statistics that fail to adequately capture the full impact of place characteristics on inequities and thus undermine our ability to translate research into action. We draw on geography to further develop the concept of "racialized risk environments," and we argue for the routine calculation of race/ethnicity-specific population-attributable risk percentages.