Focus on Health: Additional resources

Racism & the Economy: Focus on Health Policy Brief

POLICY BRIEF PDF | 12 DISTRICT BANKS

These papers go into greater detail on the proposals presented by the authors during the Racism and the Economy: Focus on Health event.

Taking Health Care to the People: 6 Proposals to Improve Health, Economic, and Educational Outcomes for Black Communities

Proposal PDF | Wayne Frederick

Poor Quality Race/Ethnicity Data is Systemic Racism

Proposal PDF | Stella Yi, Simona Kwon

Abundant Birth Project: A Monthly Cash Supplement During Pregnancy and the Post-natal Period Provided to Black Mothers (and Other Black Pregnant People) to Address the Persistent Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes

Proposal PDF | Zea Malawa, Monica De La Cruz, Deborah Karasek

Opioids and the Labor Market

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

How Important Is Health Inequality for Lifetime Earnings Inequality?

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Does U.S. Health Inequality Reflect Income Inequality—or Something Else?

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Health and Community Development

Publication | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

The Health of Arab-Americans Living in the United States: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Article | Abdul M. El-Sayed, Co-Author

Ethnic Inequalities in Mortality: The Case of Arab-Americans

Article | Abdul M. El-Sayed, Co-Author

Housing Stability and Family Health: An Issue Brief

Brief | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative

Power, Politics, and Health: A New Public Health Practice Targeting the Root Causes of Health Equity

Article | Anthony Iton, Co-Author

Racism as a Root Cause Approach: A New Framework

Article | Zea Malawa, Co-Author

Healthy Communities: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations

Publication | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Overcrowding in the Bay Area: Where the Housing Crisis Meets COVID-19

Blog Post | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Public Health Insurance: TennCare Disenrollment and Personal Financial Distress

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Health Insurance as an Income Stabilizer

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Features Associated with Successful Recruitment of Diverse Patients onto Cancer Clinical Trials: Report from the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group

Report | Wayne Frederick, Co-Author

The Aggregate and Relative Economic Effects of Government Financed Health Care

Article | Bill Dupor and Guerrero Rodrigo

The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice

Article | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Commentary—Structural Racism: The Rules and Relations of Inequity

Article | Gilbert C. Gee and Margaret T. Hicken

The Affordable Care Act: More Health Care Services at Lower Cost?

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

The Gaps in Health

Podcast | The PEW Charitable Trusts

The Healthcare Divide

Film | Public Broadcasting Service

The Intergenerational Transmission of Mental and Physical Health in the United Kingdom

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

A Thriving Labor Force Starts at Birth: The Role of Community Development in Reducing Racial Health Inequities at Birth

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

The Evolution of Health Over the Life Cycle

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

The Mental Health Implications of COVID-19 on Low-Income Communities and Communities of Color

Research Brief | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Mental Health and Community Development

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Is John Henryism a Health Risk or Resource?: Exploring the Role of Culturally Relevant Coping for Physical and Mental Health Among Black Americans

Article | Millicent N. Robinson, Courtney S. Thomas Tobin

Unequal Burdens: Racial Differences in ICU Stress During the Third Wave of COVID-19

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Carrying Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination Forward: Guidance Informed by Communities of Color

Report | CommuniVax Coalition

Hospital Access in the Fifth District and COVID-19

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Investigating the Effect of Health Insurance in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Understanding the Racial and Income Gap in COVID-19: Health Insurance, Comorbidities, and Medical Facilities

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Health Insurance and Essential Service Workers in New England: Who Lacks Access to Care for COVID-19?

Brief | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

The Reckoning: When a Pandemic Collides with Systemic Racism

Video | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

The 1918 Flu and COVID-19 Pandemics: Different Patients, Different Economy

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

The Relationship Between Race, Type of Work, and COVID-19 Infection Rates

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

COVID-19 Containment Measures, Health and the Economy

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

The Impact of Health and Economic Policies on the Spread of COVID-19 and Economic Activity

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Health Versus Wealth: On the Distributional Effects of Controlling a Pandemic

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Our Economy and Health in Crisis

Video | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Modern Pandemics: Recession and Recovery

Discussion Paper | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

What Can We Learn from the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918-19 for COVID-19?

Article | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Disparities and Mitigation Behavior During COVID-19

Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis