Jinani Jayasekera, Safa El Kefi, Jessica R Fernandez, Kaitlyn M Wojcik, Jennifer M P Woo, Adaora Ezeani, Jennifer L Ish, Manami Bhattacharya, Kemi Ogunsina, Che-Jung Chang, Camryn M Cohen, Stephanie Ponce, Dalya Kamil, Julia Zhang, Randy Le, Amrita L Ramanathan, Gisela Butera, Christina Chapman, Shakira J Grant, Marquita W Lewis-Thames, Chiranjeev Dash, Traci N Bethea, Allana T Forde
PURPOSE: Structural racism could contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in cancer mortality via its broad effects on housing, economic opportunities, and health care. However, there has been limited focus on incorporating structural racism into simulation models designed to identify practice and policy strategies to support health equity. We reviewed studies evaluating structural racism and cancer mortality disparities to highlight opportunities, challenges, and future directions to capture this broad concept in simulation modeling research...
November 8, 2023: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs