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ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2026

Identifying High-Priority Ecological-Level Indicators of Structural Racism in Black and Hispanic/Latino Communities.

Alisha A Crump, Yusuf Ransome, Wendy Camelo Castillo, Ichiro Kawachi, Salene M W Jones, Bryce B Reeve, Ester Villalonga-Olives

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Article in Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Developing an Index to Measure Structural Racism: Methodological Process, Challenges, and Considerations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alisha A CrumpDepartment of Social and Behavioral SciencesDepartment, New York University, 708 Broadway, 10003, New York, USA. aac10277@nyu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7552-8964
Yusuf RansomeDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Wendy Camelo CastilloDepartment of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research , University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, USA.
Ichiro KawachiSchool of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Salene M W JonesPublic Health Services Division, FredHutch Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Bryce B ReeveDepartment of Population Health Sciences, DukeUniversity School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Ester Villalonga-OlivesDepartment of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research , University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, USA.

Funding

The development a new Multidimensional and Multilevel Measure of Institutional and Economic Barriers for English and Spanish speaking populationsR01MD019029 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Ester Villalonga Olives · 2023 to 2026
$2.9M
NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD019029NIMHD NIH HHS R01MD019029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Structural racism manifests as a multifaceted phenomenon in which various social and structural drivers of health can carry different levels of significance and impact. This study used a theory-driven approach to identify high-priority key ecological-level manifestations of structural racism to inform the development of a novel, multilevel, and multidimensional structural racism measure for Black and Hispanic/Latino communities. Based on the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities framework, a content development team of four social epidemiologists pre-selected 68 ecological indicators of structural racism from the previous literature. The panel comprised five health equity researchers, two social stratification researchers, and three community organization leaders, all of whom engaged in a modified Delphi process. In the final phase, eight out of ten panel members evaluated the relevance of each ecological-level indicator for assessing structural racism, using a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (extremely relevant) to 5 (not at all relevant). The average relevance score for each indicator was visualized using Python Matplotlib and Seaborn for data visualization. Overall, economic-related indicators were ranked as highly relevant, suggesting that financial stability measures are priority metrics for measuring structural racism among Black and Hispanic/ Latino communities. This study offers empirical evidence for prioritizing key ecological-level indicators of structural racism and for developing a weighted measure of structural racism for Black and Hispanic/Latino communities.

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