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ArticleHealth education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education2026

Public Health in the Political Sphere: Zero-Fare Public Transportation as a Case Study and Call to Action.

Jacob Carson, Jordan Carlson, Amanda Grimes, Jannette Berkley-Patton, Jenifer E Allsworth, Tyler Prochnow, Heloant Abreu, Ricardo B Oliveira, Joseph S Lightner

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Article in Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Jacob CarsonSan Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
Jordan CarlsonChildren's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Amanda GrimesUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0132-1696
Jannette Berkley-PattonUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Jenifer E AllsworthUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Tyler ProchnowTexas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7886-4456
Heloant AbreuState University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ricardo B OliveiraState University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Joseph S LightnerUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8536-0085

Funding

UCSD Integrated Cardiovascular Epidemiology FellowshipT32HL079891 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Matthew A Allison · 2007 to 2026
$6.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL079891
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calls for depoliticizing public health often conflate politicization with partisanship, limiting the tools we have to advance health equity. We argue, through the lens of zero-fare public transit, that promoting health equity is an inherently political process. The processes that advance access to public services as a public good exist in the political sphere and have direct impacts on the health of vulnerable populations. To advance population health goals regarding the social determinants of health, engagement in the political sphere is necessary. We provide recommendations for the path forward regarding research, advocacy, and training to advance our field.

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health equitypolitical determinants of healthsocial determinants of healthtransportation policyzero-fare public transportation

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PMID41975240
PMCPMC13158946

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