We are delighted to be selected to receive a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation for our project, "Reducing Racial Health Care Gaps via Physician Solidarity Signals." In this project, we will focus on the consequences of discrimination in criminal justice, one of the key institutions generating inequality and an issue of pressing public policy, on healthcare demand because the medical system plays an important role in addressing racial health inequality. We investigate whether counter signals made by healthcare professionals to indicate racial solidarity enhance actual healthcare demand. These findings will guide approaches for actors, specifically institutions, to proactively address the effects of structural racism.
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