Author: Geoffrey Holtzman, Neda Khoshkhoo, Elaine Nsoesie
Publisher: The American Journal of Bioethics
Publication Year: 2022
Summary: The following article discusses how there is a consistent racial disparity in data, particularly as this article points out, in the health care industry. More specifically races and ethnicities which are experiencing a data gap are also typically at higher risk for health problems. The main issue to address here is that there is a misrepresentation in the data collection and reporting where races are not equally represented which contributes to structural racism and “a lack of commitment to the value of Black lives manifests as a 30% discounting of Black deaths among Hispanic and Latino populations.” This is leading to inaccurate results of death rates. The authors suggest that racial public health data should be gathered with ethnicity, gender, etc., and should be overseen by an ethics board.
