Anna K. Hing
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View article: Felony disenfranchisement laws and racial inequities in women's self-rated health
Felony disenfranchisement laws and racial inequities in women's self-rated health Open
Objectives To determine if more strict state-level felony disenfranchisement laws, which are a form of structural racism, are associated with worse self-rated health, and if this association is stronger for Black women compared to white wo…
View article: Instruments for racial health equity: a scoping review of structural racism measurement, 2019–2021
Instruments for racial health equity: a scoping review of structural racism measurement, 2019–2021 Open
Progress toward racial health equity cannot be made if we cannot measure its fundamental driver: structural racism. As in other epidemiologic studies, the first step is to measure the exposure. But how to measure structural racism is an on…
View article: The C2DREAM framework: Investigating the structural mechanisms undergirding racial health inequities
The C2DREAM framework: Investigating the structural mechanisms undergirding racial health inequities Open
Racism shapes the distribution of the social determinants of health (SDoH) along racial lines. Racism determines the environments in which people live, the quality of housing, and access to healthcare. Extensive research shows racism in it…
View article: More than tears: associations between exposure to chemical agents used by law enforcement and adverse reproductive health outcomes
More than tears: associations between exposure to chemical agents used by law enforcement and adverse reproductive health outcomes Open
Despite routine law enforcement use of chemical agents for crowd control, the reproductive health safety profiles of these products are unknown. Moreover, limited evidence has documented a link between such exposures and adverse reproducti…
View article: Dobbs and disability: Implications of abortion restrictions for people with chronic health conditions
Dobbs and disability: Implications of abortion restrictions for people with chronic health conditions Open
The United States has a long history of undermining the reproductive autonomy of people with chronic conditions. This includes people with disabilities that are seen or unseen, and related or not related to health.1 The Dobbs decision, a J…
View article: Advancing the Measurement of Structural Racism Through the Lens of Antiabortion Policy
Advancing the Measurement of Structural Racism Through the Lens of Antiabortion Policy Open
Advancing the Measurement of Structural Racism Through the Lens of Antiabortion Policy Anna K. HingPhD, MPH, Asha HassanMPH, and Rachel R. HardemanPhD, MPH Affiliation All authors are with the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equi…
View article: Health selection on self-rated health and the healthy migrant effect: Baseline and 1-year results from the health of Philippine Emigrants Study
Health selection on self-rated health and the healthy migrant effect: Baseline and 1-year results from the health of Philippine Emigrants Study Open
Studies of migration and health focus on a “healthy migrant effect” whereby migrants are healthier than individuals not migrating. Health selection remains the popular explanation of this phenomenon. However, studies are mixed on whether s…
View article: Association of “#covid19” Versus “#chinesevirus” With Anti-Asian Sentiments on Twitter: March 9–23, 2020
Association of “#covid19” Versus “#chinesevirus” With Anti-Asian Sentiments on Twitter: March 9–23, 2020 Open
Objectives. To examine the extent to which the phrases, “COVID-19” and “Chinese virus” were associated with anti-Asian sentiments. Methods. Data were collected from Twitter’s Application Programming Interface, which included the hashtags “…
View article: Suppressing the Vote, Suppressing Future Voters: A Multilevel Analysis of Voter Suppression and Black-White Disparities in Life Expectancy and Infant Outcomes
Suppressing the Vote, Suppressing Future Voters: A Multilevel Analysis of Voter Suppression and Black-White Disparities in Life Expectancy and Infant Outcomes Open
This dissertation examines the differential impact of voter suppression on life expectancy, gestational age, and birth weight by race-ethnicity. Voter suppression, though not typically studied by public health researchers, is a critical pa…
View article: Heterogeneity in Migrant Health Selection: The Role of Immigrant Visas
Heterogeneity in Migrant Health Selection: The Role of Immigrant Visas Open
This study proposes that visa status is an important construct that is central to understanding how health selection occurs among immigrants. We used the 2017 baseline survey data of the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study ( n = 1,632) to…
View article: Cohort profile: the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES) to examine the health impacts of international migration from the Philippines to the USA
Cohort profile: the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES) to examine the health impacts of international migration from the Philippines to the USA Open
Purpose The Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES) longitudinally investigates over 3 years whether migrating from the Philippines to the USA results in increased risk for obesity relative to non-migrants in the Philippines. The stud…
View article: Racism and the Life Course: Taking Time Seriously
Racism and the Life Course: Taking Time Seriously Open
The adage “time is money” signifies that time itself is a major social resource, but the role of time as a determinant of health inequities remains underappreciated. Time is fundamental to health promotion and human agency, as in having ti…
View article: The Right to Vote, The Right to Health: Voter Suppression as a Determinant of Racial Health Disparities
The Right to Vote, The Right to Health: Voter Suppression as a Determinant of Racial Health Disparities Open
Civic participation is beneficial to one’s health. Conversely, being unable to participate, such as being unable to vote, may be detrimental for health. Barriers that prevent voting and civic participation, which constitute voter suppressi…