A Research Agenda for Racial Equity: Applications of the Ferguson Commission Report to Public Health

The Ferguson Commission was an independent body of 16 commissioners in operation from November 2014 to December 2015 and appointed by Missouri governor Jay Nixon to examine the root causes underlying the death of Michael Brown Jr. Its report, "Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equi...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2016-11, Vol.106 (11), p.1926-1931
Main Authors: Furtado, Karishma, Banks, Kira Hudson
Format: Article
Language:English
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Civil rights
Community
Community Health
Discipline
Disease control
Disease prevention
Epidemiology
Government
Health care
Health disparities
Health Policy
Health Status Disparities
Human Rights
Humans
Law enforcement
Law Enforcement - methods
Other Race/Ethnicity
Police
Public Health
Public Health Policy
Race
Racism
Residence Characteristics
Schools - organization & administration
Social Justice
Social Science
Socioeconomic Factors
Students
Systemic racism
Trends
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Summary:The Ferguson Commission was an independent body of 16 commissioners in operation from November 2014 to December 2015 and appointed by Missouri governor Jay Nixon to examine the root causes underlying the death of Michael Brown Jr. Its report, "Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equity," raises many issues on racial equity that public health is well suited to address, such as trends in police use of force, the health implications of the school-based discipline gap, and the health benefits of a coordinated housing strategy. Public health can also learn from the principles the commission adopted, including being unflinching in the questions asked and conclusions drawn, applying a racial equity lens to public health work, and moving beyond programmatic solutions to policy solutions.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303390