This series of panels will examine how race and racial health disparities are studied in epidemiology. The first panel in our series will explore the history of census data, how data on race are collected and studied, and the implications of how this data are used in population health science.

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
– List 5 proxy measures of race and how each might be used to assess association with different health outcomes
– Describe 5 alternative approaches to better capture the experience of small populations
– Discuss reasons for the importance of community involvement in understanding race and racial health disparities
– Discuss concerns about adjusting for some geographic and demographic variables in understanding racial inequities
– Describe how social policies and indicators over time indicate the presence of structural racism
– Describe characteristics of three research methods to investigate ?intersectionality? or the existence of several simultaneous identities