Committed to health equity and social justice
In this Viewpoint article, we highlight gaps in health data availability for U.S. territories and call for an increase in the availability of these data through the implementation of three key proposed strategies.
In this original research article, we present the results of a data curation study that revealed significant gaps in the coverage of Puerto Rico within federal public health monitoring and surveillance systems.
In this analytic essay, we demonstrate how disperate FEMA disaster response, lack of parity in Medicaid funding, and limited political power contribute to health inequities in Puerto Rico.
Our goal is to foster a collaborative exchange between early career scholars, community members and practitioners surrounding the role colonialism plays in structuring the health of individuals, communities, and populations.