Featured Publications
Racial/Ethnic Segregation and Access to COVID-19 Testing: Spatial Distribution of COVID-19 Testing Sites in the Four Largest Highly Segregated Cities in the United States
Asabor EN, Warren JL, Cohen T. Racial/Ethnic Segregation and Access to COVID-19 Testing: Spatial Distribution of COVID-19 Testing Sites in the Four Largest Highly Segregated Cities in the United States. American Journal Of Public Health 2022, 112: 518-526. PMID: 35196059, PMCID: PMC8887160, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2021.306558.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConfronting Structural Racism in the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the United States
Asabor EN, Vermund SH. Confronting Structural Racism in the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 73: e3531-e3535. PMID: 33242078, PMCID: PMC8563219, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1763.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsStructural racismPeople of colorLow-income workersUnited StatesRacist policiesDisproportionate incarcerationState governmentsVulnerable communitiesMarginalized populationsCrowded prisonsRecent immigrantsHealth servicesEssential health servicesRacismImmigrantsIncarcerationPoor accessAffordable careKey populationsNational averagePreventive health servicesControl of tuberculosisPeopleGovernmentBIPOC
2022
Variation in Research Experiences and Publications During Medical School by Sex and Race and Ethnicity
Nguyen M, Chaudhry SI, Asabor E, Desai MM, Lett E, Cavazos JE, Mason HRC, Boatright D. Variation in Research Experiences and Publications During Medical School by Sex and Race and Ethnicity. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2238520. PMID: 36282497, PMCID: PMC9597391, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.38520.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth Equity Tourism: Ravaging the Justice Landscape
Lett E, Adekunle D, McMurray P, Asabor EN, Irie W, Simon MA, Hardeman R, McLemore MR. Health Equity Tourism: Ravaging the Justice Landscape. Journal Of Medical Systems 2022, 46: 17. PMID: 35150324, PMCID: PMC8853313, DOI: 10.1007/s10916-022-01803-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPublic health communityConceptualizing, Contextualizing, and Operationalizing Race in Quantitative Health Sciences Research
Lett E, Asabor E, Beltrán S, Cannon AM, Arah OA. Conceptualizing, Contextualizing, and Operationalizing Race in Quantitative Health Sciences Research. The Annals Of Family Medicine 2022, 20: 2792. PMID: 35045967, PMCID: PMC8959750, DOI: 10.1370/afm.2792.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHealth EquityHealth Status DisparitiesHumansPopulation HealthRacismSystemic RacismUnited States
2019
A gay Nigerian man’s journey to asylum in the USA
Nguyen M, Handoko R, Asabor E, McKenzie KC. A gay Nigerian man’s journey to asylum in the USA. BMJ Case Reports 2019, 12: e227637. PMID: 30954958, PMCID: PMC6453367, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227637.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsAsylum seekersDetention centersHuman rights obligationsQueer asylum seekersParticular social groupMental health evaluationRights obligationsAsylum evaluationsAsylum processFormal oversightAsylumExperiences of lesbianHome countryMan’s journeySeekersGayDetentionObligationsSocial groupsPersecution