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Linking health disparities research to health equity outcomes is paramount to health justice. According to a 2011 American Journal of Public Health article, “Disparities in health and its determinants are the metric for assessing health equity, the principle underlying a commitment to reducing disparities in health and its determinants; health equity is social justice in health.” The center will collaborate with existing health equity centers and other health and community-based organizations to achieve health justice outcomes.

Journal of Minority Achievement, Creativity, and Leadership

William Smith, PhD, part of the Center’s Executive Team, was recently published in the Journal of Minority Achievement, Creativity, and Leadership. In the paper, The Impact of Racial Battle Fatigue on School Principals: Examining the Stress-Related Disparities Between White and Black Leaders, the stress-related effects of racial microaggressions and the resulting racial battle fatigue on school principals in a midwestern state were studied. Findings showed there were statistically significant differences in all areas of self-reported experience, with Black principals experiencing more frustration and disappointment and more likely to have increased commitment to spirituality due to discrimination or stress.

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