A call for health equity in scholarly publishing

This week President Joe Biden released his vision for advancing
racial equity. On the same day, Health Affairs released details
of its new Health Equity project.

To spotlight the organization's approach to the topic and
project, Health Affairs published two blogs to outline the
program's details. Editor-In-Chief Alan Weil outlined his view on
racism and health equity, stating where there is racism, only
anti-racist systems can generate equitable results. Director of
Equity Vabren Watts wrote on the subject of dismantling racism,
noting that Health Affairs plans to be intentional in promoting
and advancing equity.
 
Ultimately, Health Affairs is aiming for equitable participation,
with authors, reviewers and editors representative of the
diversity of the health policy community. The organization will
seek out new voices from institutions, disciplines, and
communities that have not historically been well represented in
its pages. 


On this episode of This Week, Jessica Bylander and Vabren Watts
discuss the new health equity project.


Related Links:


A Health Affairs collection of Health Equity theme issues,
journals, blogs and podcasts (Health Affairs)

An Editor's View Of Race, Racism, And Equity (Health Affairs)

Dismantling Racism In Scholarly Publishing, Intentionally And
Unapologetically (Health Affairs)

Scientific Journals Commit To Diversity But Lack the Data
(New York Times)



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