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Proactive policing, such as pedestrian and traffic stops, is a crime prevention tactic that relies on police officer discretion to stop and search individuals they consider suspicious. A recently published study in the journal of the American Public Health Association, looking at proactive policing and preterm birth rates in New Orleans, shows that Black residents living in neighborhoods experiencing high levels of proactive policing were about three times as likely to give birth preterm (before 37 weeks) as their white neighbors.
Residential segregation and the inter-related processes of disinvestment and dispossession
in Black communities are among the most visible manifestations of structural racism
in many racialised societies globally. Such segregation is one way that racism becomes
both embedded in the bricks and mortar and the social fabric of cities through a myriad
of historical and contemporary policies and institutional practices1–5 and embodied,
ultimately leading to health inequities between communities separated by relatively
short distances.
The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity brings
together academics, residents, organisers, and advocates to advance health. Talha
Burki reports.
This year’s hybrid event highlights changemakers and focuses on practical solutions to drive equity and improve access and health outcomes in cancer care.