How inaccurate census data can harm public health

In a recent paper published in American Journal of Public Health, Nancy Krieger argued that inadequate census data is a threat to the nation’s health and to health equity.

Read Nancy Krieger’s AJPH study: The US Census and the People’s Health: Public Health Engagement From Enslavement and “Indians Not Taxed” to Census Tracts and Health Equity (1790–2018)

Listen to the podcast featuring Krieger: Census 2020 After the Supreme Court Decision (scroll to bottom for podcast)