Published in the Journal of Public Health at the start of 2026, Racism and Racial Health Inequity: Four Theories for Public Health identifies four social theories to combat racism and advance racial health equity. These theories emerged through the Trust and Cohesion workstream’s engagement with two anthropologists, Dr Caroline Parker and Professor Melissa Parker.
The publication outlines a set of conceptual tools designed to help public health professionals dismantle racism and reduce disparities by moving beyond treating “race” as a static variable, and instead addressing the social structures that produce health inequities.
