title: A Research Agenda for Racial Equity: Applications of the Ferguson Commission Report to Public Health.
abstract: The Ferguson Commission was an independent body of 16 commissioners in operation from November 2014 to December 2015 and appointed by Missouri governor Jay Nixon to examine the root causes underlying the death of Michael Brown Jr. Its report, "Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equity," raises many issues on racial equity that public health is well suited to address, such as trends in police use of force, the health implications of the school-based discipline gap, and the health benefits of a coordinated housing strategy. Public health can also learn from the principles the commission adopted, including being unflinching in the questions asked and conclusions drawn, applying a racial equity lens to public health work, and moving beyond programmatic solutions to policy solutions.
authors.affiliation: Karishma Furtado is with the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Kira Hudson Banks is with the College of Arts and Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis. Both authors are also with Forward Through Ferguson, St. Louis.
authors.forename: Karishma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.affiliation: Karishma Furtado is with the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Kira Hudson Banks is with the College of Arts and Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis. Both authors are also with Forward Through Ferguson, St. Louis.
authors.forename: Kira Hudson
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Banks
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement / Q000379:methods; D011634:Public Health; D063505:Racism; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration; D012935:Social Justice