Health Equity
The Center for Bioethics advances health equity and the right of all people to the highest attainable standard of health. A commitment to health equity informs the work that the Center does to promote ethical practice and policy in clinical settings and public health.
Publications
Boncyk, M., Rampalli, K. K., Winters, M. N., Makkar, M. K., Nanema, S., Amevinya, G. S., Laar, A., Frongillo, E. A., & Blake, C. E. (2025). What, when, and how food and beverage are advertised on Ghanaian television. PLOS ONE, 20(6), e0325730.
DeBruin, D. A. (2024). Fetal Personhood and the Boundless Responsibilities of Pregnant Persons. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(2), 33–36.
Larsen, S., Needle, J. S., Hsieh, E., & Shapiro, M. (2024). Professional interpreter use when a child is dying: A survey of pediatric critical care clinicians. Hospital Pediatrics. Advance online publication.
Leider J., DeBruin D., & Lim S. (2024) Ethical and Operational Strategies for Scarce Resource Allocation. JAMA Health Forum, 5(9), e242940.
Leider, J. P., Lim, S., DeBruin, D., Waterman, A. T., Smith, B., Ghimire, U., ... & Hick, J. L. (2023). Using a web platform for equitable distribution of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies: A case study in resource allocation. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1226935.
Lundberg, D. J., Wrigley-Field, E., Cho, A., Raquib, R., Nsoesie, E. O., Paglino, E., Chen, R., Kiang, M. V., Riley, A. R., Chen, Y. H., Charpignon, M. L., Hempstead, K., Preston, S. H., Elo, I. T., Glymour, M. M., & Stokes, A. C. (2023). COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in US Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, March 2020 to February 2022. JAMA network open, 6(5), e2311098.
Chantarat, T., Van Riper, D. C., & Hardeman, R. R. (2022). Multidimensional structural racism predicts birth outcomes for Black and White Minnesotans. Health services research, 57(3), 448–457.
DeBruin, D.A. (2022). Addressing pandemic disparities: Equity and neutral conceptions of justice. In Boylan, M. (Eds.) Ethical public health policy within pandemics. The International Library of Bioethics, Vol. 95. Springer, Cham.
Recordings
Whose Job Is It, Anyway? The Ethics and Management of Hospital Efforts on Social Determinants of Health
Kelsey N. Berry, PhD, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics
April 25, 2025
Where Do We Go From Here? Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Pediatric Health Disparities in 2025 and Beyond
Monique Jindal, MD, MPH, Northwestern University and Lurie Children's Hospital
Nathan T. Chomilo, MD, FAAP, FACP, University of Minnesota Medical School
April 4, 2025
Reimagining Language Equity in Pediatrics
Jennifer Needle-Suarez, MD, MPH, HEC-C, University of Minnesota
Jan 29, 2025
Ethics At the Intersection: Discussing End of Life Choices With American Indian and Alaska Native Patients
Mary J. Owen, MD, University of Minnesota Duluth
Nov 15, 2024
Reimagining Rural Health Equity: Understanding Disparities And Advancing Rural Policy, Practice, And Research
Anne Sosin, MPH, Dartmouth College, Elizabeth Carpenter-Song, PhD, Dartmouth College
Oct 25, 2024
Ending Unequal Treatment: A Systems Approach
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, MACP, FACEP (E), FNAPA, American Public Health Association, Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH, MS, FACP, University of Chicago
Sep 13, 2024
Separating Fact from Fiction: Developmental and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Gender Health
A. Kade Goepferd, MD, Children's Minnesota, Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, Children's Minnesota
Apr 12, 2024