Black male incarceration can compromise research studies

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 10:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Federal restrictions on including prisoners in medical research have negatively impacted research involving black men, who are disproportionately imprisoned, according to a study. Because individuals who are already in ongoing studies must be dropped if they are incarcerated, this compromises the ability of researchers to examine racial disparities in health outcomes studies.

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