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.