Shanice Battle

Guest Author

Shanice Battle, MPH, Ph.D., is a social epidemiologist and recent graduate of the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. Her work is generally focused on understanding the structural determinants of racial/ethnic and gender health disparities in the United States. In particular, she examines how to measure exposure to structural racism, sexism and classism to analyze how these factors may directly affect health and mental well-being at the individual and community levels.

Shanice's Work:

12.06.2021 illustration of neighborhood

Health Equity

Measuring Neighborhood Vulnerability: A Novel Approach

Neighborhood vulnerability was measured by combining levels of affluence (education, high income, professional employment) and disadvantage (poverty, unemployment, and public assistance) with other social aspects such as the race of neighborhood residents.

Guest Author Shanice Battle