Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

Emerging scholarship has further centered the economic burden of disease across several health indicators (i.e. cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, mental health and other conditions). The lower an individual’s socioeconomic position, the higher their risk of poor health. Despite robust health disparities research already in place, there is a paucity of studies that have meaningfully examined the economic impact of health disparities specifically with respect to Black men’s health in the United States.

This presentation has four aims: 1) further explore and examine the economic costs of men’s health disparities 2) expound on the impact of racism on the cardiovascular health of Black men 3) make an economic case for advancing equity with respect to men’s health disparities and 4) provide practical equity-oriented policy-level solutions and strategies to support an advocacy agenda targeting the reduction and/or elimination of men’s health disparities.