Introduction
To assess disparities in retesting for glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) among people with diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN), respectively, we analyzed medical records from a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer-specialized federally qualified health center with multiple sites in Chicago.
Research design and methods
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Numbers are not simply measurements. Often mobilized to support a certain political narrative, numbers contain underlying assumptions about what is important and how the world works. This is especially true when measures address public health issues. My project compares how numbers are politicized in two recent global health crises —...