The Hooks Institute Policy Papers
2026 Policy Papers
Full Issue
Breast Cancer Mortality in Memphis: A Holistic Approach - Research Findings and Strategies for Improved Outcomes in Segregated Communities
The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change
Front Matter
Introduction to this Edition and the Guest Editors
Daphene R. McFerren and Elena Delavega
Foreword
Shelley White-Means and Jill Dapremont
Articles
Mapping Compounded Social Vulnerability in Shelby County, Tennessee:
Policy Pathways for Equity and Community Resilience
Soheil Hashtarkhani and Arash Shaban-Nejad
The Interplay of Poverty, Race, and Segregation on Breast Cancer
Outcomes in African American Women
Fekede Asefa Kumsa, Lluvia Koali Santiago Chipman, Minghui Li, and Arash Shaban-Nejad
The Physical and Institutional Systems of Community Infrastructure that Impact
Breast Health Outcomes: Historical Redlining and Opportunity Zones
Shelley White-Means, Jill Dapremont, Soheil Hashtarkhani, and Fekede Asefa Kumsa
Community Conversations: Community Leaders Voices About the Barriers to Maximizing Breast Health Outcomes Among Women Living in Under-Resourced
Neighborhoods – and Possible Remedies
Jill Dapremont and Shelley White-Means
The Impact of Recent Budgetary Changes on Social Determinants of
Health and Breast Cancer in Memphis, Tennessee
Cindy K. Lemon, Shelley White-Means, Jill Dapremont, and Minghui Li
