Policy
Policy Briefs
Empowering Texas Latinos: Ensuring Fair Representation for a Growing Majority
This policy brief examines the effect of current redistricting practices in Texas for its rapidly growing Latino population. It evaluates analyzes how the current district maps diminish Latino voting power and identifies what actions policymakers can take to implement equitable redistricting processes that provide proportional electoral influence.
August 2024
Guadalupe Cantu and Stacy Hernandez
Latinos and COVID-19 in Texas: A Social Determinants Perspective
This policy brief explores the social determinants of health (non-medical factors that influence health outcomes) that are critical to understanding the spread of COVID-19 across populations. It also explores factors that lead to severe COVID-19 illness and death, including age of the population, underlying health conditions, and access to health care.
November 2022
Deborah Parra-Medina, Ph.D.
How Stressed Are Health Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This is the first in a series of policy briefs from the Latino Research Institute’s COVID-19 Research Consortium. The Consortium is an interdisciplinary forum in which researchers share resources, methods, and other vital information regarding the effect of COVID-19 on Latino populations.
July 2021
V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder, Ph.D.
Housing Affordability: The Impact of Single-Family Investment Purchases on Neighborhoods in the Latino Crescent
The Latino Research Institute released an interactive map to complement the policy brief.
May 2019
Gabriel Amaro, Ph.D.
Housing Affordability in Austin Brings New Attention to Mobile Home Parks
The Latino Research Institute released an interactive map to complement the policy brief.
November 2017
Gabriel Amaro, Ph.D.