1. Darrell J. Gaskin () is the William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy in the Department of Health Policy and Management and director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, both at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland.
2. Roza Vazin was a graduate student research assistant in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, at the time this research was conducted.
3. Rachael McCleary is a research data analyst in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
4. Roland J. Thorpe Jr. is an associate professor in the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society and deputy director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, both at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.