Health care in the United States has seen many great innovations and successes in the past
decades. However, to this day, the color of a person's skin determines—to a considerable …

In 1999, only 20 studies in the public health literature employed instruments to measure self-
reported experiences of discrimination. Fifteen years later, the number of empirical …

874 Circulation September 1, 2015 references are intended to be illustrative and to highlight
significant knowledge in the field. The premise underlying this scientific statement is that, at …

Over the past two decades, research examining the impact of self-reported experiences of
discrimination on mental and physical health has increased dramatically. Studies have …

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the social conditions in which people are born,
live, and work. SDOH offers a more inclusive view of how environment, geographic location …

The pursuit to discover the fundamental biology and mechanisms of aging within the context
of the physical and social environment is critical to designing interventions to prevent and …

This article reviews the scientific research that indicates that despite marked declines in
public support for negative racial attitudes in the United States, racism, in its multiple forms …

Introduction This article presents an integrative review of the literature examining the
relationship between racial discrimination and adverse birth outcomes. Methods Searches …

In this study, the author uses a nationally representative survey to examine the relationship
(s) between skin tone, discrimination, and health among African-Americans. He finds that …

This review describes stress-related biological mechanisms linking interpersonal racism to
life course health trajectories among African Americans. Interpersonal racism, a form of …