Black women in the United States have experienced substantial improvements in health
during the last century, yet health disparities persist. These health disparities are in large …

Introduction Gender minority blacks represent the intersection of multiply marginalized
populations that experience severe health inequities in the US However, few studies focus …

Since the World Health Organization launched its commission on the social determinants of
health (SDOH) over a decade ago, a large body of research has proven that social …

This article provides an overview of the magnitude of and trends in racial/ethnic disparities in
health for women in the United States. It emphasizes the importance of attending to diversity …

Little is known about Black–White health inequalities in Canada or the applicability of
competing explanations for them. To address this gap, we used nine cycles of the Canadian …

Gender differences in adult health are well documented, but only recently has research
begun to investigate how race and ethnicity condition gendered health disparities. This …

This chapter presents the data on mutually exclusive racial/ethnic categories. Stratifying by
income is intended to limit the confounding effects of social class on the comparison of racial …

Maternal mortality or pregnancy-related mortality provides one of the starkest examples of
women's health disparities. In the United States, black women are three to four times more …

Socioeconomic status fundamentally affects most health and disease outcomes, but black
Americans are doubly disadvantaged by low status, discrimination, and residential …

BACKGROUND: Race/ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status are the three most
prominent factors to predict health outcomes. Despite the fact that persistent health …