▪ Abstract There is little consensus about the meaning of the terms “health
disparities,”“health inequalities,” or “health equity.” The definitions can have important …

▪ Abstract In this review, we provide an introduction to the topics of environmental justice and
environmental inequality. We provide an overview of the dimensions of unequal exposures …

The rapidly growing and evolving literature on the social environment and its influence on
health outcomes currently lacks a clear taxonomy of dimensions of the social environment …

Objectives. We investigated associations between local food environment and
neighborhood racial/ethnic and socioeconomic composition. Methods. Poisson regression …

This study examines links between racial residential segregation and estimated ambient air
toxics exposures and their associated cancer risks using modeled concentration estimates …

Objectives. Our understanding of the relationships between perceived discrimination and
health was limited by the cross-sectional design of most previous studies. We examined the …

Accumulating research suggests that racism may be a major determinant of health. Here we
report associations between self-reported experience of racial discrimination and health in …

This study investigated the role of neighborhood, family, and individual subjective
socioeconomic status (SES) in predicting adolescent physical health and psychological …

Objectives. We examined whether self-reported racial discrimination was associated with
mental health status and whether this association varied with race/ethnicity or immigration …

Objective To use ethnically diverse, national data to examine longitudinal trends in
race/ethnic disparities in 20 leading health indicators fromHealthy People 2010across …