Perceived discrimination has been studied with regard to its impact on several types of
health effects. This meta-analysis provides a comprehensive account of the relationships …

The authors review the available empirical evidence from population-based studies of the
association between perceptions of racial/ethnic discrimination and health. This research …

This paper reviews 138 empirical quantitative population-based studies of self-reported
racism and health. These studies show an association between self-reported racism and ill …

Research shows that racial discrimination is related to illness among diverse racial and
ethnic populations. Studies of racial discrimination and health among Asian Americans …

We hypothesize that black women experience accelerated biological aging in response to
repeated or prolonged adaptation to subjective and objective stressors. Drawing on stress …

Although it is often acknowledged that social and environmental factors interact to produce
racial and ethnic environmental health disparities, it is still unclear how this occurs. Despite …

Although it is widely accepted that discrimination is associated with heavy and hazardous
drinking, particularly within stress and coping frameworks, there has been no …

Objectives. This study examined whether individual (self-perceived) and institutional
(segregation and redlining) racial discrimination was associated with poor health status …

Background Age discrimination (or ageism) is pervasive in society. Other forms of
discrimination (such as racism) have been linked with adverse health outcomes, but age …

Objectives Stress due to experiences of racism could contribute to African-American
women's adverse birth outcomes, but systematic efforts to measure relevant experiences …