Objective: Discrimination is posited to underlie racial disparities in hypertension. Extant
literature suggests a possible association between racial discrimination and blood pressure …

Racial microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or
environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile …

Abstract In the United States, Black residents exposed to a traumatic event are at an
increased risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and experiencing more …

Background and objective Although intersectional approaches have gained traction in
population health research, quantitative discrimination and health studies have tended to …

The essential, authoritative guide to microaggressions, revised and updated The revised
and updated second edition of Microaggressions in Everyday Life presents an introduction …

Racial microaggressions are subtle statements and behaviors that unconsciously
communicate denigrating messages to people of color. In recent years, a theoretical …

Recent studies show that racism may influence health inequities. As individuals grow from
infancy into old age, they encounter social institutions that may create new exposures to …

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 …

Racism is a stressor that contributes to racial/ethnic disparities in mental and physical health
and to variations in these outcomes within racial and ethnic minority groups. The aim of this …

This study examined the utility of a lifetime cumulative adversities and trauma model in
predicting the severity of mental health symptoms of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic …