This article advances the field by integrating insights from intersectionality perspectives with
the emerging literatures on structural racism and structural sexism—which point to promising …

Policy Points Changes in US state policies since the 1970s, particularly after 2010, have
played an important role in the stagnation and recent decline in US life expectancy. Some …

Recent trends in US health have been mixed, with improvements among some groups and
geographic areas alongside declines among others. Medical sociologists have contributed …

Women's health, and what we know about it, is influenced by social factors. From the
exclusion of women's bodies in medical research, to the silence and stigma of menstruation …

In this study, we introduce the 'racial opportunity gap'as a place-based measure of structural
racism for use in population health research. We first detail constructing the opportunity gap …

THE PAST THREE DECADES OF RESEARCH ON SOCIAL determinants of health have
produced a wealth of evidence demonstrating how the conditions of daily life shape …

In this exciting new book, William Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the
evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. He …

The decline of manufacturing employment is frequently invoked as a key cause of worsening
US population health trends, including rising mortality due to “deaths of despair.” Increasing …

Less than 1% of studies on racialized health inequities have empirically examined their root
cause: structural racism. Moreover, there has been a disconnect between the …

Background Americans live shorter and sicker lives than do people in most other high‐
income countries. 1 The disadvantage in the United States exists across most age groups …