Understanding how discrimination can affect health

DR Williams, JA Lawrence, BA Davis… - Health services …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background To provide an overview of the empirical research linking self‐reports of racial
discrimination to health status and health service utilization. Methods A review of literature …

Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination: mapping pathways to health outcomes

S Selvarajah, SC Maioli, T Abi Deivanayagam… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Despite being globally pervasive, racism, xenophobia, and discrimination are not universally
recognised determinants of health. We challenge widespread beliefs related to the …

A critical review of current evidence on multiple types of discrimination and mental health.

SM Vargas, SJ Huey Jr, J Miranda - American Journal of …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Little is known about people who experience multiple types of discrimination (eg, racism and
heterosexism). While some work suggests that multiply discriminated groups are at higher …

Racial discrimination and health: a prospective study of ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom

RA Hackett, A Ronaldson, K Bhui, A Steptoe… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Racism has been linked with poor health in studies in the United States. Little is
known about prospective associations between racial discrimination and health outcomes in …

Contributions of Black psychology scholars to models of racism and health: Applying intersectionality to center Black women.

JA Lewis - American Psychologist, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Although theoretical and empirical research on the impact of racism on the mental and
physical health of African Americans is well established in the literature, there is still a dearth …

Prevalence and effects of daily and major experiences of racial discrimination and microaggressions among Black individuals in Canada

JM Cénat, S Hajizadeh, RD Dalexis… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The prevalence and correlates of different forms of racial discrimination among Black
Canadians are unknown. This article aims to examine the prevalence of different forms of …

The impact of discrimination on allostatic load in adults: an integrative review of literature

HN Miller, S LaFave, L Marineau, J Stephens… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of the paper is to critically review the current state of the literature on
the association between discrimination and allostatic load (AL) in adults and determine …

Systemic inflammation as a driver of health disparities among sexually-diverse and gender-diverse individuals

LM Diamond, AJ Dehlin, J Alley - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2021 - Elsevier
Sexually-diverse individuals (those who seek sexual or romantic relationships with the same
and/or multiple genders) and gender-diverse individuals (those whose gender identity …

Racial discrimination and cortisol output: A meta-analysis

KM Korous, JM Causadias, DM Casper - Social Science & Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Rationale Although the relation between stress and physiology is well documented, attempts
at understanding the link between racial discrimination and cortisol output, specifically, have …

Racial discrimination, educational attainment, and biological dysregulation among midlife African American women

AM Allen, MD Thomas, EK Michaels, AN Reeves… - …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the association between self-reported racial discrimination and
allostatic load, and whether the association differs by socioeconomic position. Methods We …