Racial/ethnic discrimination and health: Findings from community studies
Racial/ethnic discrimination and health: Findings from community studies
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.93.2.200
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发表时间：
2003-02-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Jackson, JS
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文献类型：
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作者：
Williams, DR;Neighbors, HW;Jackson, JS
作者回顾了现有的经验证据，从人口为基础的研究之间的关联的种族/民族歧视的看法和健康。这项研究表明，歧视与身体健康、特别是精神健康状况较差的多项指标有关，但现有研究没有充分说明遭受歧视是否以及如何导致疾病风险增加。文献中的空白包括与歧视的衡量、研究设计有关的局限性，以及对歧视与健康之间的关系在整个生命过程中如何展开的忽视，关于压力的研究为今后评估歧视和测试歧视可能导致健康变化的基本过程和机制指明了重要方向。
The authors review the available empirical evidence from population-based studies of the association between perceptions of racial/ethnic discrimination and health. This research indicates that discrimination is associated with multiple indicators of poorer physical and, especially, mental health status.However, the extant research does not adequately address whether and how exposure to discrimination leads to increased risk of disease. Gaps in the literature include limitations linked to measurement of discrimination, research designs, and inattention to the way in which the association between discrimination and health unfolds over the life course.Research on stress points to important directions for the future assessment of discrimination and the testing of the underlying processes and mechanisms by which discrimination can lead to changes in health.