Racism as a Social Determinant of Health for Newcomers towards Disrupting the Acculturation Process

Previous research has demonstrated that racism is a social determinant of health (SDOH), particularly for racialized minority newcomers residing in developed nations such as the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and European countries. This paper will focus on SDOH these Racism defined “an organized system privilege bias systematically disadvantages group people perceived to belong specific race”. can be cultural, institutional, or individual. Berry’s model acculturation describes ways which respond their post-migration experiences, resulting one several modes acculturation; are integration, assimilation, separation, marginalization. After examining definition description racism, we argue impacts at site specifically, paths they choose, forced take response settlement experiences. We posit pathways part, strategies refugees use cope with post-displacement stress trauma. To support acculturation, primarily dependent reducing effects individual policymakers practitioners urged acknowledge work reduce its impact.