The Structuring of Ethnic Inequalities in Health: Economic Position, Racial Discrimination, and Racism

Topic 3. Racial and Ethnic Inequalities in Health The Health of U.S. Racial and Ethnic Populations

This article provides an overview of racial and ethnic disparities in health in the United States. It describes limitations linked to the quality and method of presentation of the available data. It also considers the complex ways in which immigrant status, race, and SES combine to affect health and outlines important directions for research that would enhance our understanding of the ways in w...

Ethnic inequalities in health: social class, racism and identity

Work on ethnicity and health has mainly focussed on specific illnesses or has been based in specific locations. Nationally representative information on the health of ethnic minority people in Britain is scarce and until recently has largely relied on immigrant mortality statistics. While these show important differences in health between ethnic groups, they have a number of drawbacks, includin...

Stigmatization, Discrimination, Racism, Injustice, and Inequalities in the COVID-19 Era

The social determination of ethnic/racial inequalities in health

Racism and health: the relationship between experience of racial discrimination and health in New Zealand.

Accumulating research suggests that racism may be a major determinant of health. Here we report associations between self-reported experience of racial discrimination and health in New Zealand. Data from the 2002/2003 New Zealand Health Survey, a cross-sectional survey involving face-to-face interviews with 12,500 people, were analysed. Five items were included to capture racial discrimination ...