Gilbert C. Gee|Chandra L. Ford
STRUCTURAL RACISM AND HEALTH INEQUITIES
University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles
abstract racial minorities bear disproportionate burden morbidity mortality inequities might explained racism given fact racism restricted lives racial minorities immigrants throughout history recent studies documented individuals report experiencing racism greater rates illnesses body research invaluable advancing knowledge health inequities still locates experiences racism individual level yet health social groups likely strongly affected structural rather individual phenomena structural forms racism relationship health inequities remain understudied article reviews several ways conceptualizing structural racism focus social segregation immigration policy intergenerational effects studies disparities seriously consider multiple dimensions structural racism fundamental causes health disparities