The health consequences of racial discrimination: a study of African Americans.
Ethn Dis
; 6(1-2): 148-53, 1996.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8882843
ABSTRACT
This investigation focuses on the relationship between racial discrimination and health. Many studies have shown a link between race and differential health outcomes, but few have actually measured racial discrimination. Such studies leave unanswered the question of exactly how the experience of racial discrimination might affect health. Racial discrimination is argued to act in the same fashion as other chronic stressors by increasing blood pressure. However, racial discrimination may also give rise to the sense of thwarted aspirations, itself a stressor, and make the active coping style of "John Henryism" more likely. In these data, we measure perceived racial discrimination for a sample of African Americans and find that experiencing racially-based discriminatory treatment does not impact health. There is no relationship between doctor-diagnosed hypertension and cardiovascular disease, and being the victim of racially biased treatment. We discuss possible reasons for this, and argue that greater conceptualization about the postulated link between discrimination and health is necessary, as well as explicitly designed studies for the purpose of examining this postulated relationship.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Preconceito
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Percepção Social
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Negro ou Afro-Americano
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Doenças Cardiovasculares
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ethn Dis
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos