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Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health The Added Effects of Racism and Discrimination
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, David R.en_US
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dc.date.issued1999-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationWILLIAMS, DAVID R. (1999). "Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health The Added Effects of Racism and Discrimination." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 896(1 SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND HEALTH IN INDUSTRIAL NATIONS: SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS ): 173-188. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71908>en_US
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dc.description.abstractHigher disease rates for blacks (or African Americans) compared to whites are pervasive and persistent over time, with the racial gap in mortality widening in recent years for multiple causes of death. Other racial/ethnic minority populations also have elevated disease risk for some health conditions. This paper considers the complex ways in which race and socioeconomic status (SES) combine to affect health. SES accounts for much of the observed racial disparities in health. Nonetheless, racial differences often persist even at “equivalent” levels of SES. Racism is an added burden for nondominant populations. Individual and institutional discrimination, along with the stigma of inferiority, can adversely affect health by restricting socioeconomic opportunities and mobility. Racism can also directly affect health in multiple ways. Residence in poor neighborhoods, racial bias in medical care, the stress of experiences of discrimination and the acceptance of the societal stigma of inferiority can have deleterious consequences for health.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rightsNew York Academy of Sciences 1999en_US
dc.titleRace, Socioeconomic Status, and Health The Added Effects of Racism and Discriminationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelScience (General)en_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, Department of Sociology and Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106, USAen_US
dc.identifier.pmid10681897en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/71908/1/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08114.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08114.xen_US
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