Mechanisms of Racial Health Disparities: Evidence on Coping and Cortisol from MIDUS II
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DOI: 10.1007/s40615-019-00648-y
Abstract: Objective Blunted patterns of daily cortisol, an indicator of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis stress response system dysregulation, are implicated in poor health outcomes and racial health disparities. It is unknown how coping—an important, but understudied, component… read more here.
Keywords: health disparities; coping strategies; cortisol slopes; racial health ... See more keywords
Recommendations for Using Causal Diagrams to Study Racial Health Disparities.
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DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac140
Abstract: There have been calls for race to be denounced as a biological variable and for a greater focus on racism, instead of solely race, when studying racial health disparities in the United States. These calls… read more here.
Keywords: causal diagrams; health; race; health disparities ... See more keywords
Racialized disablement and the need for conceptual analysis of "racial health disparities".
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DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12979
Abstract: It is well established that racial health disparities are impacted by structural racism, but the imbrication of racialization processes with processes of disablement remains underdeveloped. This essay advocates for a conceptual lens that looks historically… read more here.
Keywords: health disparities; racial health; racialized disablement; health ... See more keywords
Structural Racism and Quantitative Causal Inference: A Life Course Mediation Framework for Decomposing Racial Health Disparities
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DOI: 10.1177/00221465211066108
Abstract: Quantitative studies of racial health disparities often use static measures of self-reported race and conventional regression estimators, which critics argue is inconsistent with social-constructivist theories of race, racialization, and racism. We demonstrate an alternative counterfactual… read more here.
Keywords: health; racism; framework; health disparities ... See more keywords
AMCP Partnership Forum: Racial health disparities-a closer look at benefit design.
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DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2021.21217
Abstract: As part of its stand against racial injustice and its commitment to action, AMCP dedicated a partnership forum to discussion of potential sources of racial health disparities and inequities in benefit design because these are… read more here.
Keywords: health disparities; health; racial health; benefit design ... See more keywords