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Item Institutional racism and pregnancy health: using home mortgage disclosure act data to develop an index for mortgage discrimination at the community level.(2011) Mendez, Dara D; Hogan, Vijaya K; Culhane, JenniferThe evidence of institutional racism may contribute to our understanding of health disparities. Residential redlining and mortgage discrimination against communities may be a major factor influencing neighborhood structure, composition, development, and wealth attainment. This residential redlining index as a measure for institutional racism can be applied in health research to understand the unique social and neighborhood contexts that contribute to health inequities.