Institutional racism and pregnancy health: using home mortgage disclosure act data to develop an index for mortgage discrimination at the community level.

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2011

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Mendez, Dara D and Hogan, Vijaya K and Culhane, Jennifer (2011) Institutional racism and pregnancy health: using home mortgage disclosure act data to develop an index for mortgage discrimination at the community level. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974), 126 (Suppl3). pp. 102-114.

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The 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.

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