A systematic review of empirical research on self-reported racism and health

dc.contributor.authorParadies, Yin
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:00:29Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:00:29Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThis paper reviews 138 empirical quantitative population-based studies of self-reported racism and health. These studies show an association between self-reported racism and ill health for oppressed racial groups after adjustment for a range of confounders. The strongest and most consistent findings are for negative mental health outcomes and health-related behaviours, with weaker associations existing for positive mental health outcomes, self-assessed health status, and physical health outcomes. Most studies in this emerging field have been published in the past 5 years and have been limited by a dearth of cohort studies, a lack of psychometrically validated exposure instruments, poor conceptualization and definition of racism, conflation of racism with stress, and debate about the aetiologically relevant period for self-reported racism. Future research should examine the psychometric validity of racism instruments and include these instruments, along with objectively measured health outcomes, in existing large-scale survey vehicles as well as longitudinal studies and studies involving children. There is also a need to gain a better understanding of the perception, attribution, and reporting of racism, to investigate the pathways via which self-reported racism affects health, the interplay between mental and physical health outcomes, and exposure to intra-racial, internalized, and systemic racism. Ensuring the quality of studies in this field will allow future research to reveal the complex role that racism plays as a determinant of population health.
dc.description.urihttp://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/4/888.long
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/9oq8-xmx4
dc.identifier.citationParadies, Yin (2006) A systematic review of empirical research on self-reported racism and health. International Journal of Epidemiology, 35 (4). pp. 888-901.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 786
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22785
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectHealth Risk Factors
dc.subjectStress
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectRace
dc.subjectethnic groups
dc.subjectracism
dc.subjectdiscrimination
dc.subjectstress
dc.subjectreview
dc.titleA systematic review of empirical research on self-reported racism and health
dc.typeArticle

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