Socially-assigned race and health: A scoping review with global implications for population health equity

White, Kellee; Lawrence, Jourdyn A.; Tchangalova, Nedelina; Huang, Shuo J.; Cummings, Jason L.

Socially-assigned race and health: A scoping review with global implications for population health equity

dc.contributor.author	White, Kellee
dc.contributor.author	Lawrence, Jourdyn A.
dc.contributor.author	Tchangalova, Nedelina
dc.contributor.author	Huang, Shuo J.
dc.contributor.author	Cummings, Jason L.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-24T16:21:21Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-24T16:21:21Z
dc.date.issued	2020-02-10
dc.description.abstract	Self-identified race/ethnicity is largely used to identify, monitor, and examine racial/ethnic inequalities. A growing body of work underscores the need to consider multiple dimensions of race – the social construction of race as a function of appearance, societal interactions, institutional dynamics, stereotypes, and social norms. One such multidimensional measure is socially-assigned race, the perception of one’s race by others, that may serve as the basis for differential or unfair treatment and subsequently lead to deleterious health outcomes. We conducted a scoping review to systematically appraise the socially-assigned race and health literature. A systematic search of the PubMed, Web of Science, 28 EBSCO databases and 24 Proquest databases up to September 2019 was conducted and supplemented by a manual search of reference lists and grey literature. Quantitative and qualitative studies that examined socially-assigned race and health or health-related outcomes were considered for inclusion. Eighteen articles were included in the narrative synthesis. Self-rated health and mental health were among the most frequent outcomes studied. The majority of studies were conducted in the United States, with fewer studies conducted in New Zealand, Canada, and Latin America. While most studies demonstrate a positive association between social assignment as a disadvantaged racial or ethnic group and poorer health, some studies did not document an association. We describe key conceptual and methodological considerations that should be prioritized in future studies examining socially-assigned race and health. Socially-assigned race can provide additional insight into observed differential health outcomes among racial/ethnic groups in racialized societies based upon their lived experiences. Studies incorporating socially-assigned race warrants further investigation and may be leveraged to examine nuanced patterns of racial health advantage and disadvantage.	en_US
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.13016/5ftr-1jyh
dc.identifier.citation	White, K., Lawrence, J. A., Tchangalova, N., Huang, S. J., & Cummings, J. L. (2020). Socially-assigned race and health: A scoping review with global implications for population health equity. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19:25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-1137-5	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1475-9276
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/25578
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	International Journal for Equity in Health (Springer Link)	en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	Digital Repository at the University of Maryland	en_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	University of Maryland Libraries	en_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	University of Maryland (College Park, MD)	en_us
dc.subject	Health equity	en_US
dc.subject	Racial/ethnic disparities, population health	en_US
dc.subject	Scoping review	en_US
dc.subject	Socially-assigned race	en_US
dc.subject	Helath services accessibility	en_US
dc.subject	Ethnic groups	en_US
dc.title	Socially-assigned race and health: A scoping review with global implications for population health equity	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US