Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States: A Health Equity Perspective

dc.contributor.author	Purtle, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-14T15:08:42Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-14T15:08:42Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	Approximately 13% of African American men are disqualified from voting because of a felony conviction. I used ecosocial theory to identify how institutionalized racism helps perpetuate health disparities and to explore pathways through which felon disenfranchisement laws may contribute to racial health disparities in the United States. From a literature review, I identified 2 potential pathways: (1) inability to alter inequitable public policies that differentially allocate resources for health; and (2) inability to reintegrate into society by voting, which contributes to allostatic load.
dc.description.uri	https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300933
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.13016/efc2-aqxu
dc.identifier.citation	Purtle, Jonathan (2013) Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States: A Health Equity Perspective. American Journal of Public Health, 103 (4). pp. 632-637.
dc.identifier.issn	0090-0036
dc.identifier.other	Eprint ID 4229
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/24680
dc.subject	Health Equity
dc.subject	Disparities
dc.title	Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States: A Health Equity Perspective
dc.type	Article

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