Expressed racial identity and hypertension in a telephone survey sample from Toronto and Vancouver, Canada: Do socioeconomic status, perceived discrimination and psychosocial stress explain the relatively high risk of hypertension for Black Canadians?

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Veenstra, Gerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Hypertension; Perceived discrimination; Psychosocial stress; Racial identity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; DATA SET; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EQUITY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CANADA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO; VANCOUVER;

EID: 84867319197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-58     Document Type: Review

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