Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10077, 2017, Pages 1453-1463

  Bailey, Zinzi D ^a   Krieger, Nancy ^b   Agénor, Madina ^b   Graves, Jasmine ^c   Linos, Natalia ^a   Bassett, Mary T ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Annandale on Hudson   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; RACISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85017213314     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30569-X     Document Type: Review

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