Naming Institutionalized Racism in the Public Health Literature: A Systematic Literature Review

Public Health Reports

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 240-249

  Hardeman, Rachel R ^a   Murphy, Katy A ^a   Karbeah, J’Mag ^a   Kozhimannil, Katy Backes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

health policy; institutionalized racism; public health; racial disparities; social inequities; structural racism

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044956419     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033354918760574     Document Type: Review

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