Racism and health in New Zealand: Prevalence over time and associations between recent experience of racism and health and wellbeing measures using national survey data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Harris, Ricci B ^a   Stanley, James ^a   Cormack, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONITORING; NEW ZEALAND; NEW ZEALANDER; PREVALENCE; RACISM; SHORT FORM 12; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046675268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196476     Document Type: Article

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