Understanding how discrimination can affect health

Health Services Research

Volumn 54, Issue S2, 2019, Pages 1374-1388

  Williams, David R ^a,b   Lawrence, Jourdyn A ^a   Davis, Brigette A ^a   Vu, Cecilia ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; health; health disparities; mental health; racism

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHRINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; AFFECT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACISM; SELF CONTROL; SELF ESTEEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDY DESIGN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNPROTECTED SEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RACISM;

EID: 85074651949     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13222     Document Type: Article

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