[HTML][HTML] Social vulnerabilities for substance use: Stressors, socially toxic environments, and discrimination and racism

H Amaro, M Sanchez, T Bautista, R Cox - Neuropharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Applying a social determinants of health framework, this review brings attention to evidence
from social sciences and neuroscience on the role of selected social factors in individual …

Nature and children's health: a systematic review

AL Fyfe-Johnson, MF Hazlehurst, SP Perrins… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
RESULTS The strongest evidence for type of nature exposure was residential green space
studies (n= 147, 50%). The strongest evidence for the beneficial health effects of nature was …

Listen to the whispers before they become screams: addressing black maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States

A Njoku, M Evans, L Nimo-Sefah, J Bailey - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Black women in the United States (US) disproportionately experience adverse pregnancy
outcomes, including maternal mortality, compared to women of other racial and ethnic …

[HTML][HTML] Racial, ethnic, and sociodemographic disparities in diagnosis of children with autism spectrum disorder

BS Aylward, DE Gal-Szabo… - Journal of Developmental …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
This special article uses a biosocial-ecological framework to discuss findings in the literature
on racial, ethnic, and sociodemographic diagnostic disparities in autism spectrum disorder …

[HTML][HTML] Changing the narrative: structural barriers and racial and ethnic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination

A Njoku, M Joseph, R Felix - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected racial and ethnic minority groups in
the United States. Although a promising solution of the COVID-19 vaccination offers hope …

Eliminating race-based medicine

JL Wright, WS Davis, MM Joseph, AM Ellison… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
Race-based medicine has been pervasively interwoven into the fabric of health care
delivery in the United States for more than 400 years. Race is a historically derived social …

Exploration of experiences and perpetration of identity-based bullying among adolescents by race/ethnicity and other marginalized identities

CA Galán, LR Stokes, N Szoko, KZ Abebe… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Race-based discrimination represents an ongoing public health crisis in the US,
manifested by wide-ranging disparities in youth health, mental health, and violence …

Racial and ethnic inequities in the quality of paediatric care in the USA: a review of quantitative evidence

N Slopen, AR Chang, TJ Johnson… - The Lancet Child & …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Racial and ethnic inequities in paediatric care have received increased research attention
over the past two decades, particularly in the past 5 years, alongside an increased societal …

Structural interventions that affect racial inequities and their impact on population health outcomes: a systematic review

EC Clark, E Cranston, T Polin, S Ndumbe-Eyoh… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Structural racism is the historical and ongoing reinforcement of racism within society due to
discriminatory systems and inequitable distribution of key resources. Racism, embedded …

Application of the weathering framework: Intersection of racism, stigma, and COVID-19 as a stressful life event among African Americans

F Wakeel, A Njoku - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
The disproportionate impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on African American
communities necessitates an increased focus on the intersectional roles of racism, stigma …