Racism and health: evidence and needed research

DR Williams, JA Lawrence… - Annual review of public …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In recent decades, there has been remarkable growth in scientific research examining the
multiple ways in which racism can adversely affect health. This interest has been driven in …

[HTML][HTML] More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science

ES Epel, AD Crosswell, SE Mayer, AA Prather… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Stress can influence health throughout the lifespan, yet there is little agreement about what
types and aspects of stress matter most for human health and disease. This is in part …

Toward a psychological framework of radical healing in communities of color

BH French, JA Lewis, DV Mosley… - The Counseling …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Advancing beyond individual-level approaches to co** with racial trauma, we introduce a
new psychological framework of radical healing for People of Color and Indigenous …

Health disparities due to diminished return among black Americans: Public policy solutions

S Assari - Social Issues and Policy Review, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There are persistent and pervasive disparities in the health of Black people compared to non‐
Hispanic Whites in the United States. There are many reasons for this gap; this article …

Contributions of Black psychology scholars to models of racism and health: Applying intersectionality to center Black women.

JA Lewis - American Psychologist, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Although theoretical and empirical research on the impact of racism on the mental and
physical health of African Americans is well established in the literature, there is still a dearth …

Unequal gain of equal resources across racial groups

S Assari - International journal of health policy and …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The health effects of economic resources (eg, education, employment, and living place) and
psychological assets (eg, self-efficacy, perceived control over life, anger control, and …

The accelerated aging phenotype: the role of race and social determinants of health on aging

NN Hooten, NL Pacheco, JT Smith, MK Evans - Ageing research reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The pursuit to discover the fundamental biology and mechanisms of aging within the context
of the physical and social environment is critical to designing interventions to prevent and …

Self-reported experiences of discrimination and health: scientific advances, ongoing controversies, and emerging issues

TT Lewis, CD Cogburn… - Annual review of clinical …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Over the past two decades, research examining the impact of self-reported experiences of
discrimination on mental and physical health has increased dramatically. Studies have …

Weight discrimination and risk of mortality

AR Sutin, Y Stephan, A Terracciano - Psychological science, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Discrimination based on weight is a stressful social experience linked to declines in physical
and mental health. We examined whether this harmful association extends to risk of …

Racism and health I: Pathways and scientific evidence

DR Williams, SA Mohammed - American behavioral scientist, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reviews the scientific research that indicates that despite marked declines in
public support for negative racial attitudes in the United States, racism, in its multiple forms …