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Research & Education Librarian
Racism Impacts Health: Statements
Racism Impacts Health: Selected Evidence
Racism and Health I: Pathways and Scientific Evidence (2013)
Williams, D. R., & Mohammed, S. A. (2013). Racism and Health I: Pathways and Scientific Evidence. American Behavioral Scientist, 57(8), 1152–1173. https://doi-org.proxy.library.vcu.edu/10.1177/0002764213487340
Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions (2017)
Bailey ZD, Krieger N, Agénor M, Graves J, Linos N, Bassett MT. Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions. Lancet. 2017 Apr 8;389(10077):1453-1463. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30569-X. PMID: 28402827.
Understanding how discrimination can affect health (2019)
Williams DR, Lawrence JA, Davis BA, Vu C. Understanding how discrimination can affect health. Health Serv Res. 2019 Dec;54 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):1374-1388. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13222. Epub 2019 Oct 29. PMID: 31663121; PMCID: PMC6864381.
Effects of race and ethnicity on perinatal outcomes in high-income and upper-middle-income countries: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 2,198, 655 pregnancies (2022)
Sheikh J, Allotey J, Kew T, Fernández-Félix BM, Zamora J, Khalil A, Thangaratinam S; IPPIC Collaborative Network. Effects of race and ethnicity on perinatal outcomes in high-income and upper-middle-income countries: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 2 198 655 pregnancies. Lancet. 2022 Dec 10;400(10368):2049-2062. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01191-6. Erratum in: Lancet. 2023 Jan 14;401(10371):104. PMID: 36502843.
The Economic Burden of Racial, Ethnic, and Educational Health Inequities in the US (2023)
LaVeist TA, Pérez-Stable EJ, Richard P, et al. The Economic Burden of Racial, Ethnic, and Educational Health Inequities in the US. JAMA. 2023;329(19):1682–1692. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.5965
Defining Racism and Health Equity