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Racism Impacts Health: Statements

Virginia Legislature declares racism is a public health crisis in Virginia (2021)
CDC's commitment to addressing racism as an obstacle to health equity
American Medical Association declares racism is a threat to public health (2020)
American Academy of Pediatrics: The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health (2019) Trent M, Dooley DG, Dougé J; SECTION ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH; COUNCIL ON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS; COMMITTEE ON ADOLESCENCE. The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health. Pediatrics. 2019 Aug;144(2):e20191765. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-1765. PMID: 31358665.

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 Black Progress Index: examining the social factors that influence Black well-being (2022) From the Brookings Institute
2015 Stress in America: The impact of discrimination From the American Psychological Association
African American views of Being Black in America: experiences with racism within the healthcare system, impacts of the pandemic and views of the coronavirus vaccine (2020) Survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation in collaboration with ESPN's The Undefeated.
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

Advancing Health Equity: A guide to language, narrative, and concepts Published by the American Medical Association Center for Health Equity
Racial Equity Tools Glossary
Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication Using a health equity lens to provide specific guidance on developing health communications and messaging that is inclusive and non-stigmatizing.