Research Guides: CSIJ 200: Race & Racism in America: Race, Racism, &amp; Health Disparities

Dorothy Roberts: The Problem with Race-Based Medicine [TedTalks]

In this searing talk, Roberts lays out the lingering traces of race-based medicine -- and invites us to be a part of ending it. "It is more urgent than ever to finally abandon this backward legacy," she says, "and to affirm our common humanity by ending the social inequalities that truly divide us."

Articles and Other Resources

Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity
A fact sheet provided by the Center for American Progess
Health Equity Considerations and Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
An article by the CDC
Institutional Racism in the Health Care System
An article by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) detailing institutional racism in the health care system.
Key Facts on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity
A report conducted by the KKF (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Racial and Ethnic Health Care Disparities
An article by the Center for Medicare Advocacy
Racism and Health in the United States: A Policy Statement From the American College of Physicians
A Policy Statement From the American College of Physicians - Updated in 2020
The strangest of all encounters: racial and ethnic discrimination in US health care
This paper selectively reviews studies published after 2003 on the likely contribution of physicians’ unconscious bias to US health care disparities.

Databases & Journals

Embase (via Ovid)
Biomedicine and pharmacology citation database (1974 - present) with an international scope. Recommended for systematic reviews, and for finding drug and medical device information. Updated weekly. Not compatible with Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10.

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities reports on the scholarly progress of work to understand, address, and ultimately eliminate health disparities based on race and ethnicity

PubMed
The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) foremost biomedical and life sciences database. Includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, life sciences journals, and online books.