Racism is now widely recognized as a fundamental cause of health inequalities in the
United States. As such, health scholars have rightly turned their attention toward examining …

Less than 1% of studies on racialized health inequities have empirically examined their root
cause: structural racism. Moreover, there has been a disconnect between the …

There have been over 100 years of literature discussing the deleterious influence of racism
on health. Much of the literature describes racism as a driver of social determinants of …

Racism matters, and matters profoundly, to understanding the persistent and pervasive
disparities in health experienced by racialized populations in the United States and …

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. In the early 1990s, the explicit examination of racism
as a determinant of health has emerged as a novel area of research within the much …

Ignoring structural racism as a core determinant of social inequities, political inequities, and
economic inequities ignores its roles as a fundamental driver of the ongoing and stark health …

Interest in studying structural racism's impacts on health has grown exponentially in recent
years. Across these studies, there is much heterogeneity in the definition and measurement …

Racial minorities bear a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality. These inequities
might be explained by racism, given the fact that racism has restricted the lives of racial …

Differences in health outcomes across racial groups are among the most commonly reported
findings in health disparities research. Often, these studies do not explicitly connect …

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 …