scholarly journals A Novel Look at Racial Health Disparities: The Interaction Between Social Disadvantage and Environmental Health

2012 ◽  
Vol 102 (12) ◽  
pp. 2344-2351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret T. Hicken ◽  
Gilbert C. Gee ◽  
Jeffrey Morenoff ◽  
Cathleen M Connell ◽  
Rachel C. Snow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Social Disadvantage ◽  
Racial Health Disparities

scholarly journals The Washington State Environmental Health Disparities Map: Development of a Community-Responsive Cumulative Impacts Assessment Tool

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Min ◽  
Deric Gruen ◽  
Debolina Banerjee ◽  
Tina Echeverria ◽  
Lauren Freelander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Cumulative Impacts ◽  
Cumulative Impact ◽  
Community Voice ◽  
Mapping Tool ◽  
Interactive Map

Communities across Washington State have expressed the need for neighborhood-level information on the cumulative impact of environmental hazards and social conditions to illuminate disparities and address environmental justice issues. Many existing mapping tools have not explicitly integrated community voice and lived experience as an integral part of their development. The goals of this project were to create a new community–academic–government partnership to collect and summarize community concerns and to develop a publicly available mapping tool that ranks relative environmental health disparities for populations across Washington State. Using a community-driven framework, we developed the Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map, a cumulative environmental health impacts assessment tool. Nineteen regularly updated environmental and population indicators were integrated into the geospatial tool that allows for comparisons of the cumulative impacts between census tracts. This interactive map provides critical information for the public, agencies, policymakers, and community-based organizations to make informed decisions. The unique community–academic–government partnership and the community-driven framework can be used as a template for other environmental and social justice mapping endeavors.

Structural Racism and Health Disparities

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 518-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruqaiijah Yearby
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Racial Health Disparities ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Access To Resources ◽  
Racial Inequalities ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
The Government

The government recognizes that social factors cause racial inequalities in access to resources and opportunities that result in racial health disparities. However, this recognition fails to acknowledge the root cause of these racial inequalities: structural racism. As a result, racial health disparities persist.

scholarly journals Cortisol and Racial Health Disparities Affecting Black Men in Later Life: Evidence From MIDUS II

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 155798831987096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Ober Allen ◽  
Daphne C. Watkins ◽  
Linda Chatters ◽  
Arline T. Geronimus ◽  
Vicki Johnson-Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Black Men ◽  
White Men ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racial Health Disparities ◽  
Medical Morbidity

In the United States, Black men have poorer overall health and shorter life spans than most other racial/ethnic groups of men, largely attributable to chronic health conditions. Dysregulated patterns of daily cortisol, an indicator of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis stress–response functioning, are linked to poor health outcomes. Questions remain regarding whether and how cortisol contributes to Black–White differences in men’s health. This exploratory study compared early day changes in cortisol levels (diurnal cortisol slopes from peak to pre-lunch levels) and their associations with medical morbidity (number of chronic medical conditions) and psychological distress (Negative Affect Scale) among 695 Black and White male participants in the National Survey of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS II, 2004–2009). Black men exhibited blunted cortisol slopes relative to White men (−.15 vs. −.21, t = −2.97, p = .004). Cortisol slopes were associated with medical morbidity among Black men ( b = .050, t = 3.85, p < .001), but not White men, and were unrelated to psychological distress in both groups. Findings indicate cortisol may contribute to racial health disparities among men through two pathways, including the novel finding that Black men may be more vulnerable to some negative health outcomes linked to cortisol. Further, results suggest that while cortisol may be a mechanism of physical health outcomes and disparities among older men, it may be less important for their emotional health. This study increases understanding of how race and male sex intersect to affect not only men’s lived experiences but also their biological processes to contribute to racial health disparities among men in later life.

Break the Cycle of environmental health disparities in vulnerable children

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Rubin ◽  
Robert J. Geller ◽  
Janice Nodvin ◽  
Michele Marcus ◽  
Maeve Howett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Vulnerable Children
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