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The enduring effects of racism on health: understanding direct and indirect effects over time
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posted on 2023-06-10, 05:07 authored by Sarah Stopforth, Dharmi Kapadia, James Nazroo, Laia BecaresExperiences of racism and racial discrimination are associated with poorer mental and physical health outcomes for people from minoritised ethnic groups. One mechanism by which racism leads to poor health is through reduced socio-economic resources, but the evidence documenting the direct and indirect effects of racism on health via socio-economic inequality over time is under-developed. The central aims of this paper are to better understand how racism affects health over time, by age, and via the key mechanism of socio-economic inequality. This paper analyses large-scale, nationally representative data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society) 2009–2019. Findings from longitudinal structural equation models clearly indicate the enduring effects of racism on health, which operate over time both directly and indirectly through lower income and poorer prior health. Repeated exposure to racism severely and negatively impacts the health of people from minoritised ethnic groups. These findings make an important contribution to the existing evidence base, demonstrating the enduring effects of racism on health over time and across age groups.
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SSM - Population HealthISSN
2352-8273Publisher
Elsevier BVExternal DOI
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19Page range
101217Event location
EnglandDepartment affiliated with
- Social Work and Social Care Publications
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2022-10-14First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2022-10-14Usage metrics
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