Journal article
Racism as a determinant of health: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Y Paradies, J Ben, N Denson, A Elias, N Priest, A Pieterse, A Gupta, M Kelaher, G Gee
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2015
Abstract
Despite a growing body of epidemiological evidence in recent years documenting the health impacts of racism, the cumulative evidence base has yet to be synthesized in a comprehensive meta-analysis focused specifically on racism as a determinant of health. This metaanalysis reviewed the literature focusing on the relationship between reported racism and mental and physical health outcomes. Data from 293 studies reported in 333 articles published between 1983 and 2013, and conducted predominately in the U.S., were analysed using random effects models and mean weighted effect sizes. Racism was associated with poorer mental health (negative mental health: r = -.23, 95% CI [-.24,-.21], k = 227; p..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship grant
Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This research was partially funded by grant LP100200057 (YP, MK) funded by the Australian Research Council (http://www.arc.gov.au/), Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/ YP, MK, NP) and the Australian Human Rights Commission (https://www.humanrights.gov.au/ YP). YP is supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship grant (http://www.arc.gov.au/ FF130101148).