Cultural trauma as a fundamental cause of health disparities

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 292; p. 114574
• Main Authors: Subica, Andrew M., Link, Bruce G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2022; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Comorbidity; Conceptual models; Cultural groups; Cultural resources; Cultural trauma; Disadvantaged; Discrimination; Fairness; Health disparities; Health Equity; Health promotion; Health research; Health status; Health Status Disparities; Healthcare Disparities; Historical trauma; Humans; Immigrants; Medicine; Minority Groups; Psychic assault; Psychological distress; Psychological trauma; Racism; Refugees; Risk factors; Social determinants; Social factors; Social Stigma; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomic status; Socioeconomics; Stigma; Trauma; United States; Vulnerable Populations; United States; Cultural trauma; Historical trauma; Social determinants; Health disparities

Health disparities disproportionately affect minority cultural groups (e.g., Indigenous, immigrant, refugee) worldwide; enduring across time, disease states, and risk factors despite co-occurring advancements in health and medicine. Fundamental cause theory holds that important social factors (e.g.,...