Racial/ethnic residential segregation: Framing the context of health risk and health disparities

An increasing body of public health literature links patterns of racial/ethnic residential segregation to health status and health disparities. Despite substantial new empirical work, meaningful understanding of the pathways through which segregation operates to influence health remains elusive. The...

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Published inHealth & place Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 438 - 448
Main Authors White, Kellee, Borrell, Luisa N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2011
Subjects
Causality
Censuses
Ethnicity
Health
Health disparities
Health inequalities
Health inequality
Health Problems
Health Research
Health Status Disparities
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Life Events
Place
Population Density
Prejudice
Public Health
Race/ethnicity
Racial Differences
Racial Groups
Racial inequality
Residence Characteristics
Residential Segregation
Resilience
Risk
Risk Assessment
Segregation
Socioeconomic Factors
U.S.A
United States
Race/ethnicity
United States
Residential segregation
Health disparities
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Summary:An increasing body of public health literature links patterns of racial/ethnic residential segregation to health status and health disparities. Despite substantial new empirical work, meaningful understanding of the pathways through which segregation operates to influence health remains elusive. The literature on segregation and health was appraised with an emphasis on select conceptual, methodological, and analytical issues. Recommendations for advancing the next generation of racial/ethnic residential segregation and health research will require closer attention to sharpening the methodology of measuring segregation, testing mediating pathways and effect modification, incorporating stronger test of causality, exploring factors of resilience in segregated areas, applying a life-course perspective, broadening the scope of the investigation of segregation to include nativity status in blacks and other racial/ethnic groups, and linking segregation measures with biological data.
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ISSN:1353-8292
1873-2054
DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.002