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Addressing mother’s experiences of racial discrimination

Laia Becares By Laia Becares Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: November 24, 2015

If we are to break cycles of deprivation and begin to redress inequalities in health between the white British and ethnic minority populations, policymakers should put more emphasis on structural disadvantage and experiences of racial discrimination, says Dr Laia Bécares. Studies have consistently shown that racial discrimination can lead to poor health, and that racism […]

Tagged With: millennium cohort study, racial discrimination

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How racism harms health

Laia Becares By Laia Becares Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: January 15, 2015

Lifetime experiences of racism damage the health of ethnic minorities from before birth until death, writes Dr Laia Bécares.   Racism is toxic for health. This can be taken literally, proven by a vast environmental justice literature that shows how some ethnic minorities are more likely than the white majority population to live within close […]

Tagged With: Arline Geronimus, discrimination, health, inequalities, life chances, racism, UK Millennium Cohort Study

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