What Structural Racism Is (or Is Not) and How to Measure It: Clarity for Public Health and Medical Researchers | Zendy

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What Structural Racism Is (or Is Not) and How to Measure It: Clarity for Public Health and Medical Researchers

Author(s) -

Lorraine T. Dean,

Roland J. Thorpe

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

american journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.33

H-Index - 256

eISSN - 1476-6256

pISSN - 0002-9262

DOI - 10.1093/aje/kwac112

Subject(s) - racism , clarity , psychometrics of racism , sociology , trace (psycholinguistics) , measure (data warehouse) , epistemology , psychology , computer science , gender studies , philosophy , data mining , chemistry , linguistics , biochemistry

Interest in studying structural racism's impacts on health has grown exponentially in recent years. Across these studies, there is much heterogeneity in the definition and measurement of structural racism, leading to mixed interpretations of structural racism's impact on health. A precise definition of structural racism can offer conceptual clarity to inform what mechanisms to investigate and is imperative for conducting high-quality research on it and dismantling it. In this commentary, we trace the evolution of the definitions of structural racism and suggest ways in which the measurement of structural racism should move forward given these definitions.

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