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Layers of Inequality: Power, Policy, and Health

Author(s) -

Richard J. David,

James W. Collins

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301765

Subject(s) - disadvantaged , inequality , racism , public health , infant mortality , health equity , white (mutation) , economic inequality , economic growth , health policy , political science , child mortality , public policy , development economics , demographic economics , demography , environmental health , sociology , medicine , developing country , economics , law , mathematical analysis , mathematics , nursing , biochemistry , chemistry , gene

The article presents an editorial in which the authors argue that accumulated stress resulting from income inequality, racism, and other disparities could account for health declines and relatively high infant mortality rates in the U.S. as opposed to other industrialized nations of January 2014. Topics include public services for disadvantaged groups and infant mortality rates among white American and African American children.

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