LaVeist T A
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205-1901, USA.
Int J Health Serv. 2000;30(1):217-9. doi: 10.2190/LKDF-UJQ5-W1KU-GLR1.
While no credible scientist believes that race has any biological or genetic basis, it does have profound social meaning, rooted in history but with contemporary consequences. Racial status is a risk marker for exposure to racism, which may be a primary etiological factor in race differences in morbidity and mortality. The study of racism and health is highly complex and still in its infancy. What we need is not just more research on race, but better research.
虽然没有可信的科学家认为种族有任何生物学或遗传学基础，但它确实具有深刻的社会意义，其根源在于历史但具有当代影响。种族地位是遭受种族主义的一个风险指标，而种族主义可能是发病率和死亡率种族差异的一个主要病因因素。对种族主义与健康的研究非常复杂，仍处于起步阶段。我们需要的不仅仅是更多关于种族的研究，而是更好的研究。
