Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
J Health Soc Behav. 2010;51 Suppl(Suppl):S15-27. doi: 10.1177/0022146510383838.
This article provides an overview of the contribution of sociologists to the study of racial and ethnic inequalities in health in the United States. It argues that sociologists have made four principal contributions. First, they have challenged and problematized the biological understanding of race. Second, they have emphasized the primacy of social structure and context as determinants of racial differences in disease. Third, they have contributed to our understanding of the multiple ways in which racism affects health. Finally, sociologists have enhanced our understanding of the ways in which migration history and status can affect health. Sociological insights on racial disparities in health have important implications for the development of effective approaches to improve health and reduce health inequities.
本文概述了社会学家对美国健康领域中的种族和族裔不平等问题研究的贡献。它认为，社会学家做出了四项主要贡献。首先，他们对种族的生物学理解提出了挑战和质疑。其次，他们强调社会结构和环境作为疾病中种族差异决定因素的首要地位。第三，他们促进了我们对种族主义影响健康的多种方式的理解。最后，社会学家增强了我们对移民历史和地位如何影响健康的理解。关于健康方面的种族差异的社会学观点对于制定有效的方法来改善健康和减少健康不平等具有重要意义。
