Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Lindsay E. Rosenfeld, and Erin Hardy are with the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. At the time of the study, Theresa L. Osypuk was with the Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Nancy McArdle and all authors are with diversitydata.org , Boston.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Oct;103(10):1754-63. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300986. Epub 2013 Feb 14.
Research evidence indicates that 2 forms of racial discrimination-perceived interpersonal discrimination and racial/ethnic residential segregation (a form of institutional discrimination)-may influence children's health and disparities. Although research on these 2 forms of discrimination and health has primarily focused on adults, smaller bodies of work have documented that perceived interpersonal discrimination and segregation have a negative effect on infants' health, and that perceived interpersonal discrimination may negatively affect children's mental health. Three directions for research are (1) incorporating a life-course perspective into studies of discrimination and children's health, (2) linking residential segregation with geography-of-opportunity conceptual frameworks and measures, and (3) considering residential segregation along with segregation in other contexts that influence children's health (e.g., schools).
研究证据表明,两种形式的种族歧视——感知到的人际歧视和种族/民族居住隔离(一种制度歧视形式)——可能会影响儿童的健康和不平等现象。尽管关于这两种形式的歧视和健康的研究主要集中在成年人身上,但越来越多的研究记录表明,感知到的人际歧视和隔离对婴儿的健康有负面影响,而且感知到的人际歧视可能对儿童的心理健康产生负面影响。有三个研究方向:(1)将生命历程视角纳入歧视与儿童健康的研究中;(2)将居住隔离与机会地理概念框架和指标联系起来;(3)考虑居住隔离以及影响儿童健康的其他环境中的隔离(例如,学校)。