SynthesisJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2022
Racism and Older Black Americans' Health: a Systematic Review.
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- Associations between discriminatory experiences and dementia in the Health and Retirement Study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Experiencing unfair treatment is associated with incident cardiovascular disease among older Black adults.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Factors Associated with Emergency Department Utilization among Older Black Adults with Chronic Illness in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- CVD Environmental Health Disparities Tool: systematic evidence mapping of psychosocial stressors, environmental exposures, and cardiovascular diseases to inform disparities research and action.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Review
- Critical Self-reflection on Racism by Hospital Physicians in Large German Cities. A Qualitative Reconstructive Study Using Episodic Interviews.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Cohort Differences in Perceived Discrimination Trajectories among Aging Black Americans.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Racial/ethnic discrimination and racial trauma: Concurrent evaluation among Black adults who smoke in the United States.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
- State-level structural racism and adolescent mental health in the United States.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Religiosity, Religious Beliefs, and Cognitive Impairment Among Black and White Men With Modest Incomes.Journal of aging and health · 2025Article
- Reimagining Black maternal health narratives: Embracing a Vitality Framework for joy, liberation, and healing.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Racial Differences in Older Adult's Mental Health and Cognitive Symptomatology: Identifying Subgroups Using Multiple-Group Latent Class Analysis.Journal of aging and health · 2024Article
- The Worst of Times: Depressive Symptoms Among Racialized Groups Living With Dementia and Cognitive Impairment During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of aging and health · 2024Article
- Arts-based research with immigrant and racialized older adults: A scoping review.Qualitative social work : QSW : research and practice · 2024Article
- An exploration of neighborhood characteristics, psychosocial resilience resources, and cognitive functioning among midlife and older black adults.Ethnicity & health · 2024Article
- Does everyday discrimination account for the increased risk of vasomotor symptoms in Black women?: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN).Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- "Mentally you don't function the same": a Qualitative Examination of the Normalization, Embodiment, and Psychological Impact of Everyday Racism.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Racial Disparities in Low-Value Care in the Last Year of Life for Medicare Beneficiaries With Neurodegenerative Disease.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2024Article
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Abstract
We reviewed research that examines racism as an independent variable and one or more health outcomes as dependent variables in Black American adults aged 50 years and older in the USA. Of the 43 studies we reviewed, most measured perceived interpersonal racism, perceived institutional racism, or residential segregation. The only two measures of structural racism were birth and residence in a "Jim Crow state." Fourteen studies found associations between racism and mental health outcomes, five with cardiovascular outcomes, seven with cognition, two with physical function, two with telomere length, and five with general health/other health outcomes. Ten studies found no significant associations in older Black adults. All but six of the studies were cross-sectional. Research to understand the extent of structural and multilevel racism as a social determinant of health and the impact on older adults specifically is needed. Improved measurement tools could help address this gap in science.
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