Presentation Type
Poster
Access Type
Open Access
Start Date
2020 12:00 AM
End Date
2020 12:00 AM
Description
People of color in the United States experience poorer health and higher mortality rates than their white counterparts and these outcomes are a result of structural racism. Structural racism refers to the ways in which societies foster racial discrimination, through mutually reinforcing inequitable systems (in housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care, criminal justice, and so on) that in turn reinforce discriminatory beliefs, values, and distribution of resources. These together affect the risk of adverse health outcomes (1). Research shows that racial disparities in prenatal, infant and neonatal mortality is a serious public health problem in the United States. Numerous interventions have been developed and implemented to address these disparities. This presentation will focus on the association between racial residential segregation (a major example of structural racism) and prenatal, infant and neonatal mortality. It will also provide details on current interventions to significantly reduce the racial inequities in infant deaths.
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Racial Residential Segregation and Infant Mortality in the United States
People of color in the United States experience poorer health and higher mortality rates than their white counterparts and these outcomes are a result of structural racism. Structural racism refers to the ways in which societies foster racial discrimination, through mutually reinforcing inequitable systems (in housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care, criminal justice, and so on) that in turn reinforce discriminatory beliefs, values, and distribution of resources. These together affect the risk of adverse health outcomes (1). Research shows that racial disparities in prenatal, infant and neonatal mortality is a serious public health problem in the United States. Numerous interventions have been developed and implemented to address these disparities. This presentation will focus on the association between racial residential segregation (a major example of structural racism) and prenatal, infant and neonatal mortality. It will also provide details on current interventions to significantly reduce the racial inequities in infant deaths.
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Comments: I'd like to Thank Montclair State University, my Academic Advisor Dr. Jefferson Gatrall, and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for this great opportunity.