Penner, L. A., Dovidio, J. F., Hagiwara, N., & Smedley, B. D. (2023). Unequal health. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009023825
Abstract:
Racial disparities in health and healthcare are facts of life in contemporary America. The core thesis of this book is that anti-Black racism is a major contributor to these disparities. The authors argue that this occurs via three paths; 1) the direct negative impact of racial discrimination on physiological processes related to people’s health; (2) the creation of under-resourced segregated neighborhoods that contain serious threats to their residents’ health; and 3) the lower quality healthcare because of systemic and individual racism in the healthcare system. The book uses multi-disciplinary research, historical events, and first person narratives to document its core thesis and shows how racial inequities in Black American’s health endanger the health of all Americans. The authors all have extensive backgrounds in research and public policy related to the impact of racial bias on health and healthcare.