International evidence documents that experiencing racial discrimination is associated with poor health. The large majority of the literature is from cross-sectional studies in the US, and although increasing longitudinal evidence now asserts that experiences of racial discrimination predate poor health, it is still unknown how the burden of racial discrimination on health accumulates through the life course, and how experiences of racial discrimination, either direct or vicarious, are associated with health at different stages of the life course. This talk will present findings from several studies conducted using cross-sectional and longitudinal data from the US, New Zealand, and the UK – including the Millennium Cohort Study and Understanding Society – with the aim of piecing together evidence on the association between racial discrimination and health across different life course stages, health outcomes, and hypothesised mechanisms.
Presented by:
Laia Becares (University of Manchester)
Date & time:
November 9, 2015 4:00 pm - November 9, 2015 5:30 pm
Venue:
2N2.4.16
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