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RACE AND ETHNICITY IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH: Models to Explain Health Disparities

Dressler, William W., Oths, Kathryn S., Gravlee, Clarence C.·2005·Annual Review of Anthropology
DOI 10.1146/annurev.anthro.34.081804.120505
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The description and explanation of racial and ethnic health disparities are major initiatives of the public health research establishment. Black Americans suffer on nearly every measure of health in relation to white Americans. Five theoretical models have been proposed to explain these disparities: a racial-genetic model, a health-behavior model, a socioeconomic status model, a psychosocial stress model, and a structural-constructivist model. We selectively review literature on health disparities, emphasizing research on low birth weight and high blood pressure. The psychosocial stress model and the structural-constructivist model offer greatest promise to explain disparities. In future research, theoretical elaboration and operational specificity are needed to distinguish among three distinct factors: (a) genetic variants contributing to disease risk; (b) ethnoracial or folk racial categories masquerading as biology; and (c) ethnic group membership. Such elaboration is necessary to move beyond the conflation of these three distinct constructs that characterizes much of current research.

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Authors
Dressler, W. W., Oths, K. S., & Gravlee, C. C.
Affiliations
  • University of Alabama (US)
  • Florida State University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Annual Review of Anthropology
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
2005-10-01
Volume
34
Issue
1
Pages
231-252
ISSN
  • 0084-6570 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4290
DOI
10.1146/annurev.anthro.34.081804.120505
OpenAlex
W2124160024
Cited by
541
References
125
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Annual Review of Anthropology (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
racial and ethnic health disparities, African Americans, health behavior models, low birth weight, hypertension, genetic variants, ethnic group membership

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