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Racialized economic segregation and health outcomes: A systematic review of studies that use the Index of Concentration at the Extremes for race, income, and their interaction
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 1, p e0262962 (2022), PLoS ONE, Sonderlund, A L, Charifson, M, Schoenthaler, A, Carson, T & Williams, N J 2022, ' Racialized economic segregation and health outcomes : A systematic review of studies that use the Index of Concentration at the Extremes for race, income, and their interaction ', PLOS ONE, vol. 17, no. 1, e0262962 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262962
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022.
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Abstract
- Extensive research shows that residential segregation has severe health consequences for racial and ethnic minorities. Most research to date has operationalized segregation in terms of either poverty or race/ethnicity rather than a synergy of these factors. A novel version of the Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICERace-Income) specifically assesses racialized economic segregation in terms of spatial concentrations of racial and economic privilege (e.g., wealthy white people) versus disadvantage (e.g., poor Black people) within a given area. This multidimensional measure advances a more comprehensive understanding of residential segregation and its consequences for racial and ethnic minorities. The aim of this paper is to critically review the evidence on the association between ICERace-Income and health outcomes. We implemented the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to conduct a rigorous search of academic databases for papers linking ICERace-Income with health. Twenty articles were included in the review. Studies focused on the association of ICERace-Income with adverse birth outcomes, cancer, premature and all-cause mortality, and communicable diseases. Most of the evidence indicates a strong association between ICERace-Income and each health outcome, underscoring income as a key mechanism by which segregation produces health inequality along racial and ethnic lines. Two of the reviewed studies examined racial disparities in comorbidities and health care access as potential explanatory factors underlying this relationship. We discuss our findings in the context of the extant literature on segregation and health and propose new directions for future research and applications of the ICERace-Income measure.
- Subjects :
- Death Rates
Epidemiology
Economics
Maternal Health
Science
Social Sciences
Preterm Birth
Human Geography
White People
Social Geography
Health Economics
Population Metrics
Pregnancy
Breast Tumors
Breast Cancer
Medicine and Health Sciences
Humans
Public and Occupational Health
Multidisciplinary
Population Biology
Geography
Cancer Risk Factors
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Biology and Life Sciences
Cancers and Neoplasms
Health Status Disparities
Race Relations
Socioeconomic Aspects of Health
Black or African American
Health Care
Pregnancy Complications
Socioeconomic Factors
Oncology
Medical Risk Factors
Income
Birth
Earth Sciences
Women's Health
Neighborhoods
Medicine
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c95ae28a5aa9872dd6abf7dc4aa476ca