Social Discrimination

Historical housing discriminatory practices are associated with modern-day cardiometabolic disease and risk factors years after such practices were outlawed, according to an analysis of census-level data.

Medical students from some historically underrepresented populations experienced moderately higher levels of exhaustion-related burnout, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

More than 50% of cardiologists from historically underrepresented racial or ethnic groups reported experiencing discrimination during their career, according to results from a survey.

Emergency medicine residents frequently experienced mistreatment in the workplace, including gender and racial discrimination, physical abuse and sexual harassment, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Black adults reported experiencing discrimination or unfair judgment in health care settings at triple the rate of white adults and double the rate of Hispanic or “Latinx” adults, according to recent survey data.

Experiences of racial discrimination appeared linked to disproportionately greater response in brain regions related to emotion regulation, fear inhibition and visual attention among Black women.

According to an American College of Cardiology survey, 44% of cardiologists from around the world reported being in a hostile work environment.

Stigma against individuals with mental illness is common, making an emphasis on social justice and human rights for this segment of the population important, according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

Participation in family-centered prevention programs mitigated the impact of racial discrimination on subsequent mental health problem increases among Black adolescents, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

The ACP published a position paper that contains a framework for recognizing, confronting and removing disparities in health and health care that individuals face based on their race, ethnicity and religious and/or cultural identities.