LAYERING THE IMPACTS OF STRUCTURAL RACISM ON HEALTHY AGING TRAJECTORIES IN A LONGITUDINAL COHORT
2024
Impact of Structural Racism on Healthy Aging
Sample size: 800
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Author Information
Author(s): Sadler Richard
Primary Institution: Michigan State University
Hypothesis
The built and social environment significantly influences health disparities among African Americans in aging.
Conclusion
The study highlights the importance of considering a wider range of structural racism measures in understanding health disparities.
Supporting Evidence
- African Americans face earlier cognitive and functional decline due to structural racism.
- The built environment plays a crucial role in health disparities.
- Emerging evidence suggests additional structural racism variables are important for health linkages.
Takeaway
This study looks at how things like where people live can affect their health as they get older, especially for African Americans.
Methodology
The study uses GIS to digitize and geocode structural racism elements and analyze their spatial-temporal overlaps.
Participant Demographics
Midlife to older Baltimore-born men and women, ages 30-64 at baseline.
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