Jenifer L. Bratter and Christa Mason
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447316459
- eISBN:
- 9781447316480
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447316459.003.0010
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gender Studies
This chapter brings multiracial persons into the discussion of health policies concerning racial health disparities by addressing four issues. First, it provides a brief overview of the work on the ...
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This chapter brings multiracial persons into the discussion of health policies concerning racial health disparities by addressing four issues. First, it provides a brief overview of the work on the health of multiracial populations, including the types of health challenges noted and the gaps in research on this topic. Second it gives an analysis of nationally representative data on the health of multiracial adults, a sub-group usually absent in studies. Third, it looks at health policies that target the reduction of health disparities and asks how such policies, in light of the information discussed in the chapter, can best speak to the health needs of multiracial groups. Fourth, it argues that more and broader data must be collected on multiracials in order to effectively measure and address racial health disparities.Less
This chapter brings multiracial persons into the discussion of health policies concerning racial health disparities by addressing four issues. First, it provides a brief overview of the work on the health of multiracial populations, including the types of health challenges noted and the gaps in research on this topic. Second it gives an analysis of nationally representative data on the health of multiracial adults, a sub-group usually absent in studies. Third, it looks at health policies that target the reduction of health disparities and asks how such policies, in light of the information discussed in the chapter, can best speak to the health needs of multiracial groups. Fourth, it argues that more and broader data must be collected on multiracials in order to effectively measure and address racial health disparities.
