Year: 2013
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: There is substantial evidence of differential outcomes for different racial and ethnic groups in many health, social and economic arenas in the United Kingdom today, ranging from dis‐ ease prevalence and outcome, hiring and promotion in the labour workforce, to loan appro‐ vals in mortgage lending, to rate of arrest and detention in the criminal justice system. These disparities – and others – describe social conditions that most Britons believe deserve some measure of attention. To understand such conditions and to fashion appropriate responses, it is important to assess whether and how racism and racial discrimination, along with other factors, may contribute to observed disparities in mental health outcomes among racial and ethnic groups.
Source: InTech eBooks
DOI: 10.5772/52297
Authors: Apu Chakraborty, Lance Patrick, Maria Lambri
Institution: University College London
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1591968654