Intersectional Discrimination and Health Outcomes
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 265
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Interests: black families; risk and resilience; racial justice in learning contexts; gender and education; religiosity
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Dear Colleagues,
Intersectional discrimination occurs when multiple social identities or positions simultaneously interact to promote a distinct and specific form of discrimination [1,2]. These intersectional discrimination experiences do not independently exist but inform each other and create an environment unique to a person. It is important to understand how experiences within larger society promote or hinder the health outcomes of individuals across the life course.
This Special Issue aims to bring together original research (empirical and theoretical) that will focus on how intersectional discrimination impacts health outcomes across the life course. Quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods studies are welcome. Areas that papers might emphasize include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Manuscripts that use an intersectional lens to understand the impact of discrimination on health outcomes across any stage of development (e.g., early childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood, and older adults).
- Manuscripts that discuss or test theoretical frameworks that illuminate the association between intersectional discrimination and health outcomes.
- Manuscripts that discuss the impact of intersectional discrimination on health outcomes and the identification of protective factors for individuals across the life course.
References
- McCall, L. The complexity of intersectionality. Signs: Journal of women in culture and society 2015, 30(3), 1771-1800.
- Scheim, A.I., Bauer, G.R. The Intersectional Discrimination Index: Development and validation of measures of self-reported enacted and anticipated discrimination for intercategorical analysis. Soc. Sci. Med. 2019, 226, 225-235.
Dr. Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- discrimination
- intersectionality
- health
- social identities
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