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Reply to "Racism and its impact as an ACE"

Racism is a toxic stressor that has been linked to adverse behavioral/mental health outcomes in children and behavioral and physical health outcomes in adults. As a toxic stressor, it likely contribute to long term physiological dysregulation (allostatic load), which then may lead to increased incidence of chronic illness such as cardiovascular disease, premature birth, endocrine disorders (e.g., diabetes), hypertension, etc....the same chronic disease in which we see racial and ethnic health disparities.

I've attached a review paper on the effects of racism on child health, as well as another paper that describes the development of a questionnaire that measures perception of racism in children and youth (PRaCY).  The questionnaire also measures variables such as attribution, emotional response, and coping responses to racist/discriminatory events.  Anyone interested in the questionnaire can contact me.

 

 

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