Structural racism and its pathways to asthma and atopic dermatitis
Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people in the United States experience a disproportionate burden of asthma and atopic dermatitis. The study of these disease disparities has focused on proximal socioenvironmental exposures and on the biomechanistic (including genetic) differences between racial and ethnic groups. Although biomedical research in allergy and immunology stands to benefit from the inclusion of diverse study populations, the narrow focus on biologic mechanisms disregards the complexity of interactions across biologic and structural factors, including the effects of structural racism.
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Adali Martinez, Rosemarie de la Rosa, Mahasin Mujahid, Neeta Thakur Tags: Reviews and feature article Source Type: research
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