Multidimensional Resource Disparities by Race During COVID-19: The Role of Chronic Illness, Disability, and Mental Health

The Subtle Burden: Everyday Discrimination and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Self-Rated Health and Happiness in the United States

When Race Becomes Central: Profiles of Racial Centrality and Mental Health Across Adulthood in the National Survey of American Life

ABSTRACT The National Survey of American Life (NSAL) has advanced the sociology of Black American life, documenting how racism, resilience, and identity shape well-being. Building on this legacy, we examined how racial centrality (i.e., how central being Black is to one’s identity) is associated with depressive symptom...

Health Disparities, Inequalities and Inequities in Stroke Care: A Global Critical Integrative Review (1991-2024).

This critical integrative review used a modified integrative review methodology with an intersectionality approach to analyze intersections among categories of social identity/position to advance health equity in stroke care and research.

Beyond individual deficit: A structural analysis of mental health access for Black immigrant youth of African descent in Canada.

BackgroundBlack populations have deep ancestral ties to Canada, yet little research examines what shapes access to mental healthcare for Black immigrant youth of African descent (BIYAD), defined here as first-generation African-born Black young adults aged 18 to 34. Almost none of these studies examine how race, immigr...

Gender and racial/ethnic disparities in the life-course timing of first unpaid caregiving: a survival analysis approach

Abstract Objectives Extensive research documents gender and racial/ethnic disparities in unpaid caregiving, defined as providing informal care to adults or children with illness, disability, or special care needs, excluding routine childcare. Yet, little is known about how the timing of caregiving entry varies across d...

Transitions to adulthood among U.S. young adults with mental health disabilities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: traveling multiple pathways in uncertain times

The need for transition-focused wraparound service systems, early intervention strategies to avoid development of further comorbidities, and supports incorporating informal social networks such as friends and family are suggested.