Structural racism and health: Assessing the mediating role of community mental distress and health care access in the association between mass incarceration and adverse birth outcomes

• Main Authors: Anders Larrabee Sonderlund (Author), Natasha J. Williams (Author), Mia Charifson (Author), Robin Ortiz (Author), Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson (Author), Elaine De Leon (Author), Antoinette Schoenthaler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Research has linked spatial concentrations of incarceration with racial disparities in adverse birth outcomes. However, little is known about the specific mechanisms of this association. This represents an important knowledge gap in terms of intervention. We theorize two pathways that may account fo...