Individual Author(s) / Organizational Author
Adkins-Jackson, Paris B.
Kim, Boeun
Tejera, César Higgins
Ford, Tiffany N.
Gobaud, Ariana N.
Sherman-Wilkins, Kyler J.
Turney, Indira C.
Avila-Rieger, Justina F.
Sims, Kendra D.
Okoye, Safiyyah M.
Belsky, Daniel W.
Hill-Jarrett, Tanisha G.
Samuel, Laura
Solomon, Gabriella
Cleeve, Jack H.
Gee, Gilbert
Thorpe Jr., Roland J.
Crews, Deidra C.
Hardeman, Rachel R.
Bailey, Zinzi D.
Szanton, Sarah L.
Manly, Jennifer J.
Publisher
PubMed Central
Date
April 2024
Publication
Mary Ann Libert: Health Equity
Abstract / Description
In 2022, over 10% of the United States population aged 65 or older (6.5 million) lived with dementia. However, the disease burden is unequal; older adults racialized as Black experience 1.5–1.9 times higher incidence compared with older adults racialized as White and suffer steeper cognitive decline. These profound Black-White disparities in cognitive health stem from lifetime exposure to structural racism, a fundamental cause of health disparities. (author introduction) #HES4A
Artifact Type
Research
Reference Type
Journal Article
Priority Population
Ethnic and racial groups
Topic Area
Social/Structural Determinants » Isms and Phobias » Racism