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| Title |
Mental health impacts of racial discrimination in Australian culturally and linguistically diverse communities: a cross-sectional survey
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-015-1661-1 |
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| Authors |
Angeline S Ferdinand, Yin Paradies, Margaret Kelaher |
| Abstract |
Racial discrimination denies those from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds access to rights such as the ability to participate equally and freely in community and public life, equitable service provision and freedom from violence. Our study was designed to examine how people from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds in four Australian localities experience and respond to racial discrimination, as well as associated health impacts. Data were collected from 1,139 Australians regarding types of racial discrimination experienced, settings for these incidents, response mechanisms and psychological distress as measured by the Kessler 6 (K6) Psychological Distress Scale. Age, education, religion, gender, visibility and rurality were all significantly associated with differences in the frequency of experiencing racial discrimination. Experiencing racial discrimination was associated with worse mental health. Mental health impacts were not associated with the type of discriminatory experience, but experiencing racial discrimination in shops and in employment and government settings was associated with being above the threshold for high or very high psychological distress. One out of twelve response mechanisms was found to be associated with lower stress following a discriminatory incident. Study results indicate that poorer mental health was associated with the volume of discrimination experienced, rather than the type of experience. However, the impact of experiencing discrimination in some settings was shown to be particularly associated with high or very high psychological distress. Our findings suggest that interventions designed to prevent the occurrence of racism have more potential to increase mental health in racial and ethnic minority communities than interventions that work with individuals in response to experiencing racism. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 6 | 40% |
| Canada | 2 | 13% |
| Unknown | 7 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 93% |
| Scientists | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 177 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 176 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 27 | 15% |
| Unknown | 69 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 25 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 23 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 9% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 21 | 12% |
| Unknown | 72 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 45. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 April 2024.
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#941,819
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#1,021
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#11,329
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#15
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