An ESRC/NIH health disparities study of discrimination and disparities in health; health service use in the UK and US

This archive contains the ESRC funded data collection (UK data) only.

The data collection contains a state file consisting of 902 variables, 677 observations.
The codebook available in the data collection provides detailed descriptions of variables and data codes (missing etc).
For more information please contact [e-mail]
<p>Research from the United Kingdom and the United States shows wide health inequalities by race/ethnicity and socio-economic status. So far we do not clearly understand the roles that discrimination and social context play in creating these inequalities.

Research teams at King's College London (UK) and Columbia University (USA) will carry out studies to investigate:

the roles that the historical social context and policy play in shaping observed patterns of health inequalities;

differences in anticipated and perceived experiences of discrimination;

how discrimination contributes to inequalities in everyday social functioning, mental health, physical health, and use of health services.

Comparisons will be made with 1600 adults from two larger studies, (i) the UK National Institute for Health Research-funded South East London Community Health study at the Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health, and (ii) the US National Institute of Health-funded Child Health and Development Disparities Study in the East Bay Area of California. UK and US researchers, health practitioners, and community members will be invited to participate in developing the social and historical contextual narratives and in planning the dissemination of our research findings.</p>

本存档仅包含由经济和社会研究理事会（ESRC）资助的英国数据集。
该数据集包含一份状态文件，内含902个变量与677条观测值。
数据集中附带的代码簿对各变量、数据编码（如缺失值等）提供了详细说明。
如需更多信息，请联系[e-mail]。

来自英国与美国的研究表明，种族/民族与社会经济地位会带来显著的健康不平等。目前学界尚未明确歧视与社会环境在塑造此类不平等过程中所扮演的角色。

伦敦国王学院（King's College London）与美国哥伦比亚大学（Columbia University）的研究团队将开展相关研究，旨在探究：
1. 历史社会环境与政策在塑造现有健康不平等模式中的作用；
2. 预期与感知到的歧视经历之间的差异；
3. 歧视如何加剧日常社会功能、心理健康、身体健康以及医疗服务使用方面的不平等。

本次研究将与两项大型研究中的1600名成年人进行对比分析：
(i) 由英国国家卫生研究院资助、设于精神卫生生物医学研究中心的伦敦东南部社区健康研究；
(ii) 由美国国立卫生研究院资助、设于加利福尼亚州东湾地区的儿童健康与发展差异研究。

研究团队将邀请英美两国的研究者、医疗从业者与社区成员参与构建社会与历史语境叙事，并规划研究成果的传播方案。