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  • Gerontology and Public Health
  • Sociology of Health and Aging
  • Health Disparities Research

Background:

  • Increasing racial/ethnic diversity in older American adults requires focused research on minority aging.
  • Black and Latinx older adults often experience worse health outcomes, yet present paradoxical health patterns (e.g., race paradox in mental health, Latino health paradox).
  • Existing research challenges conventional understandings of health and aging in these diverse populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the utility of intersectionality theory in explaining complex health patterns among aging minority populations.
  • To review and highlight how intersectionality has been applied in research on minority aging.
  • To provide recommendations for integrating intersectional approaches into future minority aging scholarship.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of existing literature applying intersectional approaches to minority aging research.
  • Analysis of how social statuses (race, ethnicity, gender, nativity, etc.) and conditions interact to shape health.
  • Identification of common intersectional methodologies and their contributions to understanding health trajectories.

Main Results:

  • Intersectional approaches effectively elucidate the complex and often unexpected health patterns observed in aging minoritized groups.
  • Social statuses and conditions, when examined intersectionally, reveal distinct shared experiences influencing health trajectories.
  • The review highlights key lessons learned from applying intersectionality in minority aging studies.

Conclusions:

  • Intersectionality theory is a valuable framework for understanding the nuanced health experiences of diverse aging populations.
  • Adoption of intersectional perspectives is essential for advancing scholarship and addressing health disparities in minority aging.
  • Recommendations are provided to guide future research incorporating intersectional methodologies.