州最低工资增加作为一个潜在的政策杆,以减少高血压的黑人和白人差异
Brittany L Brown-Podgorski1, Stephanie Doran-Brubaker1, Shetal Vohra-Gupta2
1Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Health equity
|June 7, 2023
概括
最低工资的增加降低了黑人成年人,特别是女性的高血压几率. 然而,这些政策扩大了黑人-白人高血压差异,特别是在女性中,这表明结构性种族主义仍然存在.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 健康的社会经济决定因素
背景情况:
- 高血压不成比例地影响黑人成年人,收入不平等是其中的一个因素.
- 提高最低工资是解决健康差距的政策考虑之一.
- 结构性种族主义可能会限制黑人成年人从社会经济资源获得的健康收益.
研究的目的:
- 评估州最低工资增加与高血压中黑人与白人差异之间的关系.
- 调查最低工资政策对黑人和白人成年人的高血压的影响.
主要方法:
- 将州级最低工资数据与行为风险因素监测系统数据 (2001-2019) 合并.
- 利用差异差异和差异差异差异模型来分析高血压的几率.
- 专注于高血压数据的调查年份,比较黑人和白人成年人在有或没有最低工资增加的州.
主要成果:
- 国家最低工资的增加与黑人成年人中高血压的概率降低有关.
- 这种影响主要是由对黑人妇女的积极影响所驱动的.
- 尽管个人健康状况有所改善,但随着最低工资的提高,特别是对女性来说,高血压的黑人-白人差异加剧了.
结论:
- 仅仅增加国家最低工资就不足以克服结构性种族主义,并减少黑人成年人中高血压差异.
- 未来的政策考虑应该探讨"可生活的工资",作为减少这些健康不平等的更有效工具.
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