超越黑人和白人:黑人和拉丁裔人口中种族隔离,环境负担和出生结果之间的关系
Melissa R Fiffer1, Aaron Lilienfeld1, Dominique Zephyr1
1Children's Environmental Health Initiative, University of Illinois Chicago, IL, United States.
American journal of epidemiology
|March 9, 2026
概括
从1990年到2015年,黑人和西班牙裔人的种族隔离在美国各地增加,与环境正义问题相关,并对出生结果产生负面影响.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 美国的住宅隔离正在发展,拉丁裔越来越多地搬进非西班牙裔黑人 (NHB) 地区.
- 这种共同位置可能会加剧由于历史剥离投资而导致的环境和社会压力因素.
研究的目的:
- 分析1990-2015年NHB个人的种族隔离 (RI) 和NHB和西班牙裔个人的综合RI (RI-NHB + H) 的趋势.
- 检查RI-NHB + H与CDC环境正义指数 (EJI) 之间的空间相关性.
- 评估EJI,RI-NHB + H和北卡罗来纳州出生体重百分点之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 构建了美国人口普查区域中黑人和西班牙裔人口的综合RI测量.
- 对比了1990-2015年NHB个人和RI-NHB + H的RI趋势.
- 与EJI组件相关联的RI-NHB + H,并使用出生记录分析了与出生体重百分点的关联.
主要成果:
- 在1990-2015年间,RI-NHB + H和RI-NHB在美国人口普查区分别增加了88.7%和69.1%.
- 在东南,西南和西海岸观察到RI-NHB + H和EJI之间最强的空间相关性.
- 在NHB和NHW母亲的RI-NHB + H水平较高,在西班牙裔母亲的RI水平中,在EJI和出生体重百分位之间发现了负相关性.
结论:
- 美国的种族隔离模式正在发生变化,黑人和西班牙裔人口越来越多地共同居住.
- 这种人口变化与环境正义问题和对生殖健康的累积不利影响,特别是出生结果有关.
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