Effects of racial discrimination and health behaviors on mental and physical health of middle-class African American men Export

@article{citeulike:4067373, abstract = {This research is an examination of the effects of racial discrimination and health-promoting behaviors on the physical and mental health of a sample of 399 well-educated African American men. One would think that the attainment of higher education would increase health-promoting behaviors and might decrease discriminatory experiences that impact health. However, regression analysis indicated a more complex picture. Health-promoting behaviors were positively related to mental health, whereas experiences of racial discrimination contributed to poorer mental health. Relationships between health-promoting behaviors and that of racial discrimination to physical health were found to be nonsignificant. In conclusion, the authors discuss the importance of culturally appropriate health-promotion efforts. 10.1177/1090198106293526}, author = {Sellers, Sherrill L. and Bonham, Vence and Neighbors, Harold W. and Amell, James W.}, citeulike-article-id = {4067373}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198106293526}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://heb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/1/31}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17130248}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17130248}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1090198106293526}, journal = {Health Educ Behav}, keywords = {depression, discrimination, mentalhealth, racism, ses}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {31--44}, posted-at = {2009-02-18 13:43:57}, priority = {3}, title = {Effects of racial discrimination and health behaviors on mental and physical health of middle-class African American men}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198106293526}, volume = {36}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4067373 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4067373 N2 - This research is an examination of the effects of racial discrimination and health-promoting behaviors on the physical and mental health of a sample of 399 well-educated African American men. One would think that the attainment of higher education would increase health-promoting behaviors and might decrease discriminatory experiences that impact health. However, regression analysis indicated a more complex picture. Health-promoting behaviors were positively related to mental health, whereas experiences of racial discrimination contributed to poorer mental health. Relationships between health-promoting behaviors and that of racial discrimination to physical health were found to be nonsignificant. In conclusion, the authors discuss the importance of culturally appropriate health-promotion efforts. 10.1177/1090198106293526 IS - 1 JF - Health Educ Behav EP - 44 TI - Effects of racial discrimination and health behaviors on mental and physical health of middle-class African American men VL - 36 SP - 31 KW - depression KW - discrimination KW - mentalhealth KW - racism KW - ses AU - Sellers, Sherrill AU - Bonham, Vence AU - Neighbors, Harold AU - Amell, James PY - 2009/02/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198106293526 ER -