RT Journal Article
T1 Health Inequalities amongst People of African Descent in the Americas, 2005–2017: A Systematic Review of the Literature
A1 Pino Marchito, Sandra del
A1 Sánchez Montoya, Sol Beatriz
A1 Milton Guzmán, José
A1 Mújica, Oscar J.
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
A1 Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
AB Ethnic inequalities are often associated with social determinants of health. This study seeksto identify the latest scientific evidence on inequalities in the health of people of African descentin the Americas. For this, a systematic review of the literature on health and people of Africandescent in the Americas was carried out in the LILACS, PubMed, MEDLINE, and IBECS databases.Institutional and academic repositories were also consulted. Evidence was obtained on the presenceand persistence of health inequalities in the population of African descent in the Americas from theidentification of five types of quantitative and qualitative evidence: (1) ethnic/racial concept andvariables; (2) relations with other social determinants; (3) health risks; (4) barriers and inequalities inhealth services; and, (5) morbi-mortality from chronic diseases. Studies with qualitative methodsrevealed invisibility, stereotypes, and rejection or exclusion as main factors of inequality. Thisreview evidenced the existence of health inequalities, its interconnection with other adverse socialdeterminants and risk factors, and its generation and perpetuation by discrimination, marginalization,and social disadvantage. These conditions make people of African descent a priority populationgroup for action on equity, as demanded by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601 (electrónico)
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20985
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20985
LA eng
NO del Pino, S., Sánchez-Montoya, S. B., Guzmán, J. M., Mújica, O. J., Gómez-Salgado, J., & Ruiz-Frutos, C. (2019). Health Inequalities amongst People of African Descent in the Americas, 2005–2017: A Systematic Review of the Literature. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 16, Issue 18, p. 3302). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183302
NO The opinions expressed in this manuscript are the responsibility of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the criteria or policy of PAHO/WHO
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026