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Association of mental health with thoughts of race and discrimination among Black adults

Shane Lloyd, MPH 2011, 1,2 Annie Gjelsvik, PhD, 1,2 Deborah N. Pearlman, PhD, 1,2 Carrie Bridges, MPH, 2. Association of mental health with thoughts of race and discrimination among Black adults. Background. Racial discrimination has been linked to a variety of negative health outcomes.

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Association of mental health with thoughts of race and discrimination among Black adults

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  1. Shane Lloyd, MPH 2011,1,2 Annie Gjelsvik, PhD,1,2 Deborah N. Pearlman, PhD,1,2 Carrie Bridges, MPH,2 Association of mental health with thoughts of race and discrimination among Black adults 1 Brown University Alpert Medical School, 2 Rhode Island Department of Health

  2. Background • Racial discrimination has been linked to a variety of negative health outcomes. • Individuals exposed to discrimination report low levels of life satisfaction and high levels of psychological distress. • In 2009, among non-institutionalized adults 10.6% overall and 13.6% of Black, non-Hispanic adults reports FMD.

  3. Purpose & Aims • The purpose of this study is to assess the association between frequent thoughts of race, experience of discrimination in the health care and workplace settings and frequent mental distress (FMD) among Black adults.

  4. BRFSS Optional Module Reactions to Race • Created by Camara P. Jones, MD, PhD in 2002 • Designed to assess how differential perceptions of race relate to health. • 2004: Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Wisconsin • 2005: Delaware, Ohio, Wisconsin • 2006: Michigan, Wisconsin • 2007: Rhode Island • 2008: Nebraska, Virginia • 2009: Indiana, Nebraska • 2010: Rhode Island

  5. Methods Inclusion Criteria Valid information for the following variables: • Age • Race • Gender • Educational level • Income • Exposure variables: • Thoughts of race (n=9,334) • Discrimination in health care setting (n=5,216) • Discrimination in the work setting (n=8,484) • Outcome variable: • Frequent mental distress

  6. Outcome Variable Mental distress was measured by respondents’ answers to the question below. (range: 0-30, median: 3.3)

  7. Exposure Variables Thoughts of race were assessed by the respondents’ answers to the question below.

  8. Exposure Variables Measures of discrimination in the health care and workplace settings were created using respondents’ answers to the following questions:

  9. Sociodemographic characteristics

  10. Statistical Analyses • Assessed the distribution of sociodemographic characteristics across categories of the three exposures. • Used multivariable logistic regression to assess the association between each exposure and frequent mental distress controlling for age, sex, education and income. • Stratified each model by gender and age to assess if the association differed by these demographic characteristics. • Conducted specificity analysis where the weight assigned to each respondent was divided by the number of times the module was administered by that state. • STATA statistical software was used to analyze the pooled BRFSS survey data to account for complex sampling design20.

  11. Odds of Frequent Mental Distress Among Black Adults Odds of Frequent Mental Distress Among Black Adults *Adjusted for sex, age, income and education ± Adjusted for age, income and education ±±Adjusted for sex, income and education

  12. Odds of Frequent Mental Distress Among Black Adults *Adjusted for sex, age, income and education ± Adjusted for age, income and education ±±Adjusted for sex, income and education

  13. Odds of Frequent Mental Distress Among Black Adults *Adjusted for sex, age, income and education ± Adjusted for age, income and education ±±Adjusted for sex, income and education

  14. Key Findings • Frequent thoughts of race, health care discrimination and workplace discrimination were significantly associated with frequent mental distress among Black adults. • This result is consistent with previous research that has demonstrated that Blacks who experience racial oppression had: • decreased levels of life satisfaction and happiness • increased levels of psychological distress, particularly depression, anxiety, and interpersonal sensitivity3,21,22. • Of note is the consistent association between experience of discrimination and FMD and that this association persisted when stratified by age and gender. • In all cases experiences with workplace and health care discrimination were associated with higher odds of FMD.

  15. Limitations • 5/13 states included had higher percentages of racial and ethnic minorities when compared to the demographic distribution of the United States population23. • In so much as FMD19 and experiences of discrimination24 are not equally distributed geographically these results may not be nationally representative. • The current study cannot determine causality or temporality between the exposure variables and FMD because the BRFSS is a cross sectional survey. • Issues related to mental health carry a significant stigma for the African American community3,26 • Additionally, the findings may also underestimate discrimination due to underreporting28.

  16. Any questions? Thanks for listening! Shane Lloyd, MPH ‘11 Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School Program in Public Health Providence, Rhode Island 02912 Shane_Lloyd@Brown.EDU

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