Health Implications of Colorism
A Narrative Review of the Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16928387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jasmine Patterson (0009-0009-9492-1209, Michigan Medicine, corresponding author), Karri L Grob (0000-0002-9883-7743, University of Michigan), Karri Grob |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1733-1747 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2196-8837 • E-ISSN: 2197-3792 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s40615-025-02369-x |
| PMID | 40063294 |
| OpenAlex | W4408290542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 167 |
Intensive care medicine · Linguistics · Narrative · Narrative review · Pathology · Public health · Quality of Life Research · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Epidemiology
The Myth of Race
Backdoor to Eugenics
Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy
Intersectional inequalities in science
The relationship between socioeconomic position and depression among a US nationally representative sample of African Americans
Discrimination, Racial Bias, and Telomere Length in African-American Men
The influence of education on health
Stamped from the Beginning
Socioeconomic Status and Access to Healthcare
The complex relationship between colorism and poor health outcomes with African Americans
Is skin bleaching a moral wrong? An African bioethical perspective
True colors of global economy
The Nature of Race
The Need for Interventions to Prevent Skin Bleaching
Understanding light-skin privilege in relation to anti-Black racism
Skin Tone Stratification among Black Americans, 2001-2003
Disparities by Skin Color Among Young African-American Women
Skin pigmentation, self-perceived color, and arterial blood pressure in Puerto Rico
A Scoping Review of Colorism in Schools
Socioeconomic Status, Parental Education, School Connectedness and Individual Socio-Cultural Resources in Vulnerability for Drug Use among Students
The Price of the Ticket
Implicit Racial/Ethnic Bias Among Health Care Professionals and Its Influence on Health Care Outcomes
The Persistent Problem of Colorism
Dark and sick, light and healthy
The color of death
Poverty, Wealth, and Health Care Utilization
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Latino spaces have always been the most violent’
Pigmentocracies
Human Taxonomies
Education, Genetic Ancestry, and Blood Pressure in African Americans and Whites
Relationships Between Skin Color, Income, and Blood Pressure Among African Americans in the Cardia Study
Skin Color, Social Classification, and Blood Pressure in Southeastern Puerto Rico
Weathering” and Age Patterns of Allostatic Load Scores Among Blacks and Whites in the United States
New Evidence of Skin Color Bias and Health Outcomes Using Sibling Difference Models
Skin Tone and the Health Returns to Higher Status
Contextual Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Adolescent Suicide Attempts
The Unceasing Significance of Colorism
Prevalence and correlates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality among university students
Skin color and race
Revisiting the Cost of Skin Color
Colorism and Health Disparities in Home Countries
Skin Tone and Perceived Discrimination
Phenotypic Bias and Ethnic Identity in Filipino Americans
Perceived colorism and lifetime psychiatric disorders among Black American adults
Discriminatory Experiences and Depressive Symptoms among African American Women
Self-identified race, socially assigned skin tone, and adult physiological dysregulation
Regulatory Responses to the Gendering of Transgenerational Harm
Reliability Concerns in Measuring Respondent Skin Tone by Interviewer Observation
Body image disturbance and skin bleaching
Representations of race and skin tone in medical textbook imagery
A decade of studying implicit racial/ethnic bias in healthcare providers using the implicit association test
The color of health
Skin color as a predictor of mental health in young Latinx children
Relation of female gender and low socioeconomic status to internalizing symptoms among adolescents
Self-reported health, perceived racial discrimination, and skin color in African Americans in the Cardia study
Stratification by Skin Color in Contemporary Mexico
The Skin Color Paradox and the American Racial Order
The Moderating Effects of Skin Color and Ethnic Identity Affirmation on Suicide Risk among Low-SES African American Women
Skin Tone and Inequality of Socioeconomic Outcomes in Mexico
Yearning for Lightness
Inequality without Groups
African American Adolescent Girls' Beliefs About Skin Tone and Colorism
A Question of Color
Colorism and Physical Health
BMI Trajectories in Adulthood
Skin Color and Colorism
A Punishing Look
The Cost of Color
Skin color and socioeconomic inequality
Colorism and classism confounded
Skin Pigmentation Impacts the Clinical Diagnosis of Wound Infection
Does Centrality Moderate the Relation Between Skin Tone Satisfaction and Psychological Adjustment for Latinx Blacks and Non-Latinx Blacks
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |