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Racial discrimination and socioemotional and sleep problems in a cross-sectional survey of Australian school students.

Naomi PriestShiau ChongMandy TruongOishee AlamKevin DunnMeredith O'ConnorYin ParadiesAndrew WardAnne Kavanagh
Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2020)
Experiences of direct and vicarious racial discrimination are common for students from Indigenous and ethnic minority backgrounds, and are associated with socioemotional and sleep problems in adolescence. Racism and racial discrimination are critically important to tackle as social determinants of health for children and adolescents.
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