Association of Childhood Exposure to School Racial Segregation with Late-Life Cognitive Outcomes among Older Americans.
Zhuoer LinYi WangThomas M GillXi ChenPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)
Our study underscores that childhood exposure to state-level school segregation is associated with late-life cognition, especially for Black Americans. Given the rising trend of school segregation in the US, educational policies aimed at reducing segregation are crucial to address health inequities. Clinicians can leverage patients' early-life educational circumstances to promote screening, prevention, and management of cognitive disorders.
Keyphrases
- early life
- mental health
- physical activity
- public health
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- high school
- peritoneal dialysis
- mild cognitive impairment
- palliative care
- type diabetes
- risk assessment
- white matter
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- african american