School racial segregation and long-term cardiovascular health among Black adults in the US: A quasi-experimental study.
Min Hee KimGabriel L SchwartzJustin S WhiteM Maria GlymourSean F ReardonKiarri N KershawScarlett Lin GomezDaniel F CollinPushkar P InamdarGuangyi WangRita HamadPublished in: PLoS medicine (2022)
School segregation exposure in childhood may have longstanding impacts on Black adults' cardiovascular health. Future research should replicate these analyses in larger samples and explore potential mechanisms. Given the recent rise in school segregation, this study has implications for policies and programs to address racial inequities in CVD.