 Islamophobia and public health in the United StatesG. Samari American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 11, 1920-1925 Abstract: Anti-Muslim sentiments are increasingly common globally and in the United States. The recent rise in Islamophobia calls for a public health perspective that considers the stigmatized identity of Muslim Americans and health implications of Islamophobic discrimination. Drawing on a stigma, discrimination, and healthframework, I expandthedialogue on the rise of Islamophobia to a discussion of how Islamophobia affects the health of Muslim Americans. Islamophobia can negatively influence health by disrupting several systems- individual (stress reactivity andidentity concealment), interpersonal (social relationships and socialization processes), and structural (institutional policies and media coverage). Islamophobia deserves attention as a source of negative health outcomes and health disparities. Future public health research should explore themultilevel and multidimensional pathways between Islamophobia and population health. Keywords: American; attention; drawing; health disparity; human; identity; Muslim; public health; social interaction; socialization; stigma; stress; health status; Islam; prejudice; psychology; social stigma; United States, Health Status; Humans; Islam; Prejudice; Public Health; Social Stigma; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2016.303374_9 Access Statistics for this article American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association |
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