INTRODUCTION Perceived discrimination is related to poor health and has been offered as one explanation for the persistence of health inequalities in some societies. In this study, we explore the prevalence and correlates of perceived discrimination in a large, multiracial Brazilian metropolitan area. METHODS The study uses secondary analysis of a regionally representative household survey co...

BACKGROUND To compare mental health and well-being in different levels of the perceived discrimination among Iranian people living in Tehran. METHOD Using multi-stage sampling, 1255 subjects with the average age of 45 years and 9 months (including 672 women and 583 men) were selected and they completed all items of the general health questionnaire (GHQ), the social well-being inventory (SWI),...

Diverse forms of kin discrimination, broadly defined as alteration of social behavior as a function of genetic relatedness among interactants, are common among social organisms from microbes to humans. However, the evolutionary origins and causes of kin-discriminatory behavior remain largely obscure. One form of kin discrimination observed in microbes is the failure of genetically distinct colo...

THE CENTRE FOR POLICY ON AGEING (CPA) carried out a series of five literature based reviews in 2007 and 2009, commissioned by the Department of Health, to look for evidence of age discrimination in health and social care services in the United Kingdom. The reviews looked at the costs and benefits of age discrimination legislation and at evidence of discrimination in primary and community health...