Racial Discrimination - risk factor for high blood pressure? a survey study

Abstract

The importance of institutional health practices as representative or not of institutional racism in the treatment of the hypertensive client was object of this study. A survey research was conducted and the results showed that perceived discrimination was reported by 15,3% of blacks participants (p=0,01) and the clients who identify the discrimination have a odds ratio that suggest protection. The implications of these results for health professionals and managers are discussed.

Keywords

• racism
• blacks
• negroes
• hypertension
• blood pressure