behaviors and in adherence to medical treatment. This is a very promising area in the study of discrimination and chronic disease and is consistent with the literature on stress that indicates that one of the important ways in which stress affects health is by shaping behavioral management of disease and leading to particular health behaviors that can have negative health consequences (Cohen et al. 2007). In future research, increased attention should be given to outcomes that capture the management, course, progression, severity, and recurrence of illness.
