As a strategy for health improvement, more systematic research attention needs to be given to expanding our knowledge of the individual and especially organizational interventions that can be effective in reducing the levels, determinants and consequences of interpersonal and institutional discrimination (Paradies 2005). Moreover, there is substantial progress yet to be made in dismantling the institutional structures, processes, and policies that undergird societal racism. As research continues to accumulate evidence that perceived discrimination can lead to adverse changes in health, such efforts are an increasingly necessary component of comprehensive approaches to improving the health of all in racialized societies.
