Academic Journal
How and Why Does Redlining Matter for Present-Day Health? Critical Perspectives on Causality, Cartography, and Capitalism.
| Τίτλος: | How and Why Does Redlining Matter for Present-Day Health? Critical Perspectives on Causality, Cartography, and Capitalism. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Swope C; Carolyn Swope is with the Urban Planning Program, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, NY. Scott Markley is with the National Zoning Atlas. Shannon Whittaker is with the Center for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University, Boston, MA. Amy Hillier is with the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia., Markley S; Carolyn Swope is with the Urban Planning Program, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, NY. Scott Markley is with the National Zoning Atlas. Shannon Whittaker is with the Center for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University, Boston, MA. Amy Hillier is with the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia., Whittaker S; Carolyn Swope is with the Urban Planning Program, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, NY. Scott Markley is with the National Zoning Atlas. Shannon Whittaker is with the Center for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University, Boston, MA. Amy Hillier is with the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia., Hillier A; Carolyn Swope is with the Urban Planning Program, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, NY. Scott Markley is with the National Zoning Atlas. Shannon Whittaker is with the Center for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University, Boston, MA. Amy Hillier is with the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia. |
| Πηγή: | American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2025 May; Vol. 115 (5), pp. 769-779. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Mar 13. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: American Public Health Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1254074 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1541-0048 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00900036 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association Original Publication: New York [etc.] |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Housing* , Capitalism* , Racism* , Public Health*, Humans ; United States ; Causality ; Black or African American |
| Περίληψη: | Recent years have seen an explosion of public health research on associations between historical redlining maps created by a US government agency, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), and present-day outcomes. Yet precisely how and why HOLC's surveys help us understand the underpinnings of present-day racial inequities remains unclear. We apply an interdisciplinary perspective to assess the contributions and limitations of this literature, particularly with regard to causal mechanisms and theoretical explanations. While research often frames HOLC redlining as a measure of structural racism that directly shapes present-day outcomes, we look instead to racial capitalism to understand how and why racialized housing policies are implemented. We argue that the HOLC maps represent symptoms, not causes, of systematic disinvestment in Black communities, that redlining was not produced by the federal government in isolation but was shaped by public‒private collaboration and infused with capitalist logics, and that redlining interacted with many other forms of racialized housing dispossession to shape present-day riskscapes. We conclude by offering conceptual and methodological recommendations for public health researchers, including suggestions for data sources other than HOLC maps. (Am J Public Health. 2025;115(5):769-779. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.308000). |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20250313 Date Completed: 20250409 Latest Revision: 20250606 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC11983052 |
| DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2024.308000 |
| PMID: | 40080742 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1541-0048 |
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| DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2024.308000 |