TY - JOUR
T1 - Felon disenfranchisement in the United States
T2 - A health equity perspective
AU - Purtle, Jonathan
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - Approximately 13% of African American men are disqualified from voting because of a felony conviction. I used ecosocial theory to identify how institutionalized racism helps perpetuate health disparities and to explore pathways through which felon disenfranchisement laws may contribute to racial health disparities in the United States. From a literature review, I identified 2 potential pathways: (1) inability to alter inequitable public policies that differentially allocate resources for health; and (2) inability to reintegrate into society by voting, which contributes to allostatic load.
AB - Approximately 13% of African American men are disqualified from voting because of a felony conviction. I used ecosocial theory to identify how institutionalized racism helps perpetuate health disparities and to explore pathways through which felon disenfranchisement laws may contribute to racial health disparities in the United States. From a literature review, I identified 2 potential pathways: (1) inability to alter inequitable public policies that differentially allocate resources for health; and (2) inability to reintegrate into society by voting, which contributes to allostatic load.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300933
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300933
M3 - Article
C2 - 23153146
AN - SCOPUS:84875124646
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 103
SP - 632
EP - 637
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 4
ER -