Officer-Involved Killings of Unarmed Black People and Racial Disparities in Sleep Health.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Racial disparities in sleep health may mediate the broader health outcomes of structural racism.

Objective

To assess changes in sleep duration in the Black population after officer-involved killings of unarmed Black people, a cardinal manifestation of structural racism.

Design, setting, and participants

Two distinct difference-in-differences analyses examined the changes in sleep duration for the US non-Hispanic Black (hereafter, Black) population before vs after exposure to officer-involved killings of unarmed Black people, using data from adult respondents in the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS; 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018) and the American Time Use Survey (ATUS; 2013-2019) with data on officer-involved killings from the Mapping Police

SUBMITTER: Venkataramani AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10845041 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature