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Table 1.

Race-conscious analysis tools employed in critical review.

Socioenvironmental theory¹²	Resource deprivation theory¹³
Socioenvironmental theory holds that racial residential segregation is central to racial and ethnic health disparities. According to this theory, racial/ethnic minority groups have considerably different levels of health risk due to the multiple social and environmental factors that detrimentally impact their health within the context of longstanding residential segregation and its deeply rooted socioeconomic disadvantages.	Resource deprivation theory holds that the longstanding deprivation of resources experienced by racial/ethnic minority groups is central to racial and ethnic disparities. Due to chronic deprivation, racial/ethnic minority groups lack the necessary infrastructure to support health. Resources are not restricted to material possessions; they include education, employment, housing, neighborhood safety, and psychological wellbeing. According to evidence-based interpretations of this theory, gap closure cannot be achieved through equal distribution of resources, but rather targeted differential distribution of resources that levels the playing field for racial/ethnic minority groups.

Socioenvironmental theory¹²

Resource deprivation theory¹³

Socioenvironmental theory holds that racial residential segregation is central to racial and ethnic health disparities. According to this theory, racial/ethnic minority groups have considerably different levels of health risk due to the multiple social and environmental factors that detrimentally impact their health within the context of longstanding residential segregation and its deeply rooted socioeconomic disadvantages.

Resource deprivation theory holds that the longstanding deprivation of resources experienced by racial/ethnic minority groups is central to racial and ethnic disparities. Due to chronic deprivation, racial/ethnic minority groups lack the necessary infrastructure to support health. Resources are not restricted to material possessions; they include education, employment, housing, neighborhood safety, and psychological wellbeing. According to evidence-based interpretations of this theory, gap closure cannot be achieved through equal distribution of resources, but rather targeted differential distribution of resources that levels the playing field for racial/ethnic minority groups.