Although there has been progress toward health equality in the United States, health disparities among racial and ethnic groups persist, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC's) 39th annualreport cardon the nation's health, released yesterday. This year's report card inc...
For American Indian/Alaskan Native women aged 25 to 44, overdose death rates were nearly twice of white women in the same age group, the CDC said. Debra E. Houry, acting principal deputy director of the CDC, said in a Tuesday press conference that the disproport...
While many comprehensive sex education curricula have been proven to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health through the reduction of behavioral risk factors, none have been developed for and evaluated with Hawaiian youth. Disparities in adolescent sexual and reproductive health will be discussed...
While these actions taken by the CDC are recent, Walensky says generations of structural inequities "have resulted in stark racial and ethnic health disparities that are severe, far-reaching and unacceptable." A recent study conducted by the Stop AAPI (Asian-American Pacific Islander) H...
While these actions taken by the CDC are recent, Walensky says generations of structural inequities "have resulted in stark racial and ethnic health disparities that are severe, far-reaching and unacceptable." A recent study conducted by the Stop AAPI (Asian-American Pacific Islander...
The CDC specifically warned about higher rates of inactivity in the South compared with the rest of the country. Meanwhile, more than 29% of Hispanic, African American and Native American adults were inactive compared to 23% of non-Hispanic white adults. ...
the study revealed the large impact on racial and ethnic minority groups. Declines in breast cancer screening varied from 84% among Hispanic women to 98% among American Indian/Alaskan Native women.1,2There were also declines in cervical cancer screenings that varied from 82% among Black...
However, disparities persisted in COVID-19's toll last year. The death rate from the virus remained the worst last year among people who are Black or are American Indian or Alaska Native. Death rates continue to be lowest among Americans ages 5 through 14 years old and highest among seniors...
The racial distribution indicated: Whites/Caucasians, 1,917(32.7%), Blacks/African Americans (AA), 2904(49.5%), Asian, 134(2.3%), Hawaiian native/Pacific Islander,4 (0.1%), American Indian/Alaskan Native(AI/AN),9(0.2%), and some other race, 727(12.4%). Asians (97.0%) relative to ...
The VFC program, established in 1994, provides vaccines at no cost to children who are Medicaid-eligible, uninsured, underinsured, or American Indian or Alaska Native. In 2023, approximately 54% of children in the U.S. were eligible to receive vaccines through the VFC program, which distributed...