Eliminating health disparities not only is beneficial to these affected groups but also offers the opportunity to improve the health of the entire U.S. population. Originality/value – This chapter adds to our understanding of the correlates of health disparities for African American women and ...
Given the existing disparities inmental healthtreatment and the projected growth of the African American older adult population, a dire need for further research to into assessment and treatment with a focus on cultural context is obvious.
Cultural Diversity June 23‚ 2016 AfricanAmericanCulture andHealthDisparitiesCulture is one of the things that makes groups of people special‚ unique and interesting. Just like any other culture‚ AfricanAmericanshave traditions that they hold near and dear to their hearts such as the music‚...
Supporting data for “Addressing health disparities in Hispanic breast cancer: Accurate and inexpensive sequencing of BRCA1 and BRCA2”. GigaScience Database. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5524/100154 Tarabeux J, Zeitouni B, Moncoutier V, Tenreiro H, Abidallah K, Lair S, et al: Streamlined...
Health promotion efforts have been in place for many years in an attempt to better the health of African Americans. Despite these efforts disparities continue to exist and in some cases the gap has widened. The purpose of this paper was to use the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey ...
The health consequences of racial discrimination: A study of African Americans Broman CL. The health consequences of racial discrimination: a study of African Americans. Ethn Dis. 1996 Winter-Spring; 6 (1–2):148–153. [ Pub... CL Broman - 《Ethnicity & Disease》 被引量: 279发表: 1996...
Directing Health Messages toward African Americans: A t t i t u d e s toward Health Care and the Mass Media. Judith L. Sylvester. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998. 292 pp. $72 hbk. Disparities in the health profiles of African Americans and white Americans have been the focus of a...
It is less an action plan and more of a commitment. A 6-fold increase in the rate of death for African Americans due to a now ubiquitous virus should be deemed unconscionable. This is a moment of ethical reckoning. The scourge of COVID-19 will end, but health care disparities will pers...
AFRICAN AmericansGOVERNMENT policySOCIOECONOMIC factorsAGE groupsThere are persistent and pervasive disparities in the health of Black people compared to non-Hispanic Whites in the United States. There are many reasons for this gap; this article explores the role of "Blacks' diminished gain" as a ...
Mental Health Care Disparities Among Minority Populations The lack of mental health care services for minorities is a long-standing problem in the United States. The first time the issue received attention was in 1985, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report that...