(HealthDay)—Despite progress in some areas, health disparities remain for many Americans, health officials reported Thursday. These inequalities are related to income, education, sex, race, ethnicity, employment and sexual orientation, and they all affect Americans' health and well-being, according ...
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Oprah Winfrey on racial health disparities in AmericaCOVID has exposed the prevalence of racial disparities in our healthcare system, which has cost countless lives. Oprah Winfrey, executive producer of the Smithsonian Channel documentary "The Color of Care" (premiering May 1), talks about one ...
Disparities between funding and performance The opportunity to address public health challenges rests with individual states, counties, and cities. In 2018, for example, state and local governments spent nearly seven times more than the federal government on public health activities ($81.5 billion...
From an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation. In 2018, Linda Villarosa'...
Objective. The epidemiological paradox posits that immigrants in USA experience better health outcomes than nonimmigrants with similar socioeconomic status. However, little is known about the develop...
"While there has been significant progress in our journey toward health equity, disparities still exist and we must remain vigilant in ourefforts to end health disparitiesin America," Gracia added in an agency news release. The 39th annual report on the nation's health was prepared by the U....
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Indigenous peoples around the world face significant health disparities relative to the dominant groups in their countries, yet the magnitude and patterns
In America, researchers tend to focus on race-related disparities in health, whereas European researchers prefer to elucidate the socioeconomic status and class contributions to health inequalities. In China, studies are less focused on race-related disparities in health issues. Racial disparities in ...