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Some scholars have argued for a genetic understanding of racial health disparities in the United States, suggesting that certain genes predispose individuals to specific diseases. [213] However, the U.S. Census Bureau's recognition of race as a social and not biological category necessitates a social understanding of the causes of health ...
Health disparities refer to gaps in the quality of health and health care across racial and ethnic groups. [13] The US Health Resources and Services Administration defines health disparities as "population-specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcomes, or access to health care". [14]
"Racial residential segregation is a fundamental cause of racial disparities in health". [88] Racial segregation can result in decreased opportunities for minority groups in income, education, etc. While there are laws against racial segregation, study conducted by D. R. Williams and C. Collins focuses primarily on the impacts of racial ...
After providing evidence against genetic causes for the disparity, the program further explores how exposure to racism might affect health. Obstetrician Michael Lu ( UCLA School of Medicine ) discusses the “ life course model ,” which posits that an individual's health is determined not only by genetics and current circumstances, but by all ...
A new California Health Care Foundation survey found Black and Latino Californians were more likely to have negative health provider experiences and medical debt.
The Heckler Report found that in the US, 60,000 deaths occurred each year due health disparities. It outlined the six causes of death that accounted for more than 80% of mortality among ethnic and racial minorities. The report included recommendations to reduce these health disparities, as well as to collect data of a higher quality for ...
"Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine", by Dr. Uché Blackstock takes a critical look at the intersection of racism and healthcare.
Research on the relation between discrimination and health became a topic of interest in the 1990s, when researchers proposed that persisting racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes could potentially be explained by racial/ethnic differences in experiences with discrimination. [1]