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  2. Race and health in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Nationally, 21.1% of Hispanics are uninsured compared to 7.5% non-Hispanic individuals. Low insurance coverage affects this group of people because ethnicity plays a role, immigration status, and citizenship status. Only 1 in 10 Hispanics with a mental disorder utilizes mental health services from a general health care provider. Moreover, only ...

  3. Cultural competence in healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Cultural competence is a practice of values and attitudes that aims to optimize the healthcare experience of patients with cross cultural backgrounds. [6] Essential elements that enable organizations to become culturally competent include valuing diversity, having the capacity for cultural self-assessment, being conscious of the dynamics inherent when cultures interact, having ...

  4. Medical racism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In this study, the 1996-1998 year one and year two curriculums of the school were analyzed. It revealed that only 4.5% of the case studies mentioned a racial or ethnic background of the patient and when the patient was black or had "potentially unfavorable characteristics" race or ethnicity was more likely to be identified.

  5. Office of Minority Health - Wikipedia

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    OMH was reauthorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111–148). [2] Dr. Herbert W. Nickens was the first director and first black director for the Office of Minority Health. [3] How OMH works: OMH works in partnership with communities and organizations in the public and private sectors. These collaborations ...

  6. Racial quota - Wikipedia

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    In 1991, President George H. W. Bush made an attempt to abolish affirmative action altogether, maintaining that "any regulation, rule, enforcement practice or other aspect of these programs that mandates, encourages, or otherwise involves the use of quotas, preferences, set-asides or other devices on the basis of race, sex, religion or national ...

  7. 26 small business grants for minorities - AOL

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    According to the 2022 Annual Business Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, 1.2 million or 21 percent of employer firms are minority-owned. They’ve helped create nearly five million new jobs and ...

  8. Heckler Report - Wikipedia

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    The Heckler Report, officially the Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, was a landmark 1985 report published by the US Government. [1] It is named after Margaret Heckler , who was Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services from 1983 to 1985. [ 2 ]

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