Posts Tagged ‘Health Disparities’
Local Stroke Center May Be Off Limits to Patients in Black Neighborhoods
Living close to stroke centers may not be enough for positive health incomes for Black patients who cannot afford their care, a study finds.
Read MoreREPORT: Senior Black Americans Three Times More Likely to Die from Exposure to Pollution Than White Americans
According to an Environmental Defense Fund report, senior Black and Latino Americans are more likely to die from air pollution than white Americans.
Read MoreBlack Covid Patients Were Delayed Life-Saving Care Due To Faulty Medical Device
Research shows that devices that measure oxygen in blood don’t work as well for people of color, leading to delayed COVID-19 treatment.
Read MoreNational Urban League finds State of Black America is grim
Despite recent shifts in attitudes about race, black Americans still face greater economic and health hardships compared to white Americans.
Read MoreRemembering When Cotton was King and Blacks Enduring Quest for Economic Justice
The economic inequalities that stem from slavery have contributed to the health dispartities experienced by the black community in the age of a pandemic.
Read MoreAs COVID Precautions Drop, Black Americans Remain More Affected — and More Concerned
Surveys show that Black people have more lingering concerns about COVID-19 than white people, despite more relaxed guidelines for prevention.
Read MoreThe Racial Gap in U.S. Vaccinations Is Shrinking, but Work Remains
This article looks at differences in access to the Covid- 19 vaccine, based on race. There has been progress in accessibility to the vaccine, but there are still people in need.
Read MoreMilwaukee helping shape a national conversation on racism as a public health crisis
Inequality can be deadly.
Milwaukee was among the first counties to reveal how deadly when the coronavirus pandemic struck just over a year ago. By tracking and publicly sharing demographic data, officials here quickly recognized what soon became a troubling national trend: COVID-19 was devastating Black and Latino communities. Milwaukee County was one of the very first in the country to explicitly track this data based on race.The data has helped determine where resources would be directed, including when it came to testing and vaccinations.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – CDC Director Declares Racism A ‘Serious Public Health Threat’
“Racism is a serious public health threat that directly affects the well-being of millions of Americans,” declared the head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “As a result, it affects the health of our entire nation. Racism is not just the discrimination against one group based on the color of their skin or their race or ethnicity, but the structural barriers that impact racial and ethnic groups differently to influence where a person lives, where they work, where their children play, and where they worship and gather in community. These social determinants of health have life-long negative effects on the mental and physical health of individuals in communities of color.
Read More‘We’re not given the option to get vaccinated’: Advocates work to narrow racial and ethnic disparities in Wisconsin
Some of Wisconsin’s most vulnerable populations struggle to access COVID-19 vaccines, and volunteers and community groups are trying to erase barriers.
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