BLACK AMERICAN HEALTH
The United Nations has declared 2011 "The International Year for People of African Descent", http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2010/12/special-event-launch...These series of webinars are offered in recognition of the International Year for People of African Descent.
Social determinants of health are the key factors in the health status gap between blacks and whites. Social determinants of health are the social, economic and political forces under which people live that affect their health. Social determinants include wealth/income, education, physical environment, health care, housing, employment, stress and racism/discrimination. In fact, for blacks racism is a key factor. Even when economics are controlled, blacks have poorer health. That is, middle-class blacks have poorer health than middle-class whites. In fact, middle-class whites live 10 years longer than middle-class blacks. The stress of living in a racialized discriminatory society accounts for these racial health disparities.
The United Nations has declared 2011 "The International Year for People of African Descent", http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2010/12/special-event-launch...These series of webinars are offered in recognition of the International Year for People of African Descent.
Social determinants of health are the key factors in the health status gap between blacks and whites. Social determinants of health are the social, economic and political forces under which people live that affect their health. Social determinants include wealth/income, education, physical environment, health care, housing, employment, stress and racism/discrimination. In fact, for blacks racism is a key factor. Even when economics are controlled, blacks have poorer health. That is, middle-class blacks have poorer health than middle-class whites. In fact, middle-class whites live 10 years longer than middle-class blacks. The stress of living in a racialized discriminatory society accounts for these racial health disparities.
Black American Health: Law as a Social Determinant of Health, Wednesday
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