RT Book, Section
A1 South-Paul, Jeannette E.
A1 Lewis, Evelyn L.
A2 South-Paul, Jeannette E.
A2 Matheny, Samuel C.
A2 Lewis, Evelyn L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1106853889
T1 Health & Healthcare Disparities
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 4e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071827454
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106853889
RD 2024/04/17
AB Ethnic  and  racial  minorities  manifest  significantly  poorer  health  status  than  their  white  counterparts.  Health  disparities  are  defined  by  the  National  Institutes  of  Health  as  “differences  in  the  incidence,  prevalence,  mortality,  and  burden  of  diseases  and  other  adverse  health  conditions  that  exist  among  specific  population  groups  in  the  United  States.”  Cardiovascular  disease,  cancer,  and  diabetes  mellitus  are  the  most  commonly  reported  health  disparities,  followed  by  cerebrovascular  diseases,  unintentional  injuries,  and  HIV/AIDS.  Assessing  these  differences  requires  that  a  wide  variety  of  factors,  including  age,  gender,  nationality,  family  of  origin,  religiosity,  education,  income,  geographic  location,  race  or  ethnicity,  sexual  orientation,  and  disability,  be  considered.