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diseases that show racial/ethnic disparity even after controlling for SES
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-Low Birth Weight
-hypertension -diabetes(elevated in Hispanics and Blacks) -HIV |
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blacks and higher hypertension
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perceived/actual racial discrimination leads to increased allostatic load in the HPA axis
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Sloan et. al
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-followed to cohorts of white and black men
-found that rate of death was lowered for both whites and blacks over time, but the disparity had no diminished -absolute change in mortality for both groups, but relative health not different |
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Orsi et. al
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- examined Chicago bc highly segregated & large urban area
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Borrell study
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-in Hispanic community, health largely correlated to skin color
-Hispanic Blacks more likely to self report hypertension than both whites and Hispanic whites -problem with grouping all Hispanics into one group |
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Weinick article
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-culture and skin color affect health in Hispanic communities
-health differs by country of origin, length of time in the US and cultural practices |
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American Sociological Association article
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-social reasons for health disparities must be addressed (residential seg, racial discrimination, etc)
-AA immune from disparate impact of mental llness -hispanics, AA more likely to be in service sector jobs; less likely to have employer provided insurance |
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culture's affect on health behaviors
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- language: barriers to access of health care
- cultures of machismo: apprehension to seek care -views: ideas of mental illness are different in diff cultures - perspective: cultural ideology of what health is -religion: restriction of eating pattern, excercise ,etc |
