Download or read book Racial Differentials in Infant Mortality in the U S written by Robert A. Hummer and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Race ethnicity Differentials in U S Infant Mortality written by Jennifer A. Stoloff and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Explaining Race Differences in Infant Mortality in the United States written by Melissa R. Partin and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Race Ethnicity and Infant Mortality written by Isaac W. Eberstein and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This paper addresses racial/ethnic differentials in infant mortality in the US. The primary purpose of the paper is not to document these differentials, which are well known, but to review a series of risk factors in the context of a broader frame of reference which might be useful in understanding why these differentials persist. Following a description of current differentials, overall and specific to birthweight, literature concerning a range of risk factors is reviewed and illustrative data are provided. Risk factors are grouped into three categories: the social context of particular minorities, individual social and economic background characteristics, and particular medical and health circumstances immediately affecting infant health and survival. In the process of considering each mortality determinant, particular social, cultural, and biological hypotheses for racial/ethnic infant mortality differentials are examined where applicable. The conclusion of the review is that increased attention is necessary to the unique historical, cultural, and socioeconomic characteristics of minority groups in order to understand the relationships between specific risk factors and infant survival.
Download or read book Trends and Determinants of Black white Differentials in Infant Mortality in the United States Since 1964 written by Alberto Palloni and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Infant Mortality Trends United States and Each State 1930 1964 written by National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Vital Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report on infant, fetal, and maternal deaths, with special reference to differential mortality by race, sex, and region, causes of death, and trends in infant and maternal mortality.
Download or read book Poverty Race and Infant Mortality in the United States written by Steven Lawrence Gortmaker and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Infant Fetal and Maternal Mortality United States 1963 written by Mary A. McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U S Infant Mortality Rates written by Marian F. MacDorman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortality rates in the United States. Disparities in infant mortality have been apparent since data began to be collected more than 100 years ago, and have persisted and even increased over time, suggesting that not all racial and ethnic groups have benefited equally from social and medical advances. The report presents infant mortality rates for 2007, and examines the high mortality rates for infants from non-Hispanic black, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Puerto Rican backgrounds. It also analyses two key components of infant mortality: gestational age-specific infant mortality rates, and the distribution of births by gestational age. Differences by cause of death are also examined.
Download or read book Children of Immigrants written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-12 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrant children and youth are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and so their prospects bear heavily on the well-being of the country. Children of Immigrants represents some of the very best and most extensive research efforts to date on the circumstances, health, and development of children in immigrant families and the delivery of health and social services to these children and their families. This book presents new, detailed analyses of more than a dozen existing datasets that constitute a large share of the national system for monitoring the health and well-being of the U.S. population. Prior to these new analyses, few of these datasets had been used to assess the circumstances of children in immigrant families. The analyses enormously expand the available knowledge about the physical and mental health status and risk behaviors, educational experiences and outcomes, and socioeconomic and demographic circumstances of first- and second-generation immigrant children, compared with children with U.S.-born parents.
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Download or read book Unequal Treatment written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-02-06 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received. In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients' and providers' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider-patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color.
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-10-16 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.
Download or read book Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-09-23 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Older Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improved for all racial and ethnic groups, strong differences persist, both in life expectancy and in the causes of disability and death at older ages. This book examines trends in mortality rates and selected causes of disability (cardiovascular disease, dementia) for older people of different racial and ethnic groups. The determinants of these trends and differences are also investigated, including differences in access to health care and experiences in early life, diet, health behaviors, genetic background, social class, wealth and income. Groups often neglected in analyses of national data, such as the elderly Hispanic and Asian Americans of different origin and immigrant generations, are compared. The volume provides understanding of research bearing on the health status and survival of the fastest-growing segment of the American population.
Download or read book An Investigation of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality Across the United States written by Crystal Pirtle Tyler and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Racial Differences in Preterm Delivery written by Diane Rowley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Closing the Gap Addressing the Disparity of Infant Mortality Among African American and White Infants written by State of Maryland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from "Closing the Gap," Addressing the Disparity of Infant Mortality Among African-American and White Infants: Approaches for Clinicians and Policymakers; Final Report of the Expert Panel on African-American/White Infant Mortality Gap Maryland has made considerable progress in reducing its overall infant mortality steadily since 1995. In fact, the State had a record low infant mortality rate Of deaths per 1000 live births in 1996. However, there remains a significant gap in the number of African - American and White infant deaths. African-american infants are more than two times likely to die within the first year of life. The State's overall child well - being will not improve unless we work harder to make sure that every child is born healthy and that every child reaches his first birthday. My Administration has made investigating the issue of racial disparity in infant mortality and finding solutions a top priority. In 1995, the Maryland Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention identified the need to reduce the racial gap in infant deaths among african-americans and Whites as a major goal in its eight point Statewide strategic infant mortality prevention plan. In 1996, I asked the Commission to appoint a blue ribbon panel Of experts to explore the factors contributing to the gap and develop recommendations for improvement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
