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Chap 10: Community Health and Minorities
Instructor’s Name
Semester, 200_
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Chapter Objectives
• Explain the concept of diversity as it describes the American people.
• Explain the impact of a more diverse population in the United States as it relates to community health efforts.
• Explain the importance of the 1985 landmark report, The Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health.
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Chapter Objectives
• List the racial and ethnic categories currently used by the U.S. Government in statistical activities and programs administration reporting.
• List some limitations related to collecting racial and ethnic health data.
• Identify some of the sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of minority groups in the United States.
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Chapter Objectives
• List some of the beliefs and values of minority groups in the United States.
• List and describe the six priority areas of the Race and Health Initiative.
• Define socioeconomic gradient and provide an example as it relates to minority health.
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Chapter Objectives
• Define cultural sensitivity and cultural competence and define the importance of each related to minority community health.
• Identify the three kinds of power associated with empowerment and explain the importance of each related to minority community health.
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Overview of Diversity
• The strength and greatness of America lies in the diversity of its people– President’s Initiative on Race– majority– minorities
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Documents
• The Secretary’s Task Force Report on Black and Minority Health
• Health People 2000
• Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Health– prevent disease– promote health– delivering care to racial and ethnic minority
communities
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Racial and Ethnic Classifications
• U. S Office of Management and Budget– operationalize race and ethnicity
• Five categories
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Health data sources and their limitations• Gaps in the information system
• bias analysis
• self-reported data
• reliability
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Black Americans
• Socioeconomic Characteristics – education– lowest median income
• Vital Statistics– 34.5 million 12.3% of population
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Black Americans
• Major community health problems– Infant mortality– Sickle cell disease– HIV/AIDS– Violent Deaths
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Americans of Hispanic Origin
• Vital Statistics– 35.3 million 12.5% of population– education– income
• Religious beliefs
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Asian/Pacific Islanders
• Vital Statistics– 11.9 million 4.2% of the population– fastest growing ethnic population in the US– high school completion and income is
highest among the ethnic groups
• Consists of two distinct groups
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Native Americans
• Demographic Characteristics– 2.5 million nearly 1% of the population
• Vital Statistics– economic disadvantaged– poor health status– poverty rate of 25.9%– low high school completion rate
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Native Americans
• Health care - Indian Health Service– Established in 1954; 1st Federal Agency to
address health– Alcohol abuse #1 health problem– Intentional & Unintentional injuries
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U.S. Population 2000Pacific Islander
0.9%
White72%
Black12%
Hispanic12%
American Indian1%
Asian3%
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U.S. Population 2050 projected
White52%
Black14%
American Indian1%
Asian/ Pacific8%
Hispanic25%
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Median household income 1999
$30,700
$51,200
$20,000
$27,900
$44,400
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
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Poverty rates 1999
9.80%
24%25.90%
10.70%
22.30%
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
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Refugees: New Immigrants
• Refugees
• Immigrants
• Aliens
• Illegal aliens
• Special Concerns– poor– lower levels of education– few work skills– serious health problems
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Race and Health Initiative
• Infant mortality
• Cancer screen
• Cardiovascular disease
• Diabetes
• HIV/AIDS
• Adult & child immunization
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Socioeconomic Status & Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health• Indirect causal associations
– level of education– level of income– poverty
• Group living circumstances
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Community Health Strategies for Achieving Equity in Minority Health
• Cultural Competence– A set of congruent behaviors, attitudes,
and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross cultural situations.
• Empowering the Self and the Community– social power– political power– psychological power
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Race
Race&
Health Biological
Cultural
Socioeconomic
Racism
Political
Historical
Legal
Biologicalprocesses
Environmental stress - Residential - Occupational
Health practices - Smoking - Alcohol - Nutrition
Psychosocial resources
- Social ties - Perceptions of control - Coping patternsMedical care - Need - Access - Quality
Psychosocial stress - Smoking - Alcohol - Nutrition
Healthoutcomes
Healthoutcomes
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