Post by ck4829 on Nov 23, 2016 11:38:33 GMT
Different racial and ethnic groups in the United States suffer disproportionality from health problems.
For example, African Americans have higher rates of heart disease, Asian Americans have higher rates of stomach cancer, and Latinos have higher rates of diabetes than whites. New research points to the role chronic stress may play in health disparities and some experts now consider systremic racism to be a social determinant of health.
Some people call it the Black tax or the minority tax, said Gilbert Gee, professor of public health at the University of California at Los Angeles or UCLA. A variety of studies show minorities are paying a price because of real and perceived discrimination in their lives, he said.
www.ideastream.org/news/the-impact-of-stress-on-health-disparities
For example, African Americans have higher rates of heart disease, Asian Americans have higher rates of stomach cancer, and Latinos have higher rates of diabetes than whites. New research points to the role chronic stress may play in health disparities and some experts now consider systremic racism to be a social determinant of health.
Some people call it the Black tax or the minority tax, said Gilbert Gee, professor of public health at the University of California at Los Angeles or UCLA. A variety of studies show minorities are paying a price because of real and perceived discrimination in their lives, he said.
www.ideastream.org/news/the-impact-of-stress-on-health-disparities