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Category : Infants
Languages : en
Pages : 5
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Wisconsin Health Facts, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality
Author: A Response to the Crisis of Infant Mortality in Wisconsin
Author: Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Infant Mortality Rates
Author: Marian F. MacDormanPublisher:
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Category : Infants
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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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.
Elimination of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes in Wisconsin
Author: Richard Allan AronsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 135
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This paper will focus on the infant mortality gap between whites and blacks and how this gap has increased over time. Wisconsin’s black infant mortality gap will be compared to other states and the national average. Further discussion will explore new research, promising practices, and challenges and opportunities unique to Wisconsin. The final section of the report provides a set of recommendations to the Wisconsin Partnership Program on how best to direct and implement its Special Initiative to Eliminate Birth Outcome Disparities.
Wisconsin Births and Infant Deaths
Author: A Study of Infant Mortality in Wisconsin, 1969
Author: Doris Peyser SlesingerPublisher:
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Category : Infants
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Maternal and Child Health Statistics, Wisconsin
Author: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality
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Languages : en
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The President has pledged to eliminate racial disparities in health by the year 2010. This significant challenge, framed by the goals of Healthy People 2010, will require a concerted effort in many areas - from health promotion, to enhanced research, to improved health care systems. As such, the President has charged the Secretary of Health and Human Services' Initiative on Racial and Ethnic Disparities on Infant Mortality to address this issue and, in so doing, eliminate disparities in infant mortality among all groups, particularly African Americans.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care
Author: Elene V. MetrosaPublisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781600212680
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
It is generally conceded that there are significant disparities in health and health care based on a person's racial and ethnic background. Infant mortality rates for black babies remain nearly two-and-one-half times higher than for whites. The life expectancy for black men and women remains at nearly one decade fewer years of life compared with their white counterparts. Rates of death attributable to heart disease, stroke, prostate and breast cancer remain much higher in black populations. Diabetes disease rates are more than 30 percent higher among Native Americans and Hispanics than among whites. Minorities remain grossly under-represented in the health professions workforce relative to their proportions in the population. In addition, despite a large and growing body of scientific evidence, many patients and providers remain unaware that racial and ethnic health care disparities are a problem and perceptions about health care inequalities vary between minorities and whites. closing the disparity gap. This book presents new research focusing on these disparities.
A Study of Infant Mortality in Wisconsin, 1969
Author: Doris Peyser SlesingerPublisher:
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Category : Infants
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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