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    • Disparities in Health and Health Care: 5 Key Questions and ...
      • Racial and ethnic health disparities result in higher rates of illness and death across a wide range of health conditions. Research shows that these disparities are costly, resulting in excess medical care costs and lost productivity, as well as additional economic losses due to premature deaths.
      www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/disparities-in-health-and-health-care-5-key-question-and-answers/
  1. Overall racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 risk, severity, morbidity, and mortality arise from a combination of social, economic, and health determinants. 36,38 Due to economic strain, BIPOC are more likely to live in crowded housing (multigenerational or communal households) and densely populated neighborhoods.

    • Anti-Black Racism as A Determinant of Health
    • Context
    • Experiences of Institutional Discrimination – Evidence Highlights
    • National Inequalities in Health and Determinants of Health
    • Acknowledgements

    The following snapshot aims to highlight how Anti-Black racism and systemic discrimination are key drivers of health inequalities faced by diverse Black Canadian communitiesFootnote i. Evidence of institutional discrimination in key determinants of health is also presented, including education, income, and housing. Finally, national data is shared ...

    Social, economic, and political factors shape the conditions in which individuals grow, live, work, and age, and are vitally important for health and wellbeing.Footnote 1 Inequalities in these conditions can lead to inequalities in health. When these inequalities are systematic, unfair and avoidable, they can be considered inequitable.Footnote 2 In...

    The first section of this snapshot describes experiences of discrimination that affect access to important resources for health, including education, employment, and housing. This section highlights select evidence from the research literature and national survey data on experiences of discrimination for Black Canadians. The second section of the s...

    Research has shown that Anti-Black racism and discrimination are important drivers of inequalities in education, employment, housing, and other determinants of health for many Black Canadians. However, research on the specific relationships between Anti-Black racism and the health and social inequalities revealed by national survey data is limited....

    Social Determinants and Inequities in Health for Black Canadians: A Snapshotwas written by Ifrah Abdillahi and Ashley Shaw (Social Determinants of Health Division, Public Health Agency of Canada). The authors would like to thank Beth Jackson, Sai Yi Pan, Christine Soon, Colin Steensma, and Marie DesMeules from the Social Determinants of Health Divi...

  2. Mar 11, 2021 · Racial disparities in health-care access, quality and outcomes are frequent. Here, the authors discuss how racial disparities can be addressed at an individual and institutional level.

    • Camila M. Mateo, Camila M. Mateo, David R. Williams
    • 2021
  3. Key Takeaways. Black, Hispanic, and AIAN people fare worse than White people across the majority of examined measures of health and health care and social determinants of health (Figure 1)....

  4. Aug 17, 2021 · Two decades ago, only 9 percent of white Americans rated their health as fair or poor. But 14 percent of Hispanic Americans characterized their health in those terms, as did nearly 18 percent...

  5. Racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare, including for chronic conditions, continue to endure in the United States despite major efforts in research, practice, and policy.

  6. Dec 21, 2023 · Health disparities adversely affect groups of people who have experienced systematically greater obstacles to health based on identification as racial and ethnic minority individuals and/or by their socioeconomic status (SES).

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