HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

February 23, 2009

links for 2009-02-23

• Racial disparity in low birth weight and infant mortality.
• More Americans being diagnosed with asthma
  One of the most vexing questions for doctors is why African Americans are much more likely to die of asthma. The easy explanation would be that they’re not getting preventive treatment, but the numbers are the same even among those with access to health care.
• Ob-Gyns Urged To Help Reduce Health Disparities For Rural Women
  Lack of access to adequate women's health care puts rural women in the US at a greatly increased risk of poor health outcomes compared with women in urban areas.
• Ohio Health Policy Review: Study: Stroke rates higher in neighborhoods with more fast-food
  A new study has found that people living in neighborhoods with a high number of fast-food restaurants could have a significantly higher risk for stroke