HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

March 26, 2009

links for 2009-03-26

• Racism must be tackled to help indigenous health
  Health disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians will not end unless racism is tackled
• Equal Access: Mental health insurance parity must apply to everyone
  A funny thing happened on the way to passage of Timothy's Law, which requires health insurers to provide coverage for mental illnesses. State legislators exempted three of New York's publicly subsidized health programs for low-income residents.
• Last among equals
  Inequality goes hand in hand with the social diseases that blight whole communities. The rational conclusion to be drawn from the mass of evidence that Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have assembled is that all of us, irrespective of income, have much to gain from the creation of a more equal society.
• Type 2 Diabetes Poses Health Disparity Challenge
  In Wisconsin, American Indians have the highest rate of diabetes, at almost six times the rate of whites. African Americans and Hispanics have the second and third highest rates, nearly one and a half times more than whites, respectively. Asians have a diabetes rate just slightly higher than whites.