HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

April 28, 2009

links for 2009-04-28

• Heart Failure Risk Explodes in Young and Middle-Aged African American Adults
  African Americans have about a one-in-100 chance of developing heart failure while still in their 30s or 40s, a far higher rate than in whites, and their risk of heart failure at that age is closely tied to whether they have hypertension, obesity, or renal dysfunction earlier in adulthood.
• Young need better mental health care
  Young adults have the worst access to mental health care and, despite links between offending behaviour, mental disorders and substance abuse, there are virtually no specialised adolescent forensic mental health services in Australia.
• 6 in 10 Latinos Missing Out on Health Coverage in Nevada
  The number of Latinos without health coverage is about 10 percent higher in Nevada compared to most states.
• Cardiology Consults Less Likely From Community Health Centers
  In an upcoming issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers report that community health centers refer patients with heart problems to specialists less often than primary care providers in hospitals. It is unclear whether this reflects overuse by hospitals or underuse by community health centers.