HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

February 11, 2010

links for 2010-02-11

• Racial Disparities Persist In The Diagnosis Of Advanced Breast Cancer And Colon Cancer In The U.S.
  The incidence of advanced breast cancer diagnosis among black women remained 30 percent to 90 percent higher compared to white women between 1992 and 2004, according to new findings by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In addition, the disparity in the incidence of advance colorectal cancer actually widened over this time period as rates fell among whites but increased slightly among blacks.
  (tags: colorectal cancer, dispariites, breast cancer)
• Mexican Americans Closest To Making Physical Activity Goals
  When it comes to meeting national health goals for physical activity, Mexican-Americans are the most active group in America and may benefit from exercise that researchers typically have not measured, according to research by scholars at the University of Chicago and Arizona State University.
  (tags: Mexican, exercise)
• Burden Of HIV/TB Infections Falling On Hispanics
  The results of an innovative study to understand what factors may influence who contracts tuberculosis (TB)/HIV co-infection in San Diego show a significant shift in the ethnic makeup of the disease, with the majority of cases now coming from the Hispanic community.
  (tags: TB, HIV, Hispanic)
• MAC AIDS Fund Survey Reveals 73 Percent Of Women Unaware Of Their Current HIV Status False Sense Of Security Prevents Most Women From Taking Control
  The MAC AIDS Fund (MAF) launched its latest VIVA GLAM campaign, a women's initiative aimed at strengthening the service network and resources available to women living with and at risk of contracting HIV.
  (tags: HIV/AIDS, women)
• Child Obesity Risks Death at Early Age, Study Finds
  A rare study that tracked thousands of children through adulthood found the heaviest youngsters were more than twice as likely as the thinnest to die prematurely, before age 55, of illness or a self-inflicted injury. Youngsters with a condition called pre-diabetes were at almost double the risk of dying before 55, and those with high blood pressure were at some increased risk. But obesity was the factor most closely associated with an early death, researchers said.
  (tags: Obesity, children, diabetes)
• For Detained Youths, No Mental Health Overseer - NY Times
  The oversight of the mental health treatment of the young people in [NY] state facilities falls to several dozen psychologists who visit them for consultations, and staff members at the jails who run group therapy sessions despite often having no qualifications beyond a high school degree.
  (tags: youth, mental health)
• Many Veterans Not Getting Enough Treatment For PTSD
  Although the Department of Veteran Affairs is rolling out treatments nationwide as fast as possible to adequately provide for newly diagnosed PTSD patients, there are still significant barriers to veterans getting a full course of PTSD treatment. The study is published in the latest issue of the Journal of Traumatic Stress.
  (tags: PTSD, Veterans)
• Aborigine children still at risk
  Australian indigenous children under five are still twice as likely to die as non-indigenous children, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said. In his annual report on the state of indigenous Australians, Mr Rudd said there were signs of slow progress.