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Narrowing World Health Disparities
From Time.com:
On average, a black man living in Washington, D.C., does not live as long as a man in India, and he certainly doesn't live as long as a white man in his hometown. The reasons — just like the reasons that the Japanese and Swedes live longer than the Ukrainians, and why aborigines in Australia on average die 17 years earlier than non-aborigines — are almost entirely social, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) released today.
From the WHO press release:
A child born in a Glasgow, Scotland suburb can expect a life 28 years shorter than another living only 13 kilometres away. A girl in Lesotho is likely to live 42 years less than another in Japan. In Sweden, the risk of a woman dying during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 17 400; in Afghanistan, the odds are 1 in 8. Biology does not explain any of this. Instead, the differences between - and within - countries result from the social environment where people are born, live, grow, work and age.
You can read the official news release from the WHO at their website as well as download the full report.
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Posted by: David Porter on August 29, 2008
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Category: Health Disparities Class; Heath Inequities; Social Determinants of Health
Health Disparities Course at Case Western
This fall the Center for Reducing Health Disparities will again offer a course on health disparities at Case Western Reserve University.
Health Disparities is listed as: EPBI 510, CRSP 510, SASS 510, MPHP 510, and NURS 510.
This course aims to provide theoretical and application tools for students from many disciplinary backgrounds to conduct research and develop interventions to reduce health disparities. The course will be situated contextually within the historical record of the United States, reviewing social, political, economic, cultural, legal, and ethical theories related to disparities in general, with a central focus on health disparities. Several frameworks regarding health disparities will be used for investigating and discussing the empirical evidence on disparities, research and outcome measurement issues, policy and policy formation concerns, and intervention practices. While racial/ethnic disparities in health and health outcomes will be an important focus of this course, disparities among other subgroups (e.g., the poor, women, uninsured, disabled, and non-English speaking populations) may also be included and discussed.
You can download the health disparities class syllabus or search for the class at case.edu.
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Posted by: David Porter on July 10, 2008
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Category: Health Disparities Class; Health Disparities Syllabus