Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Diseases of Youths and Access to Health Care in the United States

Racial/ethnic minorities are 1.5 to 2.0 times more likely than whites to have most of the major chronic diseases. Chronic diseases are also more common in the poor than the nonpoor and this association is frequently mediated by race/ethnicity. Specifically, children are disproportionately affected b...

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Main Authors: James H. Price, Jagdish Khubchandani, Molly McKinney, Robert Braun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/787616
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spelling doaj-382bd2416d7f4430b0b95aee2d67b1bc2020-11-24T22:48:56ZengHindawi LimitedBioMed Research International2314-61332314-61412013-01-01201310.1155/2013/787616787616Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Diseases of Youths and Access to Health Care in the United StatesJames H. Price0Jagdish Khubchandani1Molly McKinney2Robert Braun3Health Education and Public Health, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USACommunity Health, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USAPublic Health, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475, USAHealth Sciences, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH 43081, USARacial/ethnic minorities are 1.5 to 2.0 times more likely than whites to have most of the major chronic diseases. Chronic diseases are also more common in the poor than the nonpoor and this association is frequently mediated by race/ethnicity. Specifically, children are disproportionately affected by racial/ethnic health disparities. Between 1960 and 2005 the percentage of children with a chronic disease in the United States almost quadrupled with racial/ethnic minority youth having higher likelihood for these diseases. The most common major chronic diseases of youth in the United States are asthma, diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypertension, dental disease, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, mental illness, cancers, sickle-cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, and a variety of genetic and other birth defects. This review will focus on the psychosocial rather than biological factors that play important roles in the etiology and subsequent solutions to these health disparities because they should be avoidable and they are inherently unjust. Finally, this review examines access to health services by focusing on health insurance and dental insurance coverage and access to school health services.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/787616
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Diseases of Youths and Access to Health Care in the United States
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title Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Diseases of Youths and Access to Health Care in the United States
title_short Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Diseases of Youths and Access to Health Care in the United States
title_full Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Diseases of Youths and Access to Health Care in the United States
title_fullStr Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Diseases of Youths and Access to Health Care in the United States
title_full_unstemmed Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Diseases of Youths and Access to Health Care in the United States
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description Racial/ethnic minorities are 1.5 to 2.0 times more likely than whites to have most of the major chronic diseases. Chronic diseases are also more common in the poor than the nonpoor and this association is frequently mediated by race/ethnicity. Specifically, children are disproportionately affected by racial/ethnic health disparities. Between 1960 and 2005 the percentage of children with a chronic disease in the United States almost quadrupled with racial/ethnic minority youth having higher likelihood for these diseases. The most common major chronic diseases of youth in the United States are asthma, diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypertension, dental disease, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, mental illness, cancers, sickle-cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, and a variety of genetic and other birth defects. This review will focus on the psychosocial rather than biological factors that play important roles in the etiology and subsequent solutions to these health disparities because they should be avoidable and they are inherently unjust. Finally, this review examines access to health services by focusing on health insurance and dental insurance coverage and access to school health services.
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