Despite efforts to address racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care, they remain
important problems in the United States. 1 Recently, the 2005 National Healthcare …

A health disparity is a preventable or avoidable health difference that is closely linked with
social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. Health disparities adversely affect …

Second, health care providers, insurers, and payers must begin to measure racial and ethnic
disparities within their populations. The rate of disparity needs to emerge as a key measure …

In the United States, racial disparities in asthma have been well documented. African
American children have higher rates of asthma and disproportionately worse asthma …

Health disparities are of continuing concern to the community of public health professionals.
Despite concerted efforts on a number of fronts, little progress seems to have been made …

Hispanic individuals trace their ancestry to countries that were previously under Spanish
rule, including Mexico, large parts of Central and South America, and some Caribbean …

Objective To assess factors that are associated with asthma prevalence and asthma attacks
among children (0–17 years) and adults (18 years and over) in the United States of America …

Asthma is increasing in California. Between 2001 and 2007, the prevalence of asthma
increased significantly and by 2007 nearly five million Californians had been diagnosed with …

Health disparities have dominated recent discourse among public health and medical
researchers. Ever since the United States began to compile health statistics, differences in …

There is expansive literature documenting the presence of health disparities, but there are
disproportionately few studies describing interventions to reduce disparity. In this narrative …