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Article of the Month
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Cultural and
Health Awareness Events
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Becker G.
Effects of being uninsured on ethnic minorities'
management of chronic illness. Western Journal of
Medicine 2001 Jul; 175 (1): 19 - 23.
This study compared the effectiveness with
insured and uninsured persons with diagnosed chronic
illnesses managed their health care. All patients from
one of three groups: African-American, Latino, and
Filipino American. Over a 1-year period, they were
each interviewed three times. Compared with those
who were insured, the uninsured respondents had poorly
controlled illnesses, frequent health crises, difficulty
getting medication, greater incorrect use of medication,
and demonstrated less understanding of
their risk.
May 6 - 12, 2007 is Cover
the Uninsured Week
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DID YOU KNOW? |
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Between 1991 and 2005, the teen
birth rate for girls aged 15 - 19 declined 48% for African
Americans, 40% for non-Hispanic whites, and 22% for
Hispanics.
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- Native Hawaiians, Japanese,
and Filipino residents of Hawaii, 20 and older were
approximately twice as likely to have diagnosed diabetes as
white Hawaiians of similar age according to 2002 data.
- Incidence rates for liver
and stomach cancer were substantially higher among AAPIs than
among other racial and ethnic groups (1998 - 2002)
- Asian American women were
least likely of all racial and ethnic groups to have had a Pap
test.
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