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"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. This paper studies racial/ethnic disparities in awareness of chronic diseases using biomarker data from the 2006 HRS. We estimate a 3-step sequential probit model which accounts for selection into: (1) participating in biomarker collection; (2) having illness (hypertension or diabetes); (3) being aware of illness. Contrary to studies reporting that African-Americans are more aware of having hypertension than non-Latino whites, we do not find this conclusion holds after self-selection and severity are considered. Likewise, African-Americans and Latinos are less aware of having diabetes compared to non-Latino whites. Disparities in unawareness are exacerbated when we limit the sample to untreated respondents"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site

The core of evidenced-based maternal and child health is about using the best research about the safety and effectiveness of specific tests, treatments, and other interventions to help guide MCH decisions. Females of child-bearing age especially need to be informed about the best strategies to ensure and protect their health. Evidenced-Based Maternal and Child Health: Reproductive and Perinatal Health takes several key topics on reproductive outcomes and approaches them from a population-based standpoint. Chapters include sexually transmitted infections (STIs), infertility, pregnancy and birth

A review of key empirical findings on race, ethnicity, & criminal or delinquent behavior in the US looks at racial/ethnic disparities in three data sources: official arrest/conviction records; self-reports of victimization; & self-reports of offending. Special attention is given to why there are huge ethnic differences in official records but smaller ethnic discrepancies in self-report studies. Consideration is given to the likelihood of certain groups being omitted from self-report studies; the emphasis on minor delinquency in questionnaires; & evidence of ethnic bias in self-report studies. Possible mediators of ethnic differences in crime are examined, including IQ & the socioeconomic context of one's neighborhood. New findings from the Chicago Neighborhoods Study indicate that crime rates (as self-reported) were highest among African Americans & lowest among Mexican Americans. The results of multivariate analyses showed neighborhood disadvantage to be the most important single mediator of the violent crime difference between African Americans & Whites while neither socioeconomic status nor family structure was influential. The implications are discussed. Tables, Figures, References. J. Lindroth

FrontMatter -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction and Literature Review -- 2 The Healthcare Environment and Its Relation to Disparities -- 3 Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: Patient- and System-Level Factors -- 4 Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Clinical Encounter -- 5 Interventions: Systemic Strategies -- 6 Interventions: Cross-Cultural Education in the Health Professions -- 7 Data Collection and Monitoring -- 8 Needed Research -- References -- Appendixes -- A Data Sources and Methods -- B Literature Review -- C Federal-Level and Other Initiatives to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare -- D Racial Disparities in Healthcare: Highlights from Focus Group Findings -- E Committee and Staff Biographies -- Paper Contributions -- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diagnosis and Treatment: A Review of the Evidence and a Consideration of Causes-H. Jack Geiger -- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: A Background and History-W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton -- The Rationing of Healthcare and Health Disparity for the American Indians/Alaska Natives-Jennie R. Joe -- Patient-Provider Communication: The Effect of Race and Ethnicity on Process and Outcomes of Healthcare-Lisa A. Cooper and Debra L. Roter -- The Culture of Medicine and Racial, Ethnic, and Class Disparities in Healthcare-Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Cara James, Byron J. Good, and Anne E. Becker -- The Civil Rights Dimension of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status-Thomas E. Perez -- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: Issues in the Design, Structure, and Administration of Federal Healthcare Financing Programs Supported Through Direct Public Funding-Sara Rosenbaum

FrontMatter -- Contributors -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction--Barney Cohen -- Section I--The Nature of Racial and Ethnic Differences -- 2 Racial and Ethnic Identification, Official Classifications, and Health Disparities--Gary D. Sandefur, Mary E. Campbell, and Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck -- 3 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Mortality Among the U.S. Elderly Population--Robert A. Hummer, Maureen R. Benjamins, and Richard G. Rogers -- 4 Ethnic Differences in Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease--Jennifer J. Manly and Richard Mayeux -- Section II--Two Key Conceptual and Methodological Challenges -- 5 The Life-Course Contribution to Ethnic Disparities in Health--Clyde Hertzman -- 6 Selection Processes in the Study of Racial and Ethnic Differentials in Adult Health and Mortality--Alberto Palloni and Douglas C. Ewbank -- 7 Immigrant Health: Selectivity and Acculturation--Guillermina Jasso, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig, and James P. Smith -- Section III--The Search For Causal Pathways -- 8 Genetic Factors in Ethnic Disparities in Health--Richard S. Cooper -- 9 Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health--Eileen M. Crimmins, Mark D. Hayward, and Teresa E. Seeman -- 10 The Role of Social and Personal Resources in Ethnic Disparities in Late-Life Health--Carlos F. Mendes de Leon and Thomas A. Glass -- 11 What Makes a Place Healthy? Neighborhood Influences on Racial/ Ethnic Disparities in Health over the Life Course--Jeffrey D. Morenoff and John W. Lynch -- 12 Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Behaviors: A Challenge to Current Assumptions--Marilyn A. Winkleby and Catherine Cubbin -- 13 Cumulative Psychosocial Risks and Resilience: A Conceptual Perspective on Ethnic Health Disparities in Late Life--Hector F. Myers and Wei-Chin Hwang.

Intro -- NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY AND A PLAN TO REDUCE RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY -- ABSTRACT -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- SECTION 1. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY -- SECTION 2. THE CURRENT CONTEXT -- 3. THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY -- 4. APPROACH TO OPERATIONALIZING AND EVALUATING THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY -- APPENDIX A. ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS -- APPENDIX B. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY HEALTH EQUITY TEAM (FIHET) (NPA FEDERAL TEAM) -- APPENDIX C. NATIONAL HEALTH DISPARITIES VISIONARY PANEL PARTICIPANT LIST -- APPENDIX D. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION AND NATIONAL HEALTH DISPARITIES PLAN CONSENSUS MEETINGS -- APPENDIX E. LIST OF ACRONYMS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: HHS ACTION PLAN TO REDUCE RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES: A NATION FREE OF DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE -- INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES -- VISION AND PURPOSE -- OVERARCHING SECRETARIAL PRIORITIES -- GOAL I. TRANSFORM HEALTH CARE -- GOAL II: STRENGTHEN THE NATION'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORKFORCE -- GOAL III: ADVANCE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- GOAL IV. ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION -- GOAL V. INCREASE EFFICIENCY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF HHS PROGRAMS -- APPENDIX A. PROVISIONS IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THAT ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES -- APPENDIX B. KEY OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE HEALTH DISPARITY REDUCTION ACTIVITIES AT THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES -- APPENDIX C. KEY DISPARITY MEASURES -- APPENDIX D. LIST OF ACRONYMS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.