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Health and Health Care for Hispanic People
September marks National Hispanic American Heritage Month during which the U.S. recognizes the achievements and contributions of Hispanic people.
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Immigrants in the U.S. Continue to Face Health Care Challenges
June marks National Immigrant Heritage Month, which honors the contributions of immigrants to the U.S. As of 2020, there were close to 45 million immigrants residing in the U.S., accounting for 14% of the total U.S. population. Immigrants make up a significant part of the nation’s workforce and families yet…
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Understanding Disparities and Discrimination Faced by Asian and NHOPI People
Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) people are a diverse and growing population in the United States, but broad data often mask underlying disparities among subgroups of the population.
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A Look at Key Maternal and Infant Health Disparities Among Black People
Due to systemic and overt discrimination, Black people are disproportionately affected by high maternal and infant morbidities and mortality. In addition to legislation, addressing systemic discrimination, implicit bias and racism will be integral to achieving equity in maternal health outcomes.
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Despite Improvements, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Mortality Rates Persist
Overall cancer mortality rates have decreased for all racial and ethnic groups, with the largest decrease among Black people. However, Black people continued to have the highest risk of cancer death.
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Providing an Equal Number of Free COVID-19 Tests to U.S. Households Results in Inequitable Access
Hispanic, Asian, and Black people are more likely than White people to live in households with more than four people, where not everyone will receive a free COVID-19 test from the federal government.
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Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths in Epic Electronic Health Records
Based on an analysis of electronic health records, Black, Hispanic, and Asian patients had significantly higher rates of hospitalization and death compared to their White counterparts.
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Black Americans Fare Worse Compared to Those Who Are White Across a Majority of Selected Health Measures
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Hispanics Saw Greatest Improvement in Health Coverage, Access, and Use Since ACA
All racial and ethnic groups experienced improvements in health coverage, access, and utilization compared to prior to the ACA, but Hispanics and Blacks experienced improvements in the largest number of the examined measures related to coverage, access, and use.
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