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• W4237385275 abstract "The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on April 8 published a report entitled HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. The document is the result of meetings held nationwide by HHS in which federal officials discussed with state officials and community groups about how to best address health inequalities. The report outlines goals and actions that HHS will take to reduce and eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the USA. With this report, the US Government officially acknowledges the existence of health and health-care disparities between the country's ethnic minority populations and white Americans. The health of ethnic minority populations has consistently lagged behind that of whites in the USA. Although racial and ethnic minorities represent a third of the US population, more than half of the country's 50 million uninsured citizens are from ethnic minorities. This lack of access to care is a big part of the health disparity gap. First, it makes preventive care almost non-existent among US ethnic minorities. In fact, the rate of preventable hospitalisations for minorities is double the rate observed for whites. Second, it makes ethnic minorities have poorer quality of care. For example, African-Americans are a third less likely to have bypass surgery than are whites, and African-American children are much less likely to receive asthma drugs than are white children. Third, it makes ethnic minorities have poorer overall health and experience more severe forms of serious illness (such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, and asthma), which shortens their life expectancy. Cardiovascular diseases, for example, account for the biggest proportion of inequality in life expectancy between African-American and whites. And a recent report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American, American-Indian and Alaskan-Native populations have higher mortality rates than do US whites. The lack of access to care and low quality of care in minority populations is, most disturbingly, also reflected in infant outcomes. In the April issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology and online on April 14 in The Lancet Catherine Spong and colleagues from the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development convey that racial and ethnic disparity in infant mortality, stillbirths, and preterm births in the USA have remained remarkably consistent the past 50 years. Stillbirth rates in African-Americans, for example, are double the rate of whites, and infants born to African-American women are 1·5 to three times more likely to die than are infants born to non-African-American women. Another problem, highlighted in the HHS report, is that 24 million adult Americans have limited English proficiency. This makes the 15-min doctor's consultation often less effective, which can result in harm to the patient and increase health-system costs. It also creates a system in which minority populations are not reached, informed, or encouraged to seek preventive measures or medical treatment. In response, the HHS plans to: create an online national registry of interpreters that hospitals and doctors would use when dealing with patients who do not speak English; involve trusted local people (promotoras in Spanish) to act as community health workers who would help patients to navigate the system and adhere to treatments; and recruit and train more people from minority populations into medical and public health professions. According to the American Association of Medical Colleges, in 2008, only 6% of US physicians were Hispanics even though 16% of the US population is Hispanic. What the HHS report did not do was provide a monetary figure for the proposed strategies, which include research grants devoted to the health of ethnic minorities. Additionally, the HHS report only acknowledged the fact that health disparity is a complex issue, closely linked with social, economic, and environmental disadvantages, without giving solutions. The best way to tackle the problem is through a collaborative effort with other governmental sectors. A big emphasis must be put on education because research has persistently shown its link with overall health. At present, the lowest income US communities consistently have the lowest health determinants and educational scores. Race and ethnicity must not be a pre-existing health condition in the USA. The USA must offer equal opportunities to all its citizens to reach their full health potential. President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, together with the present HHS initiative, offers a great start in addressing the needs of US ethnic minority populations." @default.
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