Race and health

[Quita]

 I have wanted to ask this question... so here goes

I have attended the seminars on race and fully understand how this concept of race came about. I am working on my dissertation and the literature that I am reading refer to race as a characteristics that is a determinant of specific risk factors (high blood pressure, obesity, kidney disease, depression). When statistics were run on a study similiar to the one I am working on it  "showed" that there was a significant difference of a particular illness relative to "race"  Additionally the investigator looked at age, income, etc.

 

These descriptive analyses are done so clinicians know what population or individual to target for disease prevention/teaching, etc.... in hopes that we can eradicate illness incidence/prevalence in a certain population.

 

 In my practice I see that folks of my skin color and darker are plagued with diseases like kidney failure, hypertension(high blood pressure), stroke, obesity, and diabetes at a disproportional rate than other "colors" of people. What are your thoughts on race relative to health/health outcomes.

[Aaron (Al) Lewis]

Hey Quita call me about the upcoming training. 378 2312.

 

Al

[Quita]

Thanks Dr. Black. I would greatly appreciate your insight.

 

[Clifford Black]

Namaska Q.,

I know that I have sent you a reply regarding this post---some kind of way it seems that some of my comments just don't get into electronic manifestation and it could just be that my brain does not quite work right anymore-whatever the case I will look for the previous reply and if I can not find it I will post another regarding this issue which is of paramount importance.....!(B).

[Aaron (Al) Lewis]

Diet, lifestyle and ignorance to start with. I have also read a study about infant mortality that suggests that women of color experience higher infant death rates because of their stress genes.