Race-Ethnicity and Health Trajectories

Race, Ethnicity Health Care

Race and Ethnicity

IDDM is one of the most common chronic disorders of childhood (see Chapter 3). Standardized descriptive studies of the epidemiology of IDDM are being conducted around the world, providing much needed information regarding the frequency and potential risk factors for IDDM in developed and developing countries. In many areas, these investigations are being facilitated through the World Health Org...

Race and Ethnicity

T he U.S. government reports on minority business ownership as part of the regular economic census performed every 5 years in years ending in 2 or 7. For the purposes of this census, minority-owned businesses are all those not owned by nonminority (Caucasian) business owners. By this definition, minority-owned businesses make up approximately 15% of all U.S. firms. Between 1992 and 1997, minori...

Mapping Race and Ethnicity

Glossary Anthropogeographer An individual who works at the intersection of the disciplines of anthropology and geography, using physical racial categorizations to explore the relationships between race and space. Anthropometric Mapping Mapping of individual racial traits, such as cephalic index, pigmentation, or stature. Ethnic Mapping Mapping of aspects of ethnicity, including religion, langua...

Race, Ethnicity, and SIDS.

In the United States, race and ethnicity predict different outcomes in known diseases. Race and ethnicity also predict different outcomes in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), categories of mortality that are arguably as yet undiscovered diseases. It is important to monitor disparities affecting the health of children and to understand the impact of i...