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Through the Kaleidoscope Viewing the Contributions of the Behavioral and Social Sciences to Health -- The Barbara and Jerome Grossman Symposium (2002) / Chapter Skim
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Why Exploiting This Knowledge Will Be Essential to Achieving Health Improvements in the 21st Century
Pages 24-28

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... . Similarly, 1995 data show that infants born of African American mothers suffer more than twice the mortality rates as those of Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites (which have virtually the same infant mortality rates)
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From page 25...
... . The reason for large differences in health outcomes among racial and ethnic groups in the United States, he said, "is the list of usual suspects: socioeconomic status, culture/acculturation, health risk behaviors, psychoTotal Hispanic Non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander 0 4 8 12 16 Deaths <1 year of age per 1000 live births FIGURE B Infant mortality rates by race, 1995.
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From page 26...
... Some of the differences in health outcomes can be largely accounted for by socioeconomic status, Dr. Kington said.
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From page 27...
... Kington said, "is because minority populations are overrepresented along that lowest line at the bottom end of the income structure." For example, over 50 percent of African American and Hispanic children live in households below 150 percent of the poverty line for income. "This is particularly relevant in light of the growing evidence suggesting that early life exposures and health factors set individuals on trajectories that will affect their health status for the rest of .
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... Kington said. "We have to think of ways to facilitate the translation of the scientific findings that we have in the behavioral and social sciences into real interventions that work in real populations and improve the health status of real people."
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