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Breathing Easier: Community-Based Strategies to Prevent Asthma
African Americans, Latinos, and other communities of color disproportionately bear the burden of such diseases as diabetes, asthma, HIV, and heart disease.1 As a result, communities of color must cope with higher rates of hospitalization and death, more absenteeism from work and school, and other consequences of those diseases. One of the biggest national public health concerns is the growing rate of asthma prevalence in low-income populations, particularly minorities and children living in inner city neighborhoods. Asthma, a chronic lung condition causing difficulty in breathing, can be controlled by medication and reduction in environmental œtriggers for the disease.
Community-Based Strategies for Improving Latino Health
The past three decades have seen signifi cant growth in immigration to the United States from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. In fact, Latinos now comprise the largest ethnic group in the United States. Immigrants face health challenges that are distinct from those of the native-born population. Some of these challenges are specific to each group’s culture and circumstances of settlement, while others are common to immigrants as a whole. This report, by focusing on Latino immigrants, provides perspective on the group of newcomers that is both the largest and the one for which the most research has been completed.
Fact Sheet on the Reproductive Health of African American Adolescents: Pregnancy and Children
Summary: Both pregnancy and childbirth rates declined dramatically for African American females during the 1990s. Despite these declines, they remain more likely than their white or Latina counterparts to report having been pregnant. However, black female teens were less likely to report childbirth than Latina teens in 2000.