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Factors Affecting The Health of Men of Color in the United States
Men of Color (African Americans, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian Americans, Hispanic Latino, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander) face many challenges in achieving and maintaining good health. Their social circumstances-frequently including limited education and scarce employment opportunities-and cultural norms, as well as society's discriminatory treatment of them, often engender in these men unhealthful responses. In addition, our nation's health care safety net has gaping holes when it comes to low-income men, many of whom are men of color. This report describes the recommendations to ameliorate their health status.
This report summarizes presentations made during the People of Color Strand at the 2005 TASH Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The report was made possible through a grant that TASH received from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The People of Color Strand became a part of the TASH Conference in 2002 through the advocacy of TASH Board members of color and other concerned TASH supporters. For several years, they watched issues pertinent to people of color, especially African Americans, go unaddressed despite TASH's strong commitment to disability rights and social justice. The purpose of the People of Color Strand is to highlight health, educational, and community/social service issues and challenges faced by people of color with significant disabilities and their families.
Women of Color Health Data Book
Of the nearly 294 million people estimated to be United States residents by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2004 (as of July 1, 2004), more than half (149,117,996 or 50.8 percent) were women. More than 48 million of these were women of color. These 48.3 million women of color were distributed as follows: 41 percent Hispanic, 39 percent black non-Hispanic, nearly 13 percent Asian non-Hispanic, 0.4 percent Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic), and 2.3 percent American Indian/Alaska Native (non- Hispanic). An additional 4 percent of women of color identified themselves as belonging to two or more races. Women of color are nearly a third (32.4 percent) of all U.S. women.
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