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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED313473 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Black Health Issues in New York State: Condition,
Prognosis, Prescription. Preliminary Report, Health
Subcommittee. The Governor's Advisory Committee for Black
Affairs. Volume 1, Health.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1987
NOTE: 197 p.; For executive summary, see UD 027 117. For
related document, see UD 027 119.
ABSTRACT: This document, which reviews the health problems
of blacks in New York State, is the first volume of a study
of the needs of the two million blacks in New York. The
health status of blacks is examined in each of the following
phases of the life cycle: (1) maternal; (2) infancy; (3)
childhood; (4) adolescence; (5) adulthood; and (6) the elder
years. Related issues of services, access to and
availability of medical care, and affirmative action to
increase the number of medical and health care professionals
to serve the black community are also reviewed. The
following preliminary findings are discussed: (1) the health
status of blacks has improved substantially in the past 5
years, but significant disparities continue to exist between
blacks and other New Yorkers; (2) there is a clear
connection between poverty and poor health, with a complex
interaction of socioeconomic and behavioral factors
adversely affecting the health and longevity of blacks; (3)
blacks of all ages are grossly overrepresented among the
poor; (4) New York State has a much higher proportion of its
poverty population concentrated in poverty areas than does
the nation as a whole; (5) the black poor are massed in
urban areas which have substandard, overcrowded housing and
adverse environmental conditions; (6) black communities have
reduced access to preventive health services and to acute
and long-term care; and (7) living conditions appear to be
connected to the disproportionately high rates of low
birthweight, infant mortality, chemical dependence, lung
cancer, and cardiovascular disease among blacks. Statistical
data are included on 16 tables and one graph. Each chapter
includes a list of references. (FMW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Demography-; Economic-Factors; Health
Personnel; Primary-Health-Care; State-Surveys
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Blacks-; *Health-Needs; *Health-Services;
*Poverty-; *Urban-Environment
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