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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED313472 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Black Health Issues in New York State: Condition,
Prognosis, Prescription. Executive Summary. Preliminary
Report, Health Subcommittee. The Governor's Advisory
Committee for Black Affairs. Volume 1, Health.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1987
NOTE: 62 p.; For full report, see UD 027 118.
ABSTRACT: This document summarizes a review of the health
problems of blacks in New York. The review comprises 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
outlined: (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. Recommendations for
improvement are suggested. (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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