CDC finds racial disparities in health of people with disabilities
October 3rd, 2008From Healthday News/U.S. News & World Report:
A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that black, Hispanic and Native Americans with disabilities are more likely to report “fair or poor” health status than white or Asian Americans.
… With October declared National Disability Awareness Month, the CDC said, “Efforts to reduce racial/ethnic health disparities should explicitly include strategies to improve the health and well being of persons with disabilities within each racial/ethnic population.”
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