Slide 10. What Factors Contribute to Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities?

Taking Action to Achieve Health Equity: Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Communities of Color

On April 13, 2012, Brian D. Smedley made this presentation at the meeting of the National Advisory Council.

Slide 10. What Factors Contribute to Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities?.

  • Socioeconomic position.
  • Residential segregation and environmental living conditions.
  • Occupational risks and exposures.
  • Health risk and health-seeking behaviors.
  • Differences in access to health care.
  • Differences in health care quality.

Structural inequality—including historic and contemporary racism and discrimination—influences all of the above.

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Internet Citation: Slide 10. What Factors Contribute to Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities?: Taking Action to Achieve Health Equity: Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Communities of Color. August 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2012-04-nac/smedley/smedleyslide10.html