Inequality in healthcare
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, October 14, 2005
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Latino children are most likely to have sub-optimal health status, with 26% of them in less than excellent or less than very good health, compared to 12% of non-Hispanic white children, says the report "America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005," published by The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
The report also confirms the disturbing trend that Latino children are far more likely than any other racial or ethnic group to lack health insurance. Twenty-one percent of Latino children were uninsured in 2003, compared with 7% of white children and 14% of black children.
The report suggests higher quality healthcare for Latino children could be achieved through better cultural competency and education of healthcare providers. New Jersey, for example, passed legislation requiring cultural competency education for physician licensure.
Source: The Miami Herald
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