Examining Health Inequities

Examining Health Inequities (Part 6) – Wealth and Health

This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Summary and assessment of Race, Homeownership, and Wealth Summary A racial income gap is commonly recognized andContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 6) – Wealth and Health”

Examining Health Inequities (Part 5) – Impact of Allostatic Load

This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Allostatic load adversely impacts a person’s health in a cycle that is challenging to break. Allostatic loadContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 5) – Impact of Allostatic Load”

Examining Health Inequities (Part 4) – Impact of Child Maltreatment

This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Summary and assessment of Adverse childhood experiences, allostasis, allostatic load, and age-related disease

Examining Health Inequities (Part 3) – Leading Causes of Death

The changes in the cause of death from 1900 to 2016 tells us a lot about the healthcare needs today and how they have changed over time. Evaluating the leading causes of death each year is one of the most important pieces of information that can be used to focus on improving a communities’ healthcareContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 3) – Leading Causes of Death”

Examining Health Inequities (Part 2) – Moving Upstream

This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Summary and assessment of Moving Upstream: How Interventions that Address the Social Determinants of Health can ImproveContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 2) – Moving Upstream”

Examining Health Inequities (Part 1) – Culture of Competitiveness

This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. The United States of America has a culture built upon a philosophy and culture of competitiveness. AsContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 1) – Culture of Competitiveness”