Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care: an Assessment and Analysis of the Awareness and Perceptions of Public Health Workers Implementing a Statewide Community Transformation Grant in Texas

Abstract

Among public health workers, recent exposure to information regarding health disparities may be associated with their perceptions of health disparities. Further research is needed to investigate the impact of such exposure on their long-term perception of disparities, as well as the equity of services and programs they administer.

Moving From Data to Action: Necessary Next Steps to a Better Governmental Public Health Workforce

“…We live in a time of unprecedented health transformation. Health disparities of all types (rural, age, race, and gender) are steady, if not increasing, and for the first time in US history, overall life expectancy is declining 1–5. Climate change,6–8 opioid misuse and addiction,9–11 integration of physical and behavioral health,12–15 and persistent rates of chronic disease are both contemporary and emerging public health problems.…”

Continuing evidence of Chagas disease along the Texas-Mexico border

“…A recent screening of banked sera from Cameron County, Texas revealed that 0.36% of residents had a confirmed Chagas disease infection [12]. With each colonia having different and unique social determinants of health [17], our current study aimed to continue surveillance in neighboring Starr County and to further understand the Chagas disease prevalence and risk factors for infection in this local population.…”