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Baranowski, Thomas |
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Submitted to: Ethnicity and Disease
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: 11/19/2001 Publication Date: 4/30/2002 Citation: Baranowski,T. 2002. Ethnicity and children's health: hope for the future. Ethnicity and Disease. 12(2):174-176. Interpretive Summary: Ethnic groups usually characterized by low socioeconomic status usually suffer a disproportionately large burden of disease. The burden of disease in the US does not fall equally across all ethnic groups. The concept of financial capital (e.g. income, material resources), human capital (e.g. education), and social capital (e.g. social ties) have been proposed to explain the socioeconomic differences in disease between ethnic groups. Four articles were reviewed which revealed that human and social capital factors could at least partially explain the unequal burden of disease by ethnic group. The concepts of financial, human and social capital appear to be important and deserve substantial more research. Technical Abstract: Ethnic groups usually characterized by low socioeconomic status usually suffer a disproportionately large burden of disease. The burden of disease in the US does not fall equally across all ethnic groups. The concept of financial capital (e.g. income, material resources), human capital (e.g. education), and social capital (e.g. social ties) have been proposed to explain the socioeconomic differences in disease between ethnic groups. Four articles were reviewed which revealed that human and social capital factors could at least partially explain the unequal burden of disease by ethnic group. The concepts of financial, human and social capital appear to be important and deserve substantial more research. |
