Chapter 10 SLAM

This chapter is all about diversity and the strengths in it. The fedreal government has recently categorized the U.S population into five racial groups...American Indian or Alaska Native, Aian, black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacifi Islander, and white...and two ethnic groups (Hispanic or Latino and non-Hispanic or Latino). The reporting of accurate and complete raceand ethnicity data provides esssential information to target and evaluate publi health inventions aimed at minority populations. All cultural and ethnic groups hold concepts related to health and illness and associated practices for maintaining well-being or providing treatment when it is indicated.
Socioeconomic status has been considered the most influential single contributor to premature morbidity and mrotality by many public health researchers. Research in the llast couple of decades indicates that the relationship between SES and health occurs at every socioeconomic level and for a broad range of SES indicators. This relationship between SES and health can be described as a gradient.