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RACIAL, GENDER & SEX ORIENTATION: DISPARITIES & HEALTH

Erme Maula, RN, University of Pennsylvania / CHAMP

Prevention Justice Seminar

October 25, 2004

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Erme Maula is the Special Projects Coordinator for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, AIDS Activities Coordinating Office; and she serves as co-chair for the National Asian and Pacific Islander Women’s HIV/AIDS Working Group and the East Coast Asian Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Network. She is also on the Board of Directors for CHAMP and the AIDSFund. Erme is currently a Pre-doctoral Nursing Student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the co-chair of the CHAMP Board of Directors.





Recommended Readings
Racial, Gender and Sex Orientation: Disparities and Health


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I. Healthy People 2010: The Federal Government’s Health Goals for the Coming Decade, by John Magisano.

II. Improving Access to Healthcare for Lesbians: Overcoming Barriers to Cultural Competence, by Cheryl B. Fields.

III. National Coalition for LGBT Health, An Overview of U.S. Trans Health Priorities.

IV. Health Disparities Experienced by Hispanics.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5340a1.htm

V. Health Disparities in New York City: A Report from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
www.nyc.gov/html/doh/pdf/epi/disparities-2004.pdf

VI. Invisible Women: Class, Gender and HIV. Farmer, P. In Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues. Berkley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, p. 59-93.

VII. ‘Paved with Good Intentions: Do Public Health and Human Service Providers Contribute to Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health?’ Van Ryn, M., Fu, S.S. In American Journal of Public Health, February 2003, Vol. 93, No. 2.

VIII. The Color Line: Race Matters in the Elimination of Health Disparities. Thomas, S.B. In American Journal of Public Health, July 2001, Vol. 91, No. 7.

IX. Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Campanelli, R.M. In American Journal of Public Health, October 2003, Vol. 93, No. 10.

X. Heterogeneity of Health Disparities Among African American, Hispanic, and Asian American Women: Unrecognized Influences of Sexual Orientation. Mays, V.M., Yancey, A.K. et al. In American Journal of Public Health, April 2002, Vol. 92, No. 4.

XI. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status: Framing an Agenda for Public Health and Community Mobilization. Fergerson, G.
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/TR7.PDF

XII. Reach 2010 Surveillance for Health Status in Minority Communities. – United States 2001-2002.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss5306.pdf

Also available on the web (but not in packs):

Danielle Juteau. Patterns of Social Differentiation in Canada: Understanding their dynamics and bridging their gaps.
http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/pub/cpp/SE_english/Juteau.pdf

Susan P Mains. Mobility and Exclusion: towards an understanding of migration in the context of Jamaica.
www.wider.unu.edu/conference-2002-3/conference%20papers/Mains.pdf

Comprehensive Neighborhood Studies: Characterizing Decline. Carter, T., Polevychok, C. November 2003. The Institute of Urban Studies: University of Winnipeg.
www.uwinnipeg.ca/web/faculty/ius/iusweb/CRC/crc_background_CharacterizingDecline1.pdf