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From InterSections in Practice
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When it comes to drinking alcohol during
pregnancy, poor and minority
women are more likely to be asked for a urine
sample for testing than their
wealthy and white counterparts. Many doctors,
however, are mistaken when
they bypass their wealthy,Caucasian clients
and assume that a minority
woman from a metropolitan city should be screened
or monitored…
Laura LaRue Gertz, LCSW, ACSW
THE DISPARITY IN SCREENINGS FOR FETAL ALCOHOL
SPECTRUM DISORDERS
Older adults may experience the effects of health disparities
more dramatically than any other population group, and because
they are more likely to have chronic illnesses, make frequent
visits to medical facilities, and live in poverty, their
access to care becomes even more challenging.
Lisa Yagoda,
LICSW, ACSW
OLDER ADULTS AND HEALTH DISPARITIES: THE
IMPACT ON ACCESS TO CARE
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