About Health Disparities

• Health disparities are not simply differences in health.

• The term “disparity” may connote a difference that is inequitable, unjust or unacceptable.

Examining Health Disparities. Research Plan of the National Institute of Health. Unfinished Business. Institute of Medicine. 2006

Health Disparities

• The discussion about health disparities• The root causes• The pathway

Determinants of Health

• Biological Factors• Health Care Access and Quality• Physical Environment• Social Environment• Behavioral Factors• Stress• Discrimination

61% (9,444,077) of Latino children live in low-income families.

National Center for Children in Poverty. National Demographic Profile. 2007

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Poorest ZIPs in O.C. and CaliforniaComments 1| Recommend 0

Orange County's 10 poorestCentral Orange County is home to the ZIP codes with the lowest-income households, according to Internal Revenue Service data for 2005. They’re also some of the largest households, based on the number of dependents per filing. The average Orange County household income was $73,985, up 6.65 percent since 2004. The average number of people per filing was 2.1.

Rank City Zip Income

1 Santa Ana 92703 $27,683

2 Santa Ana 92701 $29,515

3 Garden Grove 92843 $31,615

4 Midway City 92655 $31,950

5 Santa Ana 92704 $33,186

6 Santa Ana 92707 $34,469

7 Stanton 90680 $34,537

8 Garden Grove 92844 $34,798

9 Anaheim 92801 $35,182

10 Anaheim 92805 $35,483

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Gangs

• The number of Gang member increased by 25% in the last year.

• Hispanic membership in gangs increased from 70% in 1997 to 91% in 2006.

• Asian/Pacific Islander, Non Hispanic White and African American membership has decreased since 1997.

The 13th Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in O.C. 2007

Teen pregnancy

• Hispanic females under 19 years of age accounted for 84.6% of the total births to teens

The 13th Annual Report on the Conditons of Children in O.C. 2007

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Adolescent BoysPrevalence of Obesity by Race/Ethnicity

(Aged 12-19 years)

NHANES III1988-1994

NHANES2003-2006

Non-Hispanic White 11.6% 17.3%

Non-Hispanic Black 10.7% 18.5%

Mexican-American 14.1% 22.1%

Overweight and Obesity. Center of Disease Control and Preventionhttp://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/childhood/prevalence.htm

OUR CURRENT SITUATIONOUR CURRENT SITUATION

Santa Ana is a Santa Ana is a park-poorpark-poor city. city.

Santa Ana: 17,408 acres.Santa Ana: 17,408 acres.

373 acres of park space. 373 acres of park space.

~0.9 acres/ 1,000 persons, California ~0.9 acres/ 1,000 persons, California cities average 5 acres/ 1,000 persons. cities average 5 acres/ 1,000 persons.

34.8% of Santa Ana children are obese.

Santa Ana has the second-highest child obesity rate in California among cities its size.

Source: California Center for Public Health AdvocacySource: California Center for Public Health Advocacy..

Source: TPL Greenprinting Analysis UnitSource: TPL Greenprinting Analysis Unit

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Children learn not only from what we TELL them,

but also from what

we SELL them