Effects Of Aging On African Americans

’s case because he knew he would need a new job to make money and provide for him and his family, so he tried something and it ended up working out very well in the end.

Why was the Great Depression such a hard time for Americans? In 1929 the stock market crashed in America. Which resulted in massive amounts of disarray, and caused Nine Thousand U.S. Banks to Fail. During the Great Depression of the 1930’s, African Americans were hit the hardest by the scarcity of jobs and money. During the Great Depression almost all of the blacks were fired from their jobs and had no way to sustain themselves or their families due to the loss of food and money. After being fired it was nearly impossible for them to get another job, and if they did happen to be hired they received almost no pay. John Hardman wrote, “The Great Depression of the 1930s worsened the already black economic situation of black Americans. African

“At age 65, white men in the highest-income families can expect to live 3.1 years longer than white men in the lowest-income families” (Tischler 383). Life expectancies varies among racial groups due to different leading causes of death in each race and the different incomes available to a group. According to several studies, African Americans are at a greater risk of dying from heart disease than whites, while whites are at a greater risk than Asians, Latinos, and Native Americans. Large racial and ethnic disparities exist in health due to poverty rates, diet, biological differences, and location. On a greater scale, minority groups tend to have less of an income than whites, which affect the type of medical care available for them. Also, dietary habits varies among racial groups. The African American culture consists of generally fattening food dating to centuries ago and is still persistent today. A Latino diet consists of beans, grains, and other less fattening foods. However, currently many of these racial groups begin to adapt to American diets that worsen their

Healthy People 2020 (2015) states, health disparities are a health outcome of greater or lesser extent between populations, which includes populations by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, education, income, or geographic location. The purpose of the post is to discuss how disparities play a role in health,

Heart disease is the number one killer of women and the leading cause of death in African-American women.1 African-American women have higher rates of heart disease with earlier onset and more severe complications than women from other ethnicities. A common strategy to address the increase incidence of heart disease in

Heritage Assessment Dianna Freeman Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotions NSG-429V December 20, 2014 Heritage Assessment “Health is influenced by culture and beliefs” (NRS-429V, 2011, p. 1). In order for the nurse to properly care for the patient, she must know and understand the patient’s culture. “Cultural care is a comprehensive model that includes the

An African American is considered residents of the United States and who have ancestry in any of the black communities of Africa. African Americans are the second largest minority population. A minority is considered the smallest of a group. Although African Americans had a hard time evolving in America their cultures, slavery, slave rebellions, and the civil rights movements have shaped African-American religious, familial, political, and economic behaviors in many ways (NCBI gov books).

Nationally, 20.5 percent of African American girls of ages 2-11 were obese compared with 15.6% of White girls and 19.9% of African American boys 2-11 were when compared with White boys. In looking at the statistics the African American population continues to suffer

Marlen Macedo Intro to Sociology 03/05/16 African Americans Health Paper African American men have a lower exposure to tobacco, yet 50% are more likely to get lung cancer compared to white men. There are several diseases that strike or target African Americans, it may be a genetic or a non genetic health issue, but very common to them. Non genetic diseases that are more common within the African Americans are lung diseases, heart diseases, and diabetes. A genetic disorder would be sickle cell anemia. While they affect other races as well, african americans are more likely to get them.

African Americans suffer from several aspects of degenerative disease from heart disease, cancer, and other genetics disorders. One of the major diseases that are more prevalent to African Americans is Alzheimer disease (AD). Alzheimer is a progressive disease that starts with the deterioration of the brain, this gets worst over

At the point when contrasted with whites, these minority bunches have higher rate of endless ailment, higher mortality and poor wellbeing results. Among the ailment particular cases of racial and ethnic variations in the united state is the tumor frequency rate among African Americans, which is 10% higher than among whites. Furthermore, grown up African Americans and Latinos have roughly double the danger as whites of creating diabetes. Minority likewise have higher rate of cardiovascular sickness, HIV/AIDS, newborn child mortality than whites.

African Americans have a 67% greater risk for Septicemia rate than non Hispanic whites. (9.4 per 1,000 blacks compared to 5.6 per 1,000 whites). African Americans also were 80% more likely to die from Septicemia. The reason for the higher risk is that Blacks tend to have more various diseases such as diabetes, obesity,

“They were always trying to play with my intelligence. This was a time when folks were shouting, "Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud.' Yet, when I called someone black, they would say, "Why are you so cruel? Why are you calling us black?' If they saw me with a girl, they would yell to her, "what are you doing with that African?” now with all these behaviors towards strangers, I am yet to hear any media outlet that condemned the obnoxious behavior some of the black kids perpetrates on strangers. It brings me to the question I’ve always asked myself “Can’t black Americans be racist towards other groups? Why it that the only time black Americans are affected is are seen as racist but not vice versa.

Factors such as race and poverty can affect someone's health. Racism and financial struggles over time is enough stress to effect your body in many ways, such as high blood pressure. Many people stress over their socioeconomic status because they are afraid of what others think about them especially if they are a minority. Minorities already know their are prejudices towards them so the stress from worrying about their socioeceonomic status and what others think takes a toll on their health. A person that holds an upper status tends to be more concerned with their health when in comes to eating healthy and regular doctor visits. Racial minorites already do not have as long of a life expectancy as whites due to the stress they endure, however;

The older adult faces declines to their cellular and metabolic rate which translates to declines in the integumentary system, respiratory system, cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal system, musculoskeletal system and neurological systems (Potter & Perry,