Precis Research on Race/Ethnicity and Health Care Discrimination: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go

Shavers have done research with a 2008 nationwide Gallup Poll conducted June 5–6, 2008, 56% of those surveyed agreed that racism against African Americans was widespread. Data from the National Latino and Asian American Study show that 30% of Latinos perceived that they had been discriminated against. The purpose of this study was to investigate the biases, stereotypes and prejudices prevalent in the general community held by our medical or other institutions. The research was focus on the year 2008 United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) urged then President George W. Bush’s administration to “take effective actions to end racist practices against minorities in the United States in areas of criminal justice, housing, healthcare and education. Through this study this help the author develop an understanding the awareness of racial/ethnic disparities in access to care, receipt of treatment, health status, and health outcomes. This research will help my paper because it provides meaningful data and insight number of factors are posited to underlie these disparities including socioeconomic status, lack of health care knowledge, cultural beliefs and preferences, and racial/ethnicity-based discrimination