There is increasing evidence and acceptance of the association between racial and ethnic disparities in health and the role that racism plays in the equation. Fulton County, Georgia and the City of Atlanta, as its largest municipality, suffer from a significant level of disparities in health and health outcomes. These disparities include a life expectancy for African American men of 61.5 years, which is lower than the national average for African American men, and 18 years lower than the life expectancy of white women in this county. Fulton County developed it’s own locally based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 1999 in order to collect usable data at the commission district level to guide the department in prevention and intervention strategies. Using principles and data developed by the Measures of Racism working group at the CDC, we have created a Racism Module for inclusion in our system. This presentation discusses the creation of the module and preliminary results for the first 6 months of its use.
Learning Objectives: Recognize the community's perception of the relationship between racism and individual health outcomes.
Keywords: Risk Factors, Ethnic Minorities
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