 Health disparities - Causes of health disparities: Encyclopedia II - Health disparities - Causes of health disparitiesThere is debate about what causes health disparities between ethnic and racial groups. However, it is generally accepted that disparities can result from three main areas:
From the personal, socioeconomic, and environmental characteristics of different ethnic and racial groups (such as how certain racial groups, on average, live in poorer areas with high incidents of lead-based paint, which can harm children).
From the barriers certain racial and ethnic groups encounter when trying to enter into the health care delivery system; and
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