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Highlights in Minority Health
May, 2008

 

MAY 10th, 2008 IS WORLD LUPUS DAY
World Lupus Day will focus on the need for improved patient healthcare service, increased research into the causes of and a cure for lupus, enhanced physician diagnosis and treatment of lupus, and better epidemiological data on lupus globally.
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EXAMPLES OF IMPORTANT HEALTH DISPARITIES
	Lupus is three times more common in black women than in white women. It is also more common in women of Hispanic/Latina, Asian, and American Indian descent.1
	Black and Hispanic/Latina women tend to develop symptoms from SLE at an earlier age than other women.1
	African Americans have more severe organ problems from SLE, especially with their kidneys.1
	Between 1979 and 1998, death rates from SLE increased nearly 70% among black women between the ages of 45 and 64 years. Possible reasons include an increasing incidence of SLE, later diagnosis, less access to health care, less-effective treatments, and poorer compliance with treatment recommendations.2
	Each year during the study period, death rates for SLE were more than five times higher for women than for men and more than three times higher for blacks than for whites.2
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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
	Trends in Deaths from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - U.S., 1979 - 1998
	Office of Communication (OC) Lupus Fact Sheet
	National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) Arthritis Program
	Athritis Types: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or Lupus)
	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
	Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (OMHD)
	Eliminate Disparities in Lupus
	Lupus News
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
	Handout on Health: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
	Lupus: A Patient Care Guide for Nurses & Other Health Professionals
	The Many Shades of Lupus
	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
	Neurological Sequelae of Lupus Information Page
National Kidney & Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC)
	Lupus Nephritis
Medline
	Medline Plus: Lupus
		Definition & Images
National Women's Health Information Center
	Lupus
Organizations
	Alliance for Lupus Research
	American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
	American College of Rheumatology
	Arthritis Foundation
	Black Women's Health: Living with Lupus
	The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA)
		World Lupus Day
		Lupus Now
		Statistics about Lupus
	SLE Foundation
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SOURCES
	1.	Women's Health.gov / 4Women.gov FAQs Lupus
	2.	CDC Office of Communication, Lupus Fact Sheet
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