Talk:Health disparities

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[edit] This

This article is well written, but poorly sourced. A controversial topic like this begs for page numbers. --Muchosucko 02:36, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

This was the first Wikipedia article I ever wrote and as such my referencing was weak. Ihave all of the original source material, so when I get a chance I'll go back and add in-line sources.--Alabamaboy 19:07, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

"Controversial" topic? In the US? not in Europe at least. Health inequalities are widely acknowledged across all European countries, starting with Britain. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.244.56.75 (talk • contribs) 2006-07-01 00:30:12 (UTC)

References have now been added.--Alabamaboy 18:28, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Religious practices

I think we need to add about religious practices. The problems of childbirth related to female genital mutilation, for example. violet/riga (t) 08:51, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Definintion

I would have thought that the term health disparity would also refer to people who are disadvantaged by being from a poor socioeconomic background as it states here [1]. In Europe we use the term health inequality to describe this. Perhaps it is a cultural difference: where it is assumed in the US that poorer people would have poorer health, to people in European countries, such as the UK, this is something that we are disturbed by and are trying to eradicate. If this is not the case, then perhaps we ought to reword the first paragraph. --Vince 17:32, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

This has been added in, although the article did previously discuss how socioeconomic factors also resulted in health disparities. And it is wrong to say that people in the USA are not disturbed by health disparities and aren't trying to eradicate them. Best, --Alabamaboy 15:27, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I am sorry if my comments were offensive. I should have worded it better. I think I was annoyed! Importantly though, I am pleased we have reached a consensus for the current version of the page. --Vince 16:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)