The Los Angeles Public Health Department aims to address the social and structural inequities to improve public health outcomes for all residents.
shows Black, Asian and Latinx adults continue to face disproportionate inequities when it comes to access to health care, insurance coverage and housing, resulting in higher rates of physical and mental health problems.
"The 2023 L.A. County Health Survey findings confront us with the stark realities of how historical inequities continue to shape the health and well-being of our communities, especially among our Black and Latinx residents," public health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said. "We see that our Latinx and Black populations... have substantially higher rates of diagnosed diabetes compared to our Asian and white populations," L.A. County's Nutrition and Physical Activity Program Director Dipa Shah-Patel said
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