• Economic stability is considered a social determinant of health because of the access it provides to additional resources to improve individual health outcomes

• Chronic conditions and premature deaths are most prevalent in populations that lack economic stability

• Without personal income, generational wealth inheritance, affordable housing, and affordable education, black Americans experience the greatest economic instability

• High levels of poverty are seen in this population with one in every five black Americans living below the poverty line. This directly impacts conditions in which black Americans are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age.

• Unemployment rates for black Americans are now what they were in late 1960s despite the recent increase in job availability

• There are government-funded programs intended to lessen the burden of economic instability however administration of these programs vary state-to-state and are subject to biases that create access-barriers

The R.A.C.E. To Health Equity™

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• Change through Contributions 

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