Question

Prepare at least a 150-200-word response to the following:

Provide a brief history of African Americans in the United States.

What are some of the behavior risk factors and common diseases that African Americans experience?

Why is there general mistrust by African Americans in the medical system?

Answer 1

HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN IN THE UNITED STATE.

African American the largest ethnic groups in the United States which made of enslaved people who come from Africa for working in the US. African-American has a big contribution in the history and culture of America. African American has no right in the social,economicaleconomical and political progress. Now a days the population of African American was consistently increase in many large cities of America.

BEHAVIOUR RISK FACTORS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.

African-american have some behaviour such as physical inactivity,alcoholism,excessive use of tobacco and lack of nutritions. Vice-versa they are negatively affecting the health of the people.

Poverty and lack of Nutrition push them to a world of disease and physical disability. Excessive use of alcoholism and tobacco where are so found in some ladies and also affect them in the stage of pregnancy. Lack of knowledge about health make them to purchase cheap food at low budget and will affect in the mental and Physical health of the people including pregnant women and children.

COMMON DISEASES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.

-Diabetes.

-Sickle cell disease.

-Stroke.

-Peripheral artery disease.

-Cancer.

-Sexually transmitted disease.

-Heart disease .

-Hypertension.

GENERAL MISTRUST BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THE MEDICAL SYSTEM.

The main reason of this was racism. Because of racism African American people skipping the the medical screening including cholesterol BP pregnancy,etc.Racism must be avoided from healthcare sector and save the life of the people.

African American people experience racism in everyday life from workspace,public places,medical sector,etc.. Discrimination lead to skipping of many activities, mainly in the medical field which include emergency treatment and the surgeries. Racism and medical mistress play a role in seeking of routine preventive health screening.

CONCLUSION.

Here we discuss about,

-History of African American in United State.

-Behavioural risk factors of African American.

-Common diseases of African American.

-General mistrust of African-American in medical system.