Tell Them's Blog » Latina http://blog.tellthemsc.org Fri, 18 May 2012 16:12:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Preventive Health Care for All- Regardless of Race http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/01/preventative-health-care-for-all-regardless-of-race/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preventative-health-care-for-all-regardless-of-race http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/01/preventative-health-care-for-all-regardless-of-race/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:00:17 +0000 Ambassadors http://blog.tellthemsc.org/?p=118 South Carolina’s reproductive policies have an especially large impact on minority women. The discrepancies between African American and Latina women’s health, compared to White women, are growing.  This pattern has a direct effect on the overall well being of women in South Carolina.

Teen pregnancy rates are higher among minority women in South Carolina compared than White young women. Teenage pregnancy rates have increased continuously from 1997 to 2007 among African Americans. South Carolina ranks 27 out of 47 states for African American teen birth rates, and 44 out of 47 for Latina birth rates.

These same racial disparities exist in terms of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV rates. Latina teens account for 15% of newly diagnosed HIV cases among women, while African Americans made up 61% in 2007. Latina teens make up 18% of youth ages 13-19, but account for 19% of AIDS cases in South Carolina? Or US?. At the same time, female African American teens are 68% of AIDS cases while only accounting for 15% of teens in the US.

These are just a few of the sobering statistics that demonstrate the work that needs to be done to ensure that preventive health care is available and access to all South Carolinians, regardless of age, race or ethnicity.  Voters must demand health policies that meet the real needs of our residents.

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