DAYTON, Ohio ( WDTN ) — Black women are at a disproportionate rate of having unfair treatment with it comes to medical issues.
That includes high infant mortality rates and even struggles to get proper health insurance coverage from providers. A local conference was held today to shed light on disparities in healthcare.
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Studies show that Black women are more likely to die from heart health issues than any other demographic in America. At Saturday’s Black Women’s Health Initiative Conference, that issue along with a lengthy list of other concerns that impact Black women were bought to light.
“We have always as Black women, we take care of everybody else,” said Jacqueline Moore, faith organizer for Black Women’s Health Initiative. “And we normally put ourselves on the back burner.”
A little over a year ago, the Black Women’s Health Initiative was formed to address the underlying concern.
Organizers for Saturday’s conference say one goal was to highlight the health issues that the vast majority of Black women face.