I plan to a conduct a Series of Webinars on "Health Status, Social Determinants of Health and African Americans."    We are looking for panelists  to join the  interdisciplinary webinars that will be scheduled through out the year

Social determinants of health are the key factors in the health status gap between blacks and whites. Social determinants of health are the social, economic and political forces under which people live that affect their health.  Social determinants include wealth/income, education, physical environment, health care, housing, employment, stress and racism/discrimination. In fact, for blacks racism is a key factor.  Even when economics are controlled, blacks have poorer health. That is, middle-class blacks have poorer health than middle-class whites. In fact, middle-class whites live 10 years longer than middle-class blacks. The stress of living in a racialized discriminatory society accounts for these racial health disparities.

Each webinar will consider a particular social determinant, inequities and the role of the law in promoting inequities or eliminating inequities.