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House Resolution 1
A resolution recognizing April 2022 as "Minority 2
Health Month" in Florida. 3
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WHEREAS, National Minority Health Month is a month -long 5
national initiative to advance health equity across the country 6
on behalf of all racial and ethnic minorities, and 7
WHEREAS, National Minority Health Month began with Booker 8
T. Washington advocating for a National Negro Health Week in 9
1915, and 10
WHEREAS, in 2002, the United States Congress said that a 11
National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month, "should 12
be established to promote educational efforts on the health 13
problems facing minorities and other health disparity 14
populations," and 15
WHEREAS, as an example of such health problems and 16
disparities, according to a report by the National Center for 17
Health Statistics, Black women are dying two -and-a-half times 18
more often than white women due to maternal causes, and 19
WHEREAS, a study published in 2019 by a researcher at 20
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health 21
Sciences revealed that Black and Hispanic patients were less 22
likely than white patients to receive medication for acute pain, 23
with the meta-analysis performed in the research demon strating 24
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the presence of racial and ethnic disparities in the 25
administration of pain management medication, and 26
WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and 27
Prevention, certain vulnerable populations, such as racial and 28
ethnic minority groups , are at higher risk of getting sick and 29
dying of COVID-19, and 30
WHEREAS, historical inequities in treatment and events like 31
the Tuskegee Syphilis Study may explain why some from racial and 32
ethnic minority groups do not trust healthcare systems and may 33
therefore be more hesitant to get a COVID -19 vaccine, and 34
WHEREAS, the theme of the 202 2 National Minority Health 35
Month is "Give Your Community a Boost ," NOW, THEREFORE, 36
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Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of 38
Florida: 39
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That April 2022 is recognized as "Minority Health Month" in 41
Florida. 42