Black adults rate school violence and racial inequities higher on their list of children’s health concerns than other groups, a new national survey says. Among black adults, 61 percent believe racial inequities are “a big problem” for children in the U.S., compared with 17 percent of white adults and 45 percent of Hispanic adults, according to the 2016 annual survey of top children’s health concerns by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health (NPCH). Racial inequities and school violence were No. 2 and No. 3 on the list of child health concerns among black Americans. Gun injuries — which did not make any other group’s top 10 list — ranked seventh.
— source University of Michigan | Aug 15, 2016