Question 1: How do the issues of race, the potential myth of race, and the historical contexts of race impact the
health issues we’ve focused on?
Question 2: How do rates and treatments for diabetes and heart disease fit within the larger picture of health
disparities?
Personal Reflection
Provide a personal reflection on the topic(s).
Responses to this section must be at least a paragraph.
Connect what you have learned to a personal experience, whether one you’ve experienced or
one you’ve observed among your family or friends, and/or to your future career or current
event (you must cite a source for a current event). Personal experiences are an excellent way to
humanize these topics and add layers of meaning missing in scientific reports.
References List
Using the provided sources below and in APA style, include a references list at the end of the paper on a separate page (excluded from
minimum page count). Entries in the references list must match in-text citations and vice versa.
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/people-and-culture/2018/04/theres-no-
scientific-basis-for-race-its-a-made-up-label
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/06/16/how-fluid-is-racial-
identity/race-and-racial-identity-are-social-constructs
https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302523
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.12.009
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-diabetes-statistics-report.pdf
