Hispanics Living in Alabama

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This paper briefly looks at the demographics of the Hispanic population of the United States, before focusing on the Southern states and Alabama, in particular. The paper discusses the migration from Latin American countries, demographic facts, and the distribution of labor in the Hispanic workforce, especially in the agricultural and poultry fields. The paper then discusses the health situation of Alabama's Hispanics, touching on the effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the effect of poverty, environmental hazards, and urban crowding on the overall health of the population. The paper examines how community-based projects and social-service providers attempt to solve health and other issues within this community.

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The Hispanic community is very much susceptible to communicable diseases. As much as 55 per cent of the active cases of TB reported in the US were among the Hispanics/ Latinos or African Americans. The urban poverty, overcrowded living conditions, HIV infections and poor compliance with TB chemotherapy had probably led to this disproportionately high incidence of the disease. (Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) Again, the incidence of rubella in the United States has been drastically reduced due to the very successful rubella vaccination programme and there were only 176 cases in 2000. But still, the disease seems to be affecting a very high number of Hispanic adults according to the surveillance data and has increased from19 per cent in 1991 to 78 percent in 2000."

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