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Policies and Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities: A Study of Toombs County Georgia

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  • Zargham Ullah Khan

    (Assistant Professor, Hailey college of Banking and Finance, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.)

  • Ujala Siddiq

    (Lecturer, Faculty of Contemporary Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.)

  • Jaffar Mehmood Butt

    (M.Phil Scholar, University of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.)

Abstract

The county Toombs is located in the state of Georgia in the U.S. In the census of the year 2010, the recorded population was 26,067 people. The household number was 9,877, and the number of families counted was 6825. The density of population was recorded 71 persons per square mile. 11,371 houses were found per 31 square miles. This study is done to find out the disparities in the state. The analysis of the data is done in the SPSS. The studied disease is AIDS, Cancer and Diabetes as they were the most emerging diseases among the population. The outburst of the epidemic was also counted and calculated. At the end of this research proposal policy options are given and divided into micro policies and macro policies. These policy options may help to minimize the gap created because of the health.

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  • Zargham Ullah Khan & Ujala Siddiq & Jaffar Mehmood Butt, 2020. "Policies and Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities: A Study of Toombs County Georgia," Global Regional Review, Humanity Only, vol. 5(1), pages 576-583, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aaw:grrjrn:v:5:y:2020:i:1:p:576-583
    DOI: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).60
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    Keywords

    Policy; Population; Disease; Person; State;
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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