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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Kids Are Gaining More Weight During the Elementary School Years — Nov 30, 2011

Nearly 40% of a nationally representative cohort of children started kindergarten with a BMI in the top quartile of the growth charts. This proportion increased significantly between 1st and 3rd grades but there was no further increase during middle school.

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Racial and ethnic disparities in hospital care resulting from air pollution in excess of federal standards — Sep 30, 2011

This study investigates racial and ethnic disparities in hospital admission and emergency room visit rates resulting from exposure to ozone and fine particulate matter levels in excess of federal standards (

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Longitudinal Association of HIV Conspiracy Beliefs with Sexual Risk Among Black Males Living with HIV — Aug 1, 2011

In a sample of HIV-positive African American men, greater belief in HIV conspiracies was associated with a higher likelihood of reporting unprotected intercourse.

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Social Networks of Homeless Youth in Emerging Adulthood — Jul 31, 2011

Interventions need to recognize the importance of social networks of homeless youth in emerging adulthood by enhancing supportive bonds and reducing substance use and risky sex.

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Racial and Ethnic Service Use Disparities Among Homeless Adults with Severe Mental Illnesses Receiving ACT — May 31, 2011

Case management of community interventions is intended to narrow racial and ethnic disparities, but this study of homeless individuals with severe mental illness found that it reduced disparities for blacks, but not for Latinos.

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Discrimination as a Key Mediator of the Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress and HIV Treatment Adherence Among African American Men — Jan 31, 2011

This study highlights the critical role that discrimination plays in adherence to antiretroviral therapy among African American men experiencing posttraumatic stress.

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HIV Risk and Perceptions of Masculinity Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men — Dec 31, 2010

These interviews with young black men who have sex with men showed that perception of masculinity was the primary contextual factor influencing partner selection, risk assessment, and decision-making with regard to condom usage.

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Uptake and Location of Vaccination for 2009-H1n1 and Seasonal Influenza — Dec 31, 2010

This article describes findings from a group of experts assembled to help improve the science of patient safety..

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Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 in Women: A MACS Approach to Testing for Invariance Across Racial/Ethnic Groups — Nov 30, 2010

This study used data from 3 sites to examine the invariance and psychometric characteristics of the Brief Symptom Inventory –18 across Black, Hispanic, and White mothers of 5th graders. Results showed that the instrument may be used for mean comparisons between Black and White women.

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Editor's Review: Whatever It Takes : Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America — Aug 31, 2009

Review of: Whatever it takes: Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America, by Paul Tough.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Do Neighborhood Economic Conditions Influence the Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables? — Aug 11, 2008

This fact sheet summarizes a study examining the variation of the intake of fruits and vegetables for blacks, whites, and Mexican Americans, in addition to the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic status and this intake.

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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Whites, Blacks, and Mexican Americans in the United States — May 31, 2008

Neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) is positively associated with fruit and vegetable intake. Neighborhood SES partially explains black-white intake disparity and is differentially associated with white, black, and Mexican American intake.

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Does Place Explain Racial Health Disparities? Quantifying the Contribution of Residential Context to the Black/white Health Gap in the United States — Dec 31, 2007

Estimates place effects on racial health disparities. Controlling for a single point-in-time measure of residential context results in a 15-76% reduction of black/white disparities in self-rated health not accounted for by individual-level controls.

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Psychosocial Correlates of Unprotected Sex Without Disclosure of HIV-positivity Among African-American, Latino, and White Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women — Dec 31, 2007

Examines psychosocial correlates of unprotected sex without disclosure of HIV status among men who have sex with men and women, including relationships of race/ethnicity and psychosocial variables to unprotected sex without disclosure of HIV status.

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Are Racial Disparities in Alcohol Treatment Completion Associated with Racial Differences in Treatment Modality Entry? Comparison of Outpatient Treatment and Residential Treatment in Los Angeles County, 1998 to 2000 — Oct 31, 2007

To determine whether racial and ethnic disparities in publicly funded alcohol treatment completion are due to racial differences in attending outpatient and residential treatment.

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Racial Disparities in Completion Rates from Publicly Funded Alcohol Treatment: Economic Resources Explain More Than Demographics and Addiction Severity — Mar 31, 2007

Large differences in rates of outpatient and residential alcohol treatment completion between African American and white patients at publicly funded programs in LAC, the nation's second largest, publicly funded alcohol and drug treatment system, are partially because of economic differences among patients, but remain largely unexplained. These racial disparities merit additional investigation and the attention of health professionals.

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A Multilevel Decomposition Approach to Estimate the Role of Program Location and Neighborhood Disadvantage in Racial Disparities in Alcohol Treatment Completion — Dec 31, 2006

Large racial disparities in completion rates from substance abuse treatment programs in urban settings remain largely unexplained, although evidence is accumulating that neighborhood conditions may influence individual substance abuse patterns and consequences.

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Racial Differences in the Use of Epidural Analgesia for Labor — Dec 31, 2006

There is strong evidence that pain is undertreated in black and Hispanic patients.

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African American Women and Family Planning Services: Perceptions of Discrimination — Dec 31, 2005

African American women may be vulnerable to prejudice within reproductive health care contexts, including family planning.

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Conspiracy Beliefs About HIV/AIDS and Birth Control Among African Americans: Implications for the Prevention of HIV, Other STIs, and Unintended Pregnancy — Dec 31, 2004

Policy and programmatic implications of conspiracy beliefs for the prevention of HIV, other STIs, and unintended pregnancy.

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