2012-05-24T14:56:20Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/black-populations.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100243.html Nov 30, 2011 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100212.html Sep 30, 2011 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 (

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100209.html Aug 1, 2011 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100194.html Jul 31, 2011 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100110.html May 31, 2011 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110028.html Jan 31, 2011 Jan 31, 2011

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

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100202.html Dec 31, 2010 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110097.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

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

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000185.html Nov 30, 2010 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091232.html Aug 31, 2009 Aug 31, 2009

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

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9375.html Aug 11, 2008 Aug 11, 2008

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080614.html May 31, 2008 May 31, 2008

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081003.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081002.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071102.html Oct 31, 2007 Oct 31, 2007

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

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070402.html Mar 31, 2007 Mar 31, 2007

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070101.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070119.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>There is strong evidence that pain is undertreated in black and Hispanic patients.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060121.html Dec 31, 2005 Dec 31, 2005

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

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050326.html Dec 31, 2004 Dec 31, 2004

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