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Was Unemployment Insurance Designed to Exclude Black Workers?

Dec 21, 2020

RAND economist Kathryn Edwards discusses whether the exclusion of Black workers in the design of the unemployment insurance program was incidental or intentional.
Q&A

Medical Mistrust Could Reduce Vaccine Uptake: Q&A with Laura Bogart

Dec 23, 2020

Laura Bogart, a senior behavioral scientist, studies how discrimination feeds medical mistrust and conspiracy beliefs. Her research on how mistrust became a barrier to treatment for Black Americans during the HIV epidemic sheds light on why some might question the safety of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Journal Article

Promoting HPV Vaccination in Safety-Net Clinics: A Randomized Trial

This study evaluates effects of a multicomponent intervention (human papillomavirus [HPV] vaccine-specific brochure and recalls) on HPV vaccination and secondarily examines if race/ethnicity moderates effects.

Nov 20, 2015
Journal Article

Social Network Characteristics Moderate the Association Between Stigmatizing Attributions About HIV and Non-Adherence Among Black Americans Living with HIV: A Longitudinal Assessment

This study examines whether social network characteristics moderate stigma's effects among HIV-positive Black Americans.

Nov 13, 2015
Journal Article

New Findings on Food Deserts

In a neighborhood where a full-service grocery store opened after decades of absence, residents reported eating fewer calories and less sugar, perceived better access to healthy foods, and were more satisfied with their neighborhood. Yet, the changes in dietary intake were not related to use of the new store.

Nov 10, 2015
Research Brief

What Happens When a Food Desert Gets a Supermarket?

Introducing a new supermarket into a Pittsburgh “food desert” led to some improvements in residents' diets. However, most improvements were not linked to supermarket use.

Nov 3, 2015
News Release

PHRESH Project: Opening Supermarket in Food Desert Changes Diet and Neighborhood Perceptions, but Changes Are Unrelated ...

In a neighborhood where a full-service grocery store opened after decades of absence, residents reported eating fewer calories and less sugar, perceived better access to healthy foods, and were more satisfied with their neighborhood. Yet, the changes in dietary intake were not related to use of the new store.

Nov 2, 2015
Journal Article

Is Self-Referral Associated with Higher Quality Care?

This study assesses the extent to which patients self-refer to cancer specialists and whether self-referral is associated with better experiences and quality of care.

Oct 29, 2015
Report

Building Better Boyhood Programs: Evaluation of Programs Funded by the African American Men and Boys Task Force Initiative

This report evaluates the implementation of programs funded by The Heinz Endowment's African American Men and Boys Task Force initiative in Allegheny County, Pa.

Aug 19, 2015
Journal Article

Predictors of HIV-Related Stigmas Among African American and Latino Religious Congregants

Inform church-based stigma interventions by exploring dimensions of HIV stigma among African American and Latino religious congregants and determining how these are related to drug addiction and homosexuality stigmas and knowing someone HIV-positive.

Aug 6, 2015
Journal Article

Strategies to Build Trust and Recruit African American and Latino Community Residents for Health Research: A Cohort Study

Although African American and Latino communities are often described as difficult to engage in research, we found high levels of research participation and completion when recruitment strategies emerged from the community itself.

Jul 15, 2015
Announcement

Community Partners in Care Receives Accolade

Community Partners in Care, a partnership that uses a unique approach to improve depression care in under-resourced communities, has received the 2015 Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Award.

Jun 10, 2015
Journal Article

Neighbourhood Racial/Ethnic Composition and Segregation and Trajectories of Cognitive Decline Among U.S. Older Adults

This study demonstrates disparities in the progression of cognitive ageing according to racial/ethnic characteristics of the neighbourhood environment.

Jun 3, 2015
Journal Article

The Abbreviated Dimensions of Temperament Survey: Factor Structure and Construct Validity Across Three Racial/Ethnic Groups

The factor structure, reliability, and construct validity of an abbreviated version of the Revised Dimensions of Temperament Survey (DOTS-R) were evaluated across Black, Hispanic, and White early adolescents.

May 18, 2015
Journal Article

Using a Grocery List May Lead to Better Health Outcomes

A shopping list may be a no-cost, easily implemented tool to help high-risk, low-income individuals living in a food desert make healthier food choices.

May 12, 2015
Journal Article

Do People Know I'm Poz? Factors Associated with Knowledge of Serostatus Among HIV-positive African Americans' Social Network Members

We examined how functional social support, HIV-related discrimination, internalized HIV stigma, and social network structure and composition were cross-sectionally associated with network members' knowledge of respondents' serostatus among 244 HIV-positive African Americans in Los Angeles.

May 12, 2015
Blog

Scientific Workforce Diversity: A Conversation with Raynard Kington

Grinnell College president and RAND alumnus Raynard Kington discusses the need for—and reality of—diversity in the biomedical scientific workforce.

Apr 28, 2015
Journal Article

It Is Complicated: Sexual Partner Characteristic Profiles and Sexually Transmitted Infection Rates Within a Predominantly African American Population in Mississippi

Understanding sexual networks can provide insight into risk factors for transmission and guide prevention interventions.

Apr 24, 2015
Journal Article

Do Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Quality and Patient Experience Within Medicare Plans Generalize Across Measures and Racial/Ethnic Groups?

Health plan structural changes might reduce disparities across multiple measures.

Mar 17, 2015
Journal Article

Do Experiences with Medicare Managed Care Vary According to the Proportion of Same-Race/Ethnicity/language Individuals Enrolled in One's Contract?

The authors examine whether care experiences and immunization for racial/ethnic/language minority Medicare beneficiaries vary with the proportion of same-group beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts.

Mar 17, 2015
Journal Article

Sexual Network Profiles and Risk Factors for STIs Among African American Sexual Minorities in Mississippi: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

This cross-sectional study assessed sexually transmitted infection prevalence, socio-demographic characteristics, substance use, sexual behaviors, and sexual network profiles among African American sexual minorities in Jackson, Mississippi.

Mar 17, 2015
Commentary

Progress After Ferguson? Good Ideas Need Good Implementation

President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing has done a great service by providing dozens of sound recommendations—good ideas that could help avoid another Ferguson. Now we need good implementation to go along with them.

Mar 9, 2015

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RAND Topic:
African-American Populations

Topic Synonyms:
Afro-Americans;
Black Americans