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Removing Barriers to Vaccination for Black Americans

Aug 6, 2021

To improve Black Americans' confidence in COVID-19 vaccines, health care organizations and the public health system need to become more trustworthy. Honesty about historical and ongoing discrimination and working with communities to provide equitable, accessible care could help.
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What Programs Can Help Parents in Prison and Their Children?

May 2, 2022

Around 2.3 million people live in U.S. jails and prisons, and most of them are parents. What are prisons doing to help them be better parents when they get out? It's more than just a policy question—it's a social justice question.

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Race and Beliefs About Mental Health Treatment Among Anxious Primary Care Patients

There are large racial disparities in the use of mental health care. But they are not explained by different treatment preferences across ethnic and racial groups.

Mar 1, 2013
Journal Article

Association of Discrimination-Related Trauma with Sexual Risk Among HIV-positive African American Men Who Have Sex with Men

Men who experienced discrimination-related interpersonal trauma in their lifetime were more likely than were those who had not experienced such trauma to have engaged in unprotected anal intercourse with a male partner.

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

Is Obesity Associated with Reduced Health-Related Quality of Life in Latino, Black and White Children in the Community?

Overweight, obese and extremely obese 5th graders on average experience worse HRQOL than normal weight children, especially in psychosocial domains including self-worth and peer relationships, regardless of race/ethnicity.

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

Are Social Network Correlates of Heavy Drinking Similar Among Black Homeless Youth and White Homeless Youth?

Understanding factors associated with heavy drinking among homeless youth is important for prevention efforts.

Nov 1, 2012
Journal Article

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Medicare Part D Experiences

Racial/ethnic minorities report more difficulties in getting drugs and needed information through Medicare's Part D program. However, quality improvement efforts may reduce these disparities in beneficiary experience with prescription drug coverage.

Oct 29, 2012
Blog

Understanding the Roots of Dramatic Black-White Cancer Disparities in the Nation's Capital

The burden of cancer is not experienced equally across the population: Nationwide, black Americans have higher rates of death from cancer than white Americans, and nowhere has this disparity been more apparent than in the nation's capital, writes Rebecca Anhang Price.

Oct 22, 2012
Journal Article

Prenatal, Perinatal, Early Life, and Sociodemographic Factors Underlying Racial Differences in the Likelihood of High Body Index in Early Childhood

Racial disparities in early childhood high BMI were largely explained by potentially modifiable risk and protective factors.

Oct 16, 2012
Journal Article

Differences in Life Expectancy Due to Race and Educational Differences Are Widening, and Many May Not Catch Up

It has long been known that despite well-documented improvements in longevity for most Americans, alarming disparities persist among racial groups and between the well-educated and those with less education.

Aug 1, 2012
Commentary

Gulf States Among Top in New HIV, AIDS Cases

Improving HIV prevention and medical care delivery to persons living with HIV/AIDS should be a collaborative effort, particularly in the Gulf States region, where resources are limited but the epidemic is expanding, writes Vivian Towe.

Jun 27, 2012
Journal Article

Experiences of Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries with ESRD: Medicare Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey Results

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have special health needs; little is known about their care experiences.

Jan 1, 2012
Journal Article

Comparative Effectiveness of Clozapine Among Medicaid Beneficiaries

Clozapine is more effective than other antipsychotics for treating schizophrenia across racial and ethnic groups.

Jan 1, 2012
Journal Article

Quality of Life Among Asian American Youth

The aims of the present study were to examine whether Asian American youth experience disparities in quality of life (QL) compared with Hispanic, African American, and white youth in the general population and to what extent socioeconomic status (SES) mediates any disparities among these racial/ethnic groups.

Jan 1, 2012
Journal Article

Hispanic and Black U.S. Children's Paths to Obesity

By 8th grade, Hispanic and black children are 50 percent more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic white children. Obesity is equally prevalent among Hispanic and black children, but it emerges and is sustained earlier in Hispanics. This should have implications for diagnosis and prevention strategies going forward.

Jan 1, 2012
Journal Article

Kids Are Gaining More Weight During the Elementary School Years

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.

Dec 1, 2011
Journal Article

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Care Resulting from Air Pollution in Excess of Federal Standards

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 ("excess attributable risk").

Oct 1, 2011
Journal Article

Social Networks of Homeless Youth in Emerging Adulthood

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.

Aug 1, 2011
Journal Article

HIV Conspiracy Beliefs and Sexual Risk Among Black Males Living with HIV

African Americans have high levels of medical mistrust, including conspiracy beliefs related to HIV, and black men have the highest rates of HIV and AIDS diagnoses in the US. Conspiracy beliefs were associated with high-risk sexual behavior, showing the impact of medical mistrust on outreach and education efforts.

Aug 1, 2011
Journal Article

Racial and Ethnic Service Use Disparities Among Homeless Adults with Severe Mental Illnesses Receiving ACT

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.

Jun 1, 2011
Journal Article

Discrimination as a Key Mediator of the Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress and HIV Treatment Adherence Among African American Men

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

Feb 1, 2011
Journal Article

HIV Risk and Perceptions of Masculinity Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men

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.

Jan 1, 2011

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