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Black And Hispanic Patients Receive Hospice Care Similar To That Of White Patients When In The Same Hospices

Black and Hispanic patients received care from poorer quality hospices than white patients.

Aug 1, 2017
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Black and Hispanic Patients More Likely to Use Lower-Quality Hospices

Black and Hispanic patients are more likely to receive care from poorer-quality hospices. And their family caregivers are less likely to receive the right amount of emotional and religious support in hospice care. However, caregivers of black and Hispanic patients report similar or better experiences than caregivers of white patients within a given hospice.

Jul 5, 2017
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Perception of Need for Mental Health Treatment in a US National Sample

There racial/ethnic differences in perception of need for mental health treatment; differences exist across the range of severity of mental illness and among those with no mental illness.

May 31, 2017
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Adolescents' Stigma Attitudes Toward Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders

Vietnamese-American adolescents who feel a sense of family and filial obligation may be less likely to stigmatize people with depression and social anxiety.

Mar 15, 2017
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Towards Greater Understanding of Addiction Stigma: Intersectionality with Race/Ethnicity and Gender

Explicit beliefs about people with substance abuse disorders tend to be more compassionate than implicit beliefs, which are more punitive, especially toward Latino/a drug users.

Dec 12, 2016
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment

African-American and Latino children are less likely to be diagnosed with or receive medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder than their white peers.

Sep 22, 2016
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Perceived Physical Appearance: Assessing Measurement Equivalence in Black, Latino, and White Adolescents

Compared with white and Latino adolescents, black adolescents reported a more positive perception of their own physical appearance; however, the difference may actually be an artifact of the measurement instrument.

Jul 6, 2016
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Southern California Middle School Students Exposed to More Than Three Alcohol Ads Each Day

African American and Hispanic youths are exposed to an average of 4.1 and 3.4 alcohol ads per day respectively, while white youths are exposed to an average of two ads per day. Greater restrictions on alcohol advertising outdoors and on television should be considered.

Jun 24, 2016
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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
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Mandated Coverage of Preventive Care and Reduction in Disparities: Evidence from Colorectal Cancer Screening

Universal insurance coverage may not substantially reduce disparities if systematic differences in plan benefits and cost sharing persist.

May 6, 2015
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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
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Racial-ethnic Disparities in Management and Outcomes Among Children with Type 1 Diabetes

We examined racial/ethnic disparities in therapeutic modalities and diabetes outcomes among the large number of pediatric participants in the T1D Exchange Clinic Registry.

Mar 9, 2015
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Gender Role Orientation Is Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life Differently Among African-American, Hispanic, and White Youth

This study examined the association between gender role orientation (GRO) and health-related quality of life in youth, and how this relationship may differ between males and females as well as among African-American, White, and Hispanic individuals.

Mar 9, 2015
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OXTR Polymorphism Predicts Social Relationships Through Its Effects on Social Temperament

Humans have a fundamental need for strong interpersonal bonds, yet individuals differ appreciably in their degree of social integration.

Jan 12, 2015
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Drinking Behaviors and Life Course Socioeconomic Status During the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood Among Whites and Blacks

This study sought to determine how socioeconomic status (SES) changes during the transition from adolescence into adulthood, and to understand the effects of SES on drinking behaviors in early adulthood among U.S. Whites and Blacks.

Dec 15, 2014
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Regular Physical Activity Has Differential Association with Reduced Obesity Among Diverse Youth in the United States

This study examined whether daily or almost daily lower-intensity physical activity was associated with reduced obesity, among 4,824 African American, Hispanic, and White youth assessed in 5th and 7th grades.

Dec 9, 2014
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Feeling (Mis)understood and Intergroup Friendships in Interracial Interactions

Across three experience sampling studies, we found that among ethnic minorities who have few White friends or are not interacting with White friends, daily interracial interactions are associated with feeling less understood.

Aug 12, 2014
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Does Diversity Matter? The Need for Longitudinal Research on Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use Trajectories

The existing research aimed at understanding alcohol and drug (AOD) use patterns from early to late adolescence typically does not examine samples with substantial racial and ethnic diversity.

May 16, 2014
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Association of Vascular Risk Factors with Cognition in a Multiethnic Sample

The authors examine the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) and cognitive performance in a multiethnic sample of older adults.

Jan 1, 2014
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Associations Between Socioeconomic Status and Obesity in Diverse, Young Adolescents: Variation Across Race/Ethnicity and Gender

This study examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity risk during early adolescence, ages 10–13 years, and whether this association is present in different racial/ethnic and gender groups during 2 time points in early adolescence.

Jan 1, 2014

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RAND Topic:
Caucasian Populations

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White Populations