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Teleworking During the COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights Educational Inequity

Dec 23, 2020

The ability to telework is associated with both reduced risk of COVID-19 infection and with significantly lower risk of job loss. There are large disparities in who is able to telework by race and ethnicity—but even larger ones by educational attainment.
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RAND Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy

Aug 25, 2020

RAND's Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy supports a portfolio of innovative, high-impact racial equity research and analysis, creates a clearinghouse to help coordinate related efforts, and collaborates with organizations dedicated to advancing racial equity.

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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
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

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

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
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

Implications of Sleep and Energy Drink Use for Health Disparities

In this review, a brief introduction to the issue of health disparities is provided, population-level disparities and inequalities in sleep are described, and the social-ecological model of sleep and health is presented.

Oct 1, 2014
Journal Article

A Comparison of Cambodian-American Adolescent Substance Use Behavior to National and Local Norms

This study was designed to compare rates of alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use in Cambodian-American adolescents with norms from nationally- and regionally-representative peers.

Aug 25, 2014
Journal Article

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
Infographic

How Have Levels of Intolerance Changed in Western Europe?

This infographic presents a visualisation of the main findings of our study on intolerance in Western Europe.

Jul 8, 2014
Report

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mental Illness Stigma in California

Report identifies racial and ethnic groups in California that are more likely to stigmatize those with mental illness, thereby helping understand who is at greatest risk of experiencing stigma within their own communities.

Jun 2, 2014
Report

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Exposure to Suicide Prevention Messaging, Confidence in One's Ability to Intervene with Someone at Risk, and Resource Preferences

Report assesses differences in racial and ethnic groups' exposure to suicide prevention messaging, preferences for suicide crisis services, and confidence in their ability to intervene with persons at risk of suicide.

May 27, 2014
Journal Article

Parents' Views on Engaging Families of Middle School Students in Obesity Prevention and Control in a Multiethnic Population

The development and testing of simple programs that are sustainable, community-based, and family-focused may empower families to address obesity prevention and control.

Apr 1, 2014
Blog

Many Americans Are Confused About the Affordable Care Act

In a nationally representative sample of more than 6,000 Americans, researchers found an acute lack of understanding among low-income people regarding finances in general, and health reform and health insurance in particular.

Mar 26, 2014
Journal Article

Structural Stigma and All-Cause Mortality in Sexual Minority Populations

Although prior research has indicated that intrapersonal and interpersonal forms of stigma negatively affect the health of the stigmatized, few studies have addressed the health consequences of exposure to structural forms of stigma.

Feb 1, 2014
Journal Article

An Intervention to Reduce HIV-Related Stigma in Partnership with African American and Latino Churches

HIV-related stigma negatively affects prevention and care, and community-based interventions are needed.

Feb 1, 2014
Journal Article

Yoga Vs. Physical Therapy Vs. Education for Chronic Low Back Pain in Predominantly Minority Populations: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Several randomized controlled trials show yoga is an effective treatment. However, the comparative effectiveness of yoga and physical therapy, a common mainstream treatment for chronic low back pain, is unknown.

Feb 1, 2014
Report

Analyzing Trends in Intolerance in Western Europe

The perception that intolerance is rising in Western Europe is widely shared. Researchers sought empirical evidence of high-level trends in intolerant attitudes and found strong evidence of association between intolerant attitudes and various economic, demographic, socio-political and cultural factors.

Jan 27, 2014
Report

Summarizing Trends and Factors Associated with Intolerance in Western Europe

Researchers explored whether intolerance has risen more in some countries than others, whether it has risen more against particular groups, if such attitudes are particularly prevalent among subgroups of the population and if there are clear patterns of association with trends in wider political, social, economic and cultural factors.

Jan 27, 2014
Journal Article

Decomposing Racial Disparities in Prison and Drug Treatment Commitments for Criminal Offenders in California

We assess whether black-white disparities in commitments to prison or diversions to treatment for drug offenders in California can be explained by differences in the characteristics of criminal cases and whether case characteristics are weighed differently by race.

Jan 1, 2014

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