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Childhood feeding practices in African Americans
… of minority children specifically looking at African Americans from birth to 11 years old to see if there are any red flags so that professionals can be alerted for a concern with obesity. Previous research conducted on feeding styles and patterns of adults have shown some clues as how a …
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African Americans' perspectives on racial solidarity
… on racial solidarity among one group of African Americans. The perspectives gained in this study aid in understanding the existence, origin, and views toward the concept. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with individuals from two generational cohorts: ages 18 to 30 …
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African Americans in North Dakota 1800-1940
<p>African Americans were present throughout the duration of white settlement and have been involved in every stage of North Dakota's history from 1800 to 1940. However, historians generally have neglected the existence of black people in North Dakota's past. This study examined the participation …
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The Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorder in African Americans
… of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) in African Americans. Additionally, the study also collected the same data on Caucasians for comparisons against the African American numbers on all measures. At the conception of this study, there existed no prior studies focusing primarily on …
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Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications among African Americans Adults
… adherence to antihypertensive medications among African Americans adults aged 35 to 65 years in south Los Angeles.</p> <p><strong>Study Aims:</strong> <em>Aim 1:</em> Describe patient sociodemographic factors (age, gender, education, insurance, employment, living arrangement and income), clinical …
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Latino Students' Prejudice and Stereotypes toward African Americans
… relation to stereotyping and prejudice towards African Americans among Anglo and Latino American, high school students. A sample of 597 Anglo and Latino high school juniors and seniors from the Fontana and Redlands School Districts participated in this study. Participants completed a …
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Hypertension in Older African Americans: Testing Psychosocial Mediators
… are both related to hypertension in African Americans. Further, low SES and racial discrimination have been found to affect hypertension indirectly through stress, low levels of psychosocial resources, and lifestyle risk factors in African American adults. Past studies have used the …
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Implication of European-derived adiposity loci in African Americans
Obesity is a major public health problem, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality and heavy economic burdens on health-care systems. In the United States, the financial consequence is considerable. A great deal of effort has been dedicated to research with the goal of understanding factors …
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Pregnant Black/African Americans' Experiences In Prenatal Genetic Counseling
<p>Pregnant Black/African American patients have faced systematic racism in the U.S. healthcare system embodied in the high maternal morbidity and mortality rates. Patients have the desire to feel heard and connected with their healthcare providers. Prenatal genetic counselors are not only trained …
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Noneconomic Barriers to Health Care Utilization by African-Americans
… result the utilization of health care system by African Americans has increased, improving the health status (Blendon, Aiken, Freeman, & Corey, 1989). While some improvements have been made, recent reports show disparities between African Americans and Caucasians in the utilization of health care …
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An Examination of African Americans' Utilization of Health Care
… and utilization of health care services among African Americans. Data was analyzed from 99 African American respondents that completed either an online or paper questionnaire. The responses demonstrated significant relationships existed between discrimination and quality of health care as well …
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African Americans with Diabetes: Couples’ Support Program Development Project
… in 2010 compared to 20.8 million in 2005. African Americans have the highest prevalence of diabetes in the United States. Social support related to medical conditions has been found effective in increasing treatment adherence. The purpose of this study is to gain a clearer understanding of …
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Confronting the Obstacles: African Americans' Quest for Higher Education
The results indicated that African Americans (64%) were the third largest group from this cohort to attend a four-year institution falling behind Asian/Pacific Islanders (82%) and Whites (72%). However, the racial disparity that existed for African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics …
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Preterm Birth And The Perception Of Risk Among African Americans
<p>Background: African American women deliver preterm at a rate that is two to three times that of their white counterparts, and after decades of research, this disparity in birth outcomes still remains unexplained. While factors including income, education, neighborhood conditions, infection and …
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Registration, attendance, and reality: African-Americans engaged in SAT preparation
… the persistence, participation, and efforts of African American students in their preparation for college admission exams (SAT, ACT). Registration, attendance, and the experienced reality of African American students who voluntarily enrolled in an SAT prep program as well as perceptions of …
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Local television news coverage of African Americans in Waco, Texas.
… the portrayals of minorities, especially African Americans. The study analyzes a reconstructed week of 10 p.m. newscasts from January 1995 to December 1995. The hypotheses include: H1. There is a significantly greater proportion of whites in positive stories than African Americans in …
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Raceball : African Americans and myths of America in baseball literature
… of baseball as American myth and those involving African Americans converge, moments where authors confront (either consciously or not) the implications of both narratives within the same shared space. It is at these moments of convergence that the mythic language surrounding the game and its …
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