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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Black or African American"”.
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Quantifying Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake
BackgroundRacial and ethnic minority groups in the United States face a greater risk of COVID-19 infection and mortality relative to non-Hispanic White individuals. Despite this elevated risk, early evidence from the first months of COVID-19 vaccine distribution suggests that racial and ethnic …
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Evaluating Cancer Rates, Cancer Types, and Variant Hotspots Between Different Races and Ethnicities in Individuals with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
… predisposition syndrome that increases the risk for numerous cancer types in both children and adults. In the general population, incidence rates for various cancer types differ among races and ethnicities. Although a few germline <em>TP53 </em>pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variants in those …
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Analyzing transit equity using automatically collected data
By inferring individual passengers' origins, destinations, and transfers using automatically collected transit data, transit providers can obtain and analyze larger volumes of information, with more accuracy, and at more frequent intervals than are available through traditional origin-destination …
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National Child Maltreatment Response and Foster Care Entries: 2005-2010
… national administrative data contained in two major federal child maltreatment and foster care data systems, the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System for 2005 to 2010. The study examines the data related to screening in and …
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Equitable Representation of Culturally Linguistically Economically Diverse Students in Intellectual Gifted Programs in School Divisions in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… of the 132 Virginia school divisions. Furthermore, the researcher used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to acquire longitudinal gifted data from each school division 2016-2019. The Relative Difference Composition Index (RDCI), Equity Allowance Formula (EAF), and Representation Index (RI) …
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Reimagining as Resistance: Queer and Trans Youth of Color Envision Afterschool Spaces
… to understand how Queer and Trans youth of color engage resistance while envisioning afterschool programs. Specifically, it centers the unique insights of Queer and Trans youth of color by analyzing their visions for afterschool spaces. Data were drawn from 55 Queer and Trans youth of color …
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Gifted Identification in Young, Historically Underrepresented Populations: A Phenomenological Study
… the low numbers of identified gifted young, historically underrepresented students. The research questions that guided this study were: what are educators’ experiences of the gifted identification process of young, historically underrepresented students? What are parents’ experiences of the …
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Examining the Relationships Between Urban Heat Island Effect and the Spatial and Racial Dimensions of Inequality
… racial dimensions of housing inequality in New York City and Washington, D.C. This research aims to demonstrate the influence of historical policies on present day public housing and the impacts of continuously rising temperatures resulting from climate change on residents. To do so, this work …
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Examining Access to Recreational Facilities in Danville, Virginia
… of people. Obesity-related illness accounts for billions of dollars in medical expenses each year, heightening the need for prevention and intervention strategies. Physical activity is essential in maintaining a healthy weight, yet population groups have unequal access to physical activity …
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Association Between Malocclusion and Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Mixed Dentition
Assessing OHRQOL and Interceptive Orthodontics In The Pediatric Population Narayan SL1, Allareddy V2, Avenetti DM1, Hill BJ1,Desai BK1 1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, UIC College of Dentistry, Chicago, IL, 2Department of Orthodontics, UIC College of Dentistry, Chicago, IL Hypothesis and …
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Association of Medicaid Status with Patient Mental Health Diagnosis: Data from the WA State Perinatal Psychiatry Consultation Line
… critical role in covering perinatal and behavioral health care costs, many enrollees face barriers to timely mental health diagnosis and treatment. Understanding how insurance shapes access to mental health services and how this intersects with race and ethnicity is critical in addressing …
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Statistical Modeling of Knee Morphology and Material Properties Considering Diverse Populations
<p>Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is a widely performed surgical procedure aimed at alleviating pain and restoring function in patients with severe knee osteoarthritis. Despite its general success, disparities in postoperative outcomes have been observed across different racial and ethnic groups, …
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cigarette Smoking: Demographic Moderators
… is a dose-response relationship between ACE score and cigarette smoking, such that as ACE score increases, so does smoking behavior, but little is known about what factors moderate this relationship. Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine demographic characteristics as potential …
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Evaluating the Process of Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitor Application and Completion Rates
Abstract Outpatient ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring (AEM) is often used by practitioners to diagnose an arrhythmia. AEM devices can be mailed to the patient’s home or applied in the office setting. A common barrier that decreases the diagnostic utility is failure to successfully complete …
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Evaluation of LYTE’s Pilot Health and Wellness Coach Training Program
<p>Breast cancer survivorship presents ongoing physical, emotional, and social challenges that often extend beyond clinical treatment. While survival rates continue to improve, many survivors lack adequate post-treatment support, particularly in underserved communities. The Living Your Truth …
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Experiences of African American Baccalaureate Nursing Graduates: Entrance, Culture, and Retention in Nursing School
The experiences of African American Baccalaureate Nursing Graduates is becoming a phenomenon of interest among university and college administrators, faculty, and staff. Currently there are 2.4 million registered nurses (RN’s) in the United States (U.S.); 10.7% (311,177) self-identify themselves as …
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Anorectal Malformations at Children's Health: Understanding Our Patient Population, Patterns of Disease, and Surgical Outcomes Over a 10-Year Period
PROBLEM: Children with anorectal malformations require complex procedures and often require long-term bowel management and clinical care for optimal quality of life. The demographics and outcomes of patients with anorectal malformations at Children's Health are unknown. METHODS: The electronic …
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Understanding behavioral health symptoms in children experiencing housing and food insecurity
… and food security can impact children’s behavioral health. Boston Children’s Primary Care has entered into an accountable care arrangement that has allotted funds for “flexible services” to direct housing or food intervention at children with mental or behavioral health problems. OBJECTIVE: …
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Is there a Racial Gap in Market Facilitation Program Payments and Total Government Payments?
In 2017, there was 32,910 Black or African American farms that were primarily located in the southeast and mid-Atlantic and had an average farm size of 125 acres. In comparison, 1,963,286 farms were White and had an average farm size of 431 acres (USDA NASS, 2017). In 2017, Black producers received …
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Role of social connectedness in weight-related health behaviors: Implications for community health promotion programs
… in the United States have reached epidemic proportions, spreading across the country. The purposes of this study were: to determine the role of social connectedness in weight-related behaviors and health status using secondary data collected from a mid-size community and to determine if social …
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