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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"racial health disparities"”.
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Using Constructivist Grounded Theory to Generate Participatory Research Empowerment Guideposts (PREGs) for African American Communities to Address Racial Health Disparities
… on African Americans resulting in longstanding racial health disparities. Increasingly, researchers use participatory research in their health equity efforts. Participatory research is rooted in the principle of empowerment and centers community lived experience to generate meaningful solutions …
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Genetic ancestry and population health: elucidating the relative role of African genetic ancestry in cancer genomics and the broader implications for racial health disparities in cancer
Racial health disparities in cancer remain a persistent and deeply rooted issue disproportionately affecting minoritized populations in the United States. Among these groups, individuals of African ancestry, particularly African Americans, face some of the most severe outcomes, including higher …
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The Impact of Race and Related Factors on Movement Mechanics
… of musculoskeletal injury and disease. Existing racial differences in movement mechanics could drive disease development and help identify factors contributing to racial health disparities. This study aimed to 1) Identify racial differences in walking, running, and landing mechanics between …
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An Intergenerational Photo Exploration Of Self Care Actions In Self-Identifying Strong Black Women
… barriers to changing comprehensive self-care health commitments in self-identifying Strong Black Women (SBW). The Superwoman Schema characteristics of vulnerability resistance and help obligation along with socio-economic factors of income, religious affiliation and marital status were …
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The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Race on Functional Limitations and Self-Reported Health in Old Age
… Black and Hispanic adults have poorer overall health, higher disability rates, and lower life expectancies than elderly Whites and other racial and ethnic minority group members. There are also sex differences in health, with women more likely to suffer from non-life threatening chronic …
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Improving Awareness of Skin Cancer in Organ Transplant Recipients of Color
… cancer awareness and better outcomes and reduce racial health disparities.
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The Impact of Race on Plantar Loading and Research Engagement
… loading. Additionally, with the current state of racial health disparities there is a need to determine racial differences in research engagement and mistrust between AA and WA. Data was collected from 107 participants, aged 18-30, in this Institutional Review Board approved study. An EMED …
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Wealth and Health
<p>Racial wealth inequity is one of the most pressing social and economic issues in the United States, historically and contemporarily. Primarily due to unequal distribution of opportunity for economic advancement and mobility in addition to the accumulation of historic disadvantage endured by …
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Raça, saúde e epigenética: princípios de design para uma educação antirracista no ensino de genética
… disputes can be found regarding the causes of racial iniquities in health within both science and society. On one side, there is the influence exerted by 20th-century genetics on unifactorial health models with a deterministic bias. On the other, there are the denunciations of social activism, …
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Policy and Health (In)Equities among Native Elders
… theory and literature in the study of disparities in health and access to care in old age has, with few exceptions, not considered important political contexts for the aging AI/AN community. Political histories have unique implications for this population, and particularly those in old …
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Beyond behavior: An intersectional analysis of the impact of sexual networks, segregation, and incarceration on disparities in STDs
… of these diseases is not equally borne along racial and gender lines. In particular, African Americans report substantially higher rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis than do Whites. Generally, women report higher rates of these diseases than do men. Using an intersectional analytical …
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Race differences in self-assessed health: The role of job strain
… reported pattern in the distribution of health status in the U.S. is that non-Hispanic blacks (NHB) have higher rates of morbidity and mortality than do non-Hispanic whites (NHW). Although much research has examined the relationships between race and health many questions pertaining to …