A Novel Look at Racial Health Disparities
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Blacks, and especially poor Black males, show increases in blood pressure with increases in blood lead levels.
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Education, Not Ancestry, Key To Hypertension in African Americans
June 14, 2012 | Story
Grantee Debunks Genetic Ancestry Theory of Hypertension in African Americans.
Boarding the Bus With the Best and the Brightest
May 1, 2012 | Story
The Clinical Scholars program was our first major grant initiative. We maintain a steadfast commitment to the development of human capital to this day.
Education, Genetic Ancestry, and Blood Pressure in African Americans and Whites
August 30, 2011 | Journal Article
This study examined the role education and genetic ancestry play in predicting blood pressure (BP) among African Americans, looking at both within-group relationships and between-group relationships. The study confirms the finding that genetic ancestry is not associated with BP.
Building Knowledge of Minority Populations to Address Disparities in Health and Health Care
December 12, 2011 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Pew Hispanic Center and a multicultural research network managed by the University of California, Los Angeles, studied disparities in health and access to care in Latino and other minority populations.
Excess Black Mortality in the United States and in Selected Black and White High-Poverty Areas, 1980¿2000
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article examines national working-age mortality rates and working-age mortality rates in high-poverty rural and urban regions. This study provides insight into how mortality rates in poor regions have changed since 1980.
Masculinity, Medical Mistrust, and Preventive Health Services Delays Among Community-Dwelling African-American Men
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study investigated whether feeling more masculine and mistrusting health care institutions caused African-American men to delay using preventive health services. The authors recruited participants from community barbershops and academic institutions.
Racial Disparities in Stage-Specific Colorectal Cancer Mortality
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
U.S. Blacks with colorectal cancer are increasingly more likely to die than their White peers diagnosed at similar stages of the disease, probably due to differences in care, according to this analysis of national data from the past four decades.
"There Wasn't a Lot of Comforts in Those Days"
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
African Americans had lower morbidity and mortality, but still suffered from racial barriers in medicine and public health, and poorer health status.
Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data by Health Plans to Address Disparities
July 1, 2004 | Report
In 2003/04, AHIP collaborated with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to conduct a survey and follow-up qualitative research to assess whether health plans and insurers collect racial and ethnic data on their enrollees and how this data is us ...