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Investing in Boys and Young Men of Color

February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief

Policies and practices that support young men of color in their teen years can help put them on the path to lead healthy and productive lives. Young men of color face more obstacles in education, employment, and health than their white peers.

When Crossing the Street is the Difference Between Life and Death

October 25, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

What role does the racial and socioeconomic composition of a neighborhood have on an individual’s likelihood of receiving life-saving bystander CPR?

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.

The Health Gap Between Black and White

July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

In 1999, New Jersey's Office of Minority Health convened a summit of state leaders to address the problem of continued disparities in minority health care status and outcomes in New Jersey.

Perceived Discrimination in Health Care and Health Status in a Racially Diverse Sample

September 1, 2008 | Journal Article

According to a 2004 government survey, more African Americans perceive racial discrimination in their health care than do Whites or Hispanics, but for both populations, this perceived racial discrimination is associated with worse health.

Use of GIS Mapping and Decision Tools to Address Disparities

May 1, 2008 | Journal Article

Reduce Disparities and Improve Quality

Creating a Synthesis of Research on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

The City University of New York analyzed research on racial and ethnic disparities in health care delivery and created an annotated bibliography of the research.

Blacks and Hispanics Are Less Likely Than Whites to Complete Addiction Treatment, Largely Due to Socioeconomic Factors

January 7, 2013 | Journal Article

More than one-third of the approximately two million people entering publicly funded substance abuse treatment in the United States do not complete treatment.

How a Personal Experience Led to a Program of Research Focused on Eliminating Intimate Partner Violence Disparities Among Hispanic Women

May 18, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

Moments of romance and bliss turned into moments of anger, aggression and torment. Times of peace grew shorter and shorter, as he grew increasingly emotionally abusive. He did some “man handling” too. When I decided to go off to graduate school at J ...

Problem Drinking Among Mexican-Americans

March 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Two measures of problem drinking among Mexican Americans in Texas City, Texas were studied examining the relationship of nativity and concentration of Hispanics living in the neighborhood. A total of 1,435 Mexican Americans ages 25 years and older w ...

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