Racial and Socioeconomic Differences in the Weight-Loss Experiences of Obese Women
September 1, 2005 | Journal Article
This study explores racial and socioeconomic factors influencing obese women's weight management practices.
Racial Disparities
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Public Opinion Survey Finds Racial and Ethnic Differences Regarding Genetic Testing
October 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research conducted a national survey on Americans' knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior regarding genetic testing and compared results to public opinion surveys from 1990.
Masculinity Ideology and Forgiveness of Racial Discrimination Among African American Men
November 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Most research on forgiveness and its attendant emotional issues has focused on situations involving close interpersonal relationships, such as incest or divorce cases. This paper focuses on forgiveness when negotiation with the perpetrator is not a ...
Latino Populations
December 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Latinos are the largest minority population in the United States. Although usually classified as a single ethnic group by researchers, Latinos are heterogeneous from cultural, socioeconomic and genetic perspectives. From a cultural and social perspe ...
Patterns and Causes of Disparities in Health
January 1, 2004 | Book
David Williams further develops the disparities issue as it affects racial and ethnic groups. He shows that such health disparities are large and persistent. Like Link and Phelan, he sees them as embedded in larger influences, primarily socioeconomi ...
Racial Disparities in Rectal Cancer Treatment
February 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in the United States. Recently, there has been a small, but palpable decline in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality; yet for black patients the rate of decline has been less tha ...
Who Struts Her Stuff?
April 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
In 2002, researchers at seven universities expanded a CDC-funded study about the factors that affect the physical activity levels of racially and ethnically diverse women.
Racial Differences in Survival Among Men with Prostate Cancer and Comorbidity at Time of Diagnosis
May 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Black men with prostate cancer have poorer disease-specific and overall survival rates than do their U.S. White counterparts. Comorbidity at the time of diagnosis has been shown to predict both overall survival and cause-specific mortality among Whi ...
Race and Pregnancy-Related Care in Brazil and South Africa
September 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Racial disadvantages in health can begin even before birth. Focusing on health care during pregnancy, the author investigated the mechanisms behind racial inequalities in the use of medical services by comparing two countries, Brazil and South Afric ...
Does Racial Concordance Between HIV-Positive Patients and Their Physicians Affect the Time to Receipt of Protease Inhibitors?
November 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The current study investigated the role of racial concordance between patients and medical providers on the timing of receipt of protease inhibitor therapy. Data was obtained from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study (HCSUS), a nationally rep ...