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Assessment of genotype imputation performance using 1000 Genomes in African American studies. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2012
Genotype imputation, used in genome-wide association studies to expand coverage of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), has performed poorly in African Americans compared to less admixed populations.
Hancock DB, Levy JL, Gaddis NC, Bierut LJ, Saccone NL, Page GP, Johnson EO.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Plasma proteome analyses in individuals of European and African ancestry identify cis-pQTLs and models for proteome-wide association studies

Nature Genetics, 2022
Improved understanding of genetic regulation of the proteome can facilitate identification of the causal mechanisms for complex traits. We analyzed data on 4,657 plasma proteins from 7,213 European American (EA) and 1,871 African American (AA ...
Jingning Zhang, D. Dutta, A. Köttgen, A. Tin, P. Schlosser, Morgan E. Grams, Benjamin Harvey, Bing Yu, E. Boerwinkle, J. Coresh, N. Chatterjee   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Inclusion of African-American Study Participants in Web-Based Research Studies: Viewpoint

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2016
The use of Web-based methods for research recruitment and intervention delivery has greatly increased as Internet usage continues to grow. These Internet-based strategies allow for researchers to quickly reach more people.
B. Watson, D. Robinson, Laura Harker, K. Arriola   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Medical mistrust, racism, and delays in preventive health screening among African-American men

Behavioral Medicine, 2019
The contribution of medical mistrust to healthcare utilization delays has gained increased public health attention. However, few studies examine these associations among African-American men, who delay preventive healthcare more often and report higher ...
Wizdom Powell, J. Richmond, Dinushika Mohottige, I. Yen, A. Joslyn, G. Corbie-Smith   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Racism, African American Women, and Their Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Historical and Contemporary Evidence and Implications for Health Equity

Health Equity, 2018
Background: The sexual and reproductive health of African American women has been compromised due to multiple experiences of racism, including discriminatory healthcare practices from slavery through the post-Civil Rights era.
Cynthia Prather, T. R. Fuller, William L. Jeffries, Khiya J. Marshall, A. Vyann Howell, Angela Belyue-Umole, Winifred King   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The South as Foil: A Review of This Is Not Dixie

Southern Spaces, 2017
Evan C. Rothera reviews Brent M. S. Campney's This Is Not Dixie: Racist Violence in Kansas, 1861–1927 (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2015).
Evan C. Rothera
doaj   +1 more source

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations. [PDF]

, 2011
Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide association studies of asthma in 5,416 individuals with asthma (cases) including ...
Abel, Rebekah A, Adkinson, N Franklin, Ampleford, Elizabeth J, Avila, Lydiana, Avila, Pedro C, Barnes, Kathleen C, Baurley, James W, Beaty, Terri H, Bleecker, Eugene R, Burchard, Esteban G, Busse, William W, Calhoun, William J, Capurso, Daniel, Castro, Mario, Celedón, Juan C, Chapela, Rocio, Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP), Childhood Asthma Research and Education (CARE) Network, Children's Health Study (CHS) and HARBORS study, Chiu, Grace Y, Chung, Kian Fan, Conti, David V, Deichmann, Klaus A, del Rio-Navarro, Blanca, Diette, Gregory B, Dunston, Georgia M, Eng, Celeste, Ezurum, Serpil C, Faruque, Mezbah U, Ford, Jean G, Galanter, Joshua, Gauderman, W James, Genetic Research on Asthma in African Diaspora (GRAAD) Study, Genetics of Asthma in Latino Americans (GALA) Study, Study of Genes-Environment and Admixture in Latino Americans (GALA2) and Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes & Environments (SAGE), Gern, James E, Gignoux, Christopher R, Gilliland, Frank D, Graves, Penelope E, Hancock, Dana B, Hansel, Nadia N, Heinzmann, Andrea, Hernandez, Ryan D, Himes, Blanca E, Hu, Donglei, Huntsman, Scott, Israel, Elliott, Lemanske, Robert F, Levin, Albert M, Li, Xia, Li, Xingnan, Liang, Liming, London, Stephanie J, Mantese, Vito J, Martinez, Fernando D, Mathias, Rasika A, Mexico City Childhood Asthma Study (MCAAS), Meyers, Deborah A, Myers, Rachel A, Nicolae, Dan L, Ober, Carole, Raby, Benjamin A, Rafaels, Nicholas, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Rodriquez-Santana, Jose R, Romieu, Isabelle, Ross, Kevin D, Roth, Lindsey A, Ruczinski, Ingo, Salam, Muhammad T, Shi, Min, Sienra-Monge, Juan J, Soto-Quiros, Manuel, Stern, Debra A, Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-Ethnicity (SAPPHIRE), Togias, Alkis, Torgerson, Dara G, Van Den Berg, David J, Vora, Hita, Watson, Harold R, Weiss, Scott T, Wenzel, Sally E, Williams, L Keoki   +81 more
core   +2 more sources

No Use to the State: Phrasing Escape and a Black Radical Epistolary of Disability in Early Twentieth-Century Alabama Prisons

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2023
This article explores how Black women experienced and theorized disability from within Alabama’s prisons in the early twentieth century. Early-twentieth-century custodial prisons were a primary place in which disabled, southern Black women encountered ...
Micah Khater
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Brick by Brick: Atlanta’s Collier Heights

Southern Spaces, 2016
In this photo essay, Lydia A. Harris presents facades and interiors of several homes in Collier Heights, a historic district in Atlanta, Georgia. All photographs by Lydia A. Harris.
Lydia A. Harris
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COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in Hispanics and African-Americans: A review and recommendations for practice

Brain, behavior, & immunity - health, 2021
COVID-19 vaccines were approved for use in the general American public by late 2020 and early 2021. Media reports started highlighting COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in racial and ethnic minorities.
J. Khubchandani, Yilda Macias
semanticscholar   +1 more source