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Categorizing the Racist Oppression of African-Americans in Maya Angelou's Selected Poems [PDF]
Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb - Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-FayūmThis paper aims to explore Maya Angelou's poetic representation of the forms of racist oppression experienced by African-Americans in a White dominant community by employing Iris Marion Young's faces of oppression theory.
محمد سعد راتب عبدالله
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The effect of race/ethnicity on cancer-specific mortality after salvage radical prostatectomy
Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 BackgroundTo test the effect of race/ethnicity on cancer-specific mortality (CSM) after salvage radical prostatectomy (SRP).Material and methodsWe relied on the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database (SEER, 2004–2016) to identify SRP ...
Mike Wenzel +24 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2015 Background Natriuretic peptides promote natriuresis, diuresis, and vasodilation. Experimental deficiency of natriuretic peptides leads to hypertension (HTN) and cardiac hypertrophy, conditions more common among African Americans.
Deepak K. Gupta +14 more
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Ethnic and smoking associated DNA methylation changes at HIV co-receptor GPR15
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2015 Smoking is associated with poorer health outcomes for both African and European Americans. In order to better understand whether ethnic specific genetic variation may underlie some of these differences, we contrasted the smoking associated genome-wide ...
Meeshanthini Vijayendran Dogan +11 more
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Health Literacy, Self‐Efficacy and Knowledge of Sickle Cell Disease Among Caregivers
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder in which abnormal haemoglobin leads to severe anaemia, painful crises and organ failure. Caregivers’ health literacy (HL) – their ability to assess, understand and apply information, and interact with healthcare professionals – is crucial for managing children with SCD, yet ...
Melanie Bruinooge +6 more
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African Americans photograph collection, circa 1890-1954 [PDF]
, 1890 This collection contains photographs and postcards, ca. 1890-1954, of African Americans in Arkansas, including individual and family portraits, politicians, educators, and civic leaders.African Americans photograph collection, circa 1890 ...
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Africans and African-Americans: An Enduring Relationship [PDF]
, 2005 By working together, Africans and African-Americans have challenged slavery, oppression, colonialism, racism, and exploitation. But the challenges facing both groups remain significant in contemporary times, and they need to continue their collaboration.
Julius Amin, Amin, Julius
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Parkinson’s Disease in African Americans: A Review of the Current Literature
Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, 2020 Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, though evidence suggests that this disorder does not affect all racial groups similarly. Research in African Americans, in particular, has been conflicting.
Meagan Bailey +2 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Medication nonadherence during the first 100 days after pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and during oncology treatment increases risk for complications. BMT4me is a caregiver‐facing mobile health (mHealth) application providing medication reminders, symptom tracking, and note‐taking features to support ...
Micah A. Skeens +4 more
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Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2018 Background African Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have increased renal disease compared to Caucasians, but differences in other comorbidities have not been well-described. We used an electronic health record (EHR) technique to test for
April Barnado +5 more
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