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Comparison of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Black or African American Versus Caucasian Patients With Heart Failure. [PDF]

J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev, 2022
Purpose: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) is a well-established assessment with important insight into prognosis and therapeutic efficacy in patients with heart failure (HF). Prior studies have identified several clinical differences between Black or African American (B-AA) and Caucasian patients with HF.
Canada JM, Park TS, Ravindra K, Chiabrando JG, Del Buono MG, van Wezenbeek J, Trankle CR, Kadariya D, Keen L, Carbone S, Billingsley H, Wohlford GF, Arena R, Van Tassell BW, Abbate A.   +14 more
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Gene expression-based modeling of overall survival in Black or African American patients with lung adenocarcinoma. [PDF]

Front Immunol
IntroductionLung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Black/African American (B/AA) populations, in particular, exhibit the highest incidence and mortality rates of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) in the United States.MethodsThis study aims to explore gene expression patterns linked to LUAD in B/AA and case-matched white patients ...
Zhu B, McHale SS, Van Scoyk M, Riddick G, Wu PY, Chou CF, Chen CY, Winn RA.   +7 more
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Avoiding Allostatic Load: Black Male Collegians and the Quest for Well-Being

Trauma Care, 2022
The literature suggests that African American/Black males are less likely to seek professional assistance for mental health and other personal concerns than African American/Black females and that they are more likely to seek informal help for mental ...
Val Livingston, Breshell Jackson-Nevels, Quincy L. Dinnerson   +2 more
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COVID-19 Vaccine Sentiments Among African American or Black Adolescents in Rural Alabama [PDF]

Journal of Adolescent Health, 2021
Considering the urgent need to increase vaccine uptake in Alabama, a rural state with the lowest rates of COVID-19 vaccination in the country, we conducted an exploratory study to elucidate sentiments toward vaccination among African American or black adolescents. We conducted in-depth interviews with 15-17 year olds in rural Alabama (N = 28). About 54%
Henna Budhwani, Tiffani Maycock, Wilnadia Murrell, Tina Simpson   +3 more
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Impact of race versus ethnicity on infertility diagnosis between Black American, Haitian, African, and White American women seeking infertility care: a retrospective review

F&S Reports, 2022
Objective: To determine whether infertility diagnoses differ between Black ethnic subgroups. Design: Retrospective review. Setting: an urban safety-net hospital. Patient(s): Women seeking infertility care between 2005 and 2015. Intervention(s): Charts of
Roxane C. Handal-Orefice, M.D., M.A.-M.P.H., Melissa McHale, M.D., Alexander M. Friedman, M.D., M.P.H., Joseph A. Politch, Ph.D., Wendy Kuohung, M.D.   +4 more
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Proportions of Faculty Self-identifying as Black or African American at US Medical Schools, 1990-2020.

JAMA, 2021
Bennett CL, Ling AY.
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Are Black and Latino Adolescents Being Asked if They Use Electronic Cigarettes and Advised Not to Use Them? Results from a Community-Based Survey

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2023
Introduction Healthcare visits provide an opportunity to address electronic cigarette use (vaping) among adolescents. This study was designed to explore if African American/Black and Hispanic/Latino adolescents are being asked if they use electronic ...
Margaret Connolly, Daniel Croft, Paula Ramirez-Palacios, Xueya Cai, Patricia M. Rivera, Karen M. Wilson, Scott McIntosh, Deborah J. Ossip, Ana Paula Cupertino, Francisco Cartujano-Barrera   +9 more
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HIV Partner Service Delivery Among Blacks or African Americans — United States, 2016 [PDF]

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2019
Identifying persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who are unaware of their infection status, linking them to HIV care, and reducing racial/ethnic disparities are important national HIV prevention goals (1). Blacks/African Americans (blacks)* are disproportionately affected by HIV infection in the United States.
Rao, Shubha, Song, Wei, Mulatu, Mesfin S., Rorie, Michele, O’Connor, Kevin, Scales, Lamont   +5 more
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Health Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans—United States [PDF]

JAMA, 2005
In the 2000 census, 36.4 million persons, approximately 12.9% of the U.S. population, identified themselves as Black or African American; 35.4 million of these persons identified themselves as non-Hispanic. For many health conditions, non-Hispanic blacks bear a disproportionate burden of disease, injury, death, and disability.
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“Beholding the Lamb of God”: Jupiter Hammon, the First America’s Black Christian Poet [PDF]

Литература двух Америк, 2022
The role of Christianity as a factor that exerted a decisive influence over African American social and cultural history, is being debated time and again in the course of African American studies.
Olga Yu. Panova
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