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Osteoporosis Screening Disparities among Ethnic and Racial Minorities: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Journal of Osteoporosis, 2023
Background. Osteoporosis is a preventable disease that is simple and cost-effective to screen based on clinical practice guidelines, yet many patients go undiagnosed and untreated leading to increased burden of the disease.
Anoush Calikyan, Jillian Silverberg, Katherine M. McLeod   +2 more
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Representation of women, older patients, ethnic, and racial minorities in trials of atrial fibrillation [PDF]

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 2021
Muhammad Zia Khan, Safi U Khan, Charumathi Raghu Subramanian   +2 more
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Perceived barriers and facilitators to engagement and behavioral enactment in weight management interventions among racial and ethnic minorities [PDF]

Discover Public Health
Background The prevalence of obesity, a risk factor for other chronic illnesses, in the US continues to rise and disproportionately affects racial/ethnic minorities. Several weight management interventions are now being delivered remotely to address this
Iyanuoluwa Oyedeji Oyetunji, Madison Ross Tinsley, Samuel L Battalio, Angela Fidler Pfammatter   +3 more
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Structural racism through Sundown towns and its relationship to COVID-19 local risk and racial and ethnic diversity

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023
“Sundown towns” across the US prevented racial and ethnic minorities from living and working within their borders as they forced minorities to leave these towns after sunset.
Yulin Hswen, Franklin Yang, Circe Le-Compte, Margaret E. Hurley, Heather Mattie, Thu. T. Nguyen   +5 more
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Racial/ethnic equity in substance use treatment research: the way forward

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2021
Background Opioid use and opioid-related overdose continue to rise among racial/ethnic minorities. Social determinants of health negatively impact these communities, possibly resulting in poorer treatment outcomes.
Kathleen Burlew, Caravella McCuistian, José Szapocznik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease in Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations in the U.S.: A Scoping Review

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Objectives: As the United States (U.S.) population rapidly ages, the incidence of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRDs) is rising, with racial/ethnic minorities affected at disproportionate rates.
Lindsey Rubin, Lucy A. Ingram, Nicholas V. Resciniti, Brianna Ashford-Carroll, Katherine Henrietta Leith, Aubrey Rose, Stephanie Ureña, Quentin McCollum, Daniela B. Friedman   +8 more
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Economic Competition and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing: A Test of Economic Threat Perspective

Social Sciences, 2021
Economic threat arguments within the broader racial/ethnic threat theory suggest that economic competition between minorities and Whites encourages the majority group to apply formal social controls on minorities to maintain their advantaged positions ...
Christopher D’Amato, Bryan Holmes, Ben Feldmeyer   +2 more
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Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings before the 2020–21 winter surge of COVID-19 in the United States

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Objective: COVID-19 in the US disproportionately affected, and continues to affect, racial/ethnic minorities. Although risky social gatherings for Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2020 contributed substantially to the “winter surge” in cases and deaths, no ...
Tim A. Bruckner, Abhery Das, Greg J. Duncan   +2 more
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Turkey's policy towards ethnic minorities [PDF]

مجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية, 2021
The policy of any country towards its minorities reflects the stability and progress of that state. It also reflects the enforced laws on these minorities and the extent to which these rights are fulfilled. This paper examines Turkey's policy towards its
Anas Younus Abed
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Stigma for common mental disorders in racial minorities and majorities a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background There is a strong stigma attached to mental disorders preventing those affected from getting psychological help. The consequences of stigma are worse for racial and/or ethnic minorities compared to racial and/or ethnic majorities since the ...
Ozlem Eylem, Leonore de Wit, Annemieke van Straten, Lena Steubl, Zaneta Melissourgaki, Gözde Topgüloğlu Danışman, Ralph de Vries, Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof, Kamaldeep Bhui, Pim Cuijpers   +9 more
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