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Tuberculosis during pregnancy in the United States: Racial/ethnic disparities in pregnancy complications and in-hospital death.

PLoS ONE, 2018
BackgroundDespite decades of efforts to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in the United States (US), TB still contributes to adverse ill health, especially among racial/ethnic minorities.
Erika M Dennis, Yun Hao, Mabella Tamambang, Tasha N Roshan, Knubian J Gatlin, Hanane Bghigh, Oladimeji T Ogunyemi, Fatoumata Diallo, Kiara K Spooner, Jason L Salemi, Omonike A Olaleye, Kashif Z Khan, Muktar H Aliyu, Hamisu M Salihu   +13 more
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Breaking through the glass ceiling: unveiling women’s representation by gender and race in the higher education hierarchy

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
This retrospective study examined progress towards diversity at the intersection of gender and ethnicity amongst senior higher education academics and managers in England and Wales.
Yunyu Xiao, Edward Pinkney, Tianzi Li, Paul S. F. Yip   +3 more
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Disparities in access to COVID-19 testing in Los Angeles County

Preventive Medicine Reports
COVID-19 has disparately impacted low-income persons and racial and ethnic minorities–primarily Black and Hispanic populations. Our objective is to quantify disparities in access to COVID-19 testing and identify barriers to testing during the winter 2020–
Zain Khalifeh, Sonali Saluja, Chun Nok Lam, Cameron Kaplan   +3 more
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Epidemiology, Policy, and Racial/Ethnic Minority Health Disparities [PDF]

Annals of Epidemiology, 2012
Epidemiologists have long contributed to policy efforts to address health disparities. Three examples illustrate how epidemiologists have addressed health disparities in the United States and abroad through a "social determinants of health" lens.To identify examples of how epidemiologic research has been applied to reduce health disparities, we queried
Carter-Pokras, Olivia D., Offutt-Powell, Tabatha N., Kaufman, Jay S., Giles, Wayne H., Mays, Vickie M.   +4 more
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The Role of Public Health in Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Illness

Preventing Chronic Disease, 2010
Racial/ethnic minority populations are underserved in the American mental health care system. Disparity in treatment between whites and African Americans has increased substantially since the 1990s.
Annelle B. Primm, MD, MPH, Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD, Robert A. Mays, PhD, MSW, Doreleena Sammons-Posey, SM, Lela R. McKnight-Eily, PhD, Letitia R. Presley-Cantrell, PhD, Lisa C. McGuire, PhD, Daniel P. Chapman, PhD, MSc, Geraldine S. Perry, DrPH, RD   +8 more
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2458 Determining the prevalence and associated multilevel characteristics of undiagnosed diabetic retinopathy

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2018
OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in adults aged 25–64 years. The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy is projected to increase 4-fold by 2050. Racial and ethnic minorities have a higher prevalence and greater
Kristen Nwanyanwu, Marcella Nunez-Smith, Mayur Desai, Thomas Gardner   +3 more
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Overlooked Intersection of Gender and Racial/Ethnic Dimensions in Slovenian Academic Sexual Harassment & Violence Policies

Annales, Series Historia et Sociologia
This article addresses the need to adopt an intersectional perspective when discussing sexual harassment and violence in academia. The introduction of an intersectional perspective is important since sexual harassment and violence in relation to racial ...
Lucija Dežan, Mateja Sedmak, Zorana Medaric   +2 more
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Cultural Competence and Ethnic Diversity in Healthcare

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2019
Summary:. Today’s model of healthcare has persistent challenges with cultural competency, and racial, gender, and ethnic disparities. Health is determined by many factors outside the traditional healthcare setting.
Lakshmi Nair, BS, Oluwaseun A. Adetayo, MD   +1 more
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A qualitative investigation of financial decision-making and enabling factors among ethnic minority young adults in Hong Kong

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Current understanding of financial decision-making among racial/ethnic minority young adults is limited: day-to-day financial decisions of racial/ethnic minorities are underexamined, younger racial/ethnic minorities receive limited attention, studies on ...
Esther Yin-Nei Cho
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Ethnic Identity and Racial Attitudes in a Minority Group of Mixed Racial Origin

Psychological Reports, 2003
Limited information exists on the racial attitudes and ethnic identities of groups of mixed racial origin. The present research tested the hypotheses that the construct of ethnic identity is valid among such groups and that ethnic identity is related to out-group prejudice, as predicted by social identity theory. The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure,
Smith T.B., Stratton J., Stones C.R., Naidoo A.   +3 more
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