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Explaining Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Use of High-Volume Hospitals [PDF]

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2014
Racial/ethnic minorities are less likely to use higher-quality hospitals than whites. We propose that a higher level of information-related complexity in their local hospital environments compounds the effects of discrimination ...
Karl Kronebusch, Bradford H. Gray, Mark Schlesinger   +2 more
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The mental health burden of racial and ethnic minorities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Racial/ethnic minorities have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The effects of COVID-19 on the long-term mental health of minorities remains unclear.
Long H Nguyen, Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, Kerstin Klaser, Jordi Merino, David A Drew, Wenjie Ma, Raaj S Mehta, Daniel Y Kim, Erica T Warner, Amit D Joshi, Mark S Graham, Carole H Sudre, Ellen J Thompson, Anna May, Christina Hu, Solveig Jørgensen, Somesh Selvachandran, Sarah E Berry, Sean P David, Maria Elena Martinez, Jane C Figueiredo, Anne M Murray, Alan R Sanders, Karestan C Koenen, Jonathan Wolf, Sebastien Ourselin, Tim D Spector, Claire J Steves, Andrew T Chan   +28 more
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Migration, ethnicity, racism and the COVID-19 pandemic: A conference marking the launch of a new Global Society

Public Health in Practice, 2021
The inaugural conference of the Global Society on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health COVID-19 examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and ethnic minorities and the role of racism.
Laurence Gruer, Charles Agyemang, Raj Bhopal, Antonio Chiarenza, Allan Krasnik, Bernadette Kumar   +5 more
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Comparing self-reported and O*NET-based assessments of job control as predictors of self-rated health for non-Hispanic whites and racial/ethnic minorities.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database has been used as a valuable source of occupational exposure information. Although good agreement between O*NET and self-reported measures has been reported, little attention has been paid to O*NET's ...
Kaori Fujishiro, Franziska Koessler
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High-Minority Nursing Homes Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19 Deaths

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Racial/ethnic disparities in healthcare have been highlighted by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Nursing Home COVID-19 Public File, this study examined the relationship between nursing home racial ...
Robert Weech-Maldonado, Justin Lord, Ganisher Davlyatov, Akbar Ghiasi, Gregory Orewa   +4 more
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Closing the Gap in Hospice Utilization for the Minority Medicare Population

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2019
Background: Medicare spends about 20% more on the last year of life for Black and Hispanic people than White people. With lower hospice utilization rates, racial/ethnic minorities receive fewer hospice-related benefits such as lesser symptoms, lower ...
M. Courtney Hughes PhD, MS, Erin Vernon PhD, MA   +1 more
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The Role of Poverty and Racial Discrimination in Exacerbating the Health Consequences of COVID-19

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2022
Summary: There were more than 800,000 confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths in the United States (U.S) by the end of 2021. The health consequences of COVID-19, however, have not affected all residents equally. In this review, we synthesize
Zachary Parolin, Emma K. Lee
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Examination of Ethnic and Policy Issues in Grooming Preferences and Ethnic Hairstyles of African American Women in Corporate America [PDF]

Paradigms, 2011
For a century, college-trained, professional racial minorities: specifically, African American women with a preference in grooming methods have contributed to the labor market; however, in the new millennium, they are often discriminated against, scoffed
Angela Renee Payne
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Regular Healthcare Provider Status Does Not Moderate Racial/Ethnic Differences in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV Vaccine Knowledge

Vaccines, 2021
Background: Racial/ethnic minorities generally have a lower knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV vaccine than non-Hispanic Whites. They are also less likely to have a regular healthcare provider (HCP).
Trisha L. Amboree, Kalyani Sonawane, Ashish A. Deshmukh, Jane R. Montealegre   +3 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial and ethnic discrimination - a systematic review

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire society, being particularly detrimental to ethnic and racial minorities. Moreover, the problems faced by these communities are characterised and the measures that can be implemented to improve their ...
Ilona Zofia Kozioł, Julia Budzyńska, Magdalena Leśniewska, Agnieszka Kopystecka, Rafał Patryn   +4 more
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