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The Color of COVID-19: Structural Racism and the Pandemic’s Disproportionate Impact on Older Racial and Ethnic Minorities

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2020
Objectives The aim of this evidence-based theoretically informed essay is to provide an overview of how and why the COVID-19 outbreak is particularly detrimental for the health of older Black and Latinx adults.
Marc A. Garcia, Patricia A. Homan, C. García, T. Brown   +3 more
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Interventions to Increase Blood Donation among Ethnic/Racial Minorities: A Systematic Review

Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2019
Ethnic/racial minorities are under-represented in blood donor populations in most developed countries. This is of particular concern where minorities differ from a country's majority population in terms of blood or tissue typing, especially where type ...
J. Makin, K. Francis, M. Polonsky, A. Renzaho   +3 more
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Effects of star ratings bonus payments on disparities in medication utilization issues

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2023
Background: Previous literature suggested that the consequences of inappropriate medication use may be borne disproportionately by racial/ethnic minorities.
Chi Chun Steve Tsang, Joseph Garuccio, Xiaobei Dong, Yongbo Sim, Junling Wang   +4 more
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Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Racial and Ethnic Minorities

The American surgeon, 2020
Background Health disparities are prevalent in many areas of medicine. We aimed to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial/ethnic groups in the United States (US) and to assess the effects of social distancing, social vulnerability ...
Brad Boserup, M. Mckenney, Adel Elkbuli
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The Effects of Racial/Ethnic Minority Status on Sleep, Mood Disturbance, and Depression in People with Fibromyalgia

Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 2020
Nicole C Marr,1 Charles Van Liew,2 Tessa F Carovich,1 Gianna A Cecchini,1 Lauren E McKinley,3 Terry A Cronan1 1Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA; 2School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University ...
Marr NC, Van Liew C, Carovich TF, Cecchini GA, McKinley LE, Cronan TA   +5 more
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Health disparities in past influenza pandemics: A scoping review of the literature

SSM: Population Health, 2023
Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing health disparities. To provide a historical perspective on health disparities for pandemic acute respiratory viruses, we conducted a scoping review of the public health literature of health ...
Angela D'Adamo, Alina Schnake-Mahl, Pricila H. Mullachery, Mariana Lazo, Ana V. Diez Roux, Usama Bilal   +5 more
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Racial discrimination and health: a prospective study of ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom

BMC Public Health, 2020
Racism has been linked with poor health in studies in the United States. Little is known about prospective associations between racial discrimination and health outcomes in the United Kingdom (UK). Data were from 4883 ethnic minority (i.e.
R. Hackett, Amy Ronaldson, K. Bhui, A. Steptoe, S. Jackson   +4 more
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Cardiovascular disease in racial/ethnic minority populations: illness burden and overview of community-based interventions

Public Health Reviews, 2018
Cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the USA, poses a unique and multilateral burden to racial/ethnic minorities. The admixture of comorbid conditions, structural barriers, and psychosocial standing complicates the prevention, diagnosis,
Brandon Muncan
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Outcomes Among Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Scoping Review

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
The five-year survival rate of childhood cancer has increased substantially over the past 50 yr; however, racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes of survival have not been systematically reviewed.
Tegan J. Reeves, Taylor J. Mathis, Hailey E. Bauer, Melissa M. Hudson, Melissa M. Hudson, Leslie L. Robison, Zhaoming Wang, Zhaoming Wang, Justin N. Baker, I-Chan Huang   +9 more
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The role of racial/ethnic identity in the association between racial discrimination and psychiatric disorders: A buffer or exacerbator?

SSM: Population Health, 2019
The present study tests whether and how racial/ethnic identity moderates the psychological burden associated with racial discrimination. The theoretical concept of identity-relevant stressors suggests that racial discrimination will be associated with ...
Bongki Woo, Wen Fan, Thanh V. Tran, David T. Takeuchi   +3 more
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