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Health Disparities in Women [PDF]

Clinical Medicine Insights: Women's Health, 2017
Aims and scope: Clinical Medicine Insights: Women’s Health is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal which considers manuscripts on all aspects of the diagnosis, management, and prevention of disorders specific to women, in addition to related genetic, pathophysiological, and epidemiological topics.
Hornbuckle, Lyndsey M, Amutah-Onukagha, Ndidiamaka, Bryan, Alicia, Skidmore Edwards, Elizabeth, Madzima, Takudzwa, Massey, Kelly, May, Linda, Robinson, Leah E   +7 more
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Fostering Health Equity: Clinical and Research Training Strategies from Nursing Education

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2009
Racism, ethnocentrism, segregation, stereotyping, and classism are tightly linked to health equity and social determinants of health. They lead to lack of power, money, resources, and education which may result in poor health care access and outcomes ...
Janet A. Deatrick, Terri H. Lipman, Susan Gennaro, Marilyn Sommers, Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Kim Mooney-Doyle, Genevieve Hollis, Loretta S. Jemmott   +7 more
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The role of the oral microbiome in smoking-related cardiovascular risk: a review of the literature exploring mechanisms and pathways

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2022
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Oral health is associated with smoking and cardiovascular outcomes, but there are gaps in knowledge of many mechanisms connecting smoking to cardiovascular risk.
Katherine A. Maki, Sukirth M. Ganesan, Brianna Meeks, Nicole Farmer, Narjis Kazmi, Jennifer J. Barb, Paule V. Joseph, Gwenyth R. Wallen   +7 more
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Acculturation and depression are associated with short and long sleep duration among Mexican Americans in NHANES 2005–2018

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Acculturation and depression are linked to poor sleep quality and sleep problems that may explain ongoing health disparities for Hispanics/Latinos. We examined the associations of acculturation, depression, and sleep duration among the Mexican American ...
Cameron K. Ormiston, Diana Lopez, Francisco A. Montiel Ishino, Timothy S. McNeel, Faustine Williams   +4 more
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Increased Incidence of Loco-Regional Recurrences among African American Women with Terminal Stage Breast Cancer

Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology, 2008
A prospective analysis of women with terminal breast cancer admitted to CHNE from November 2006-August 2007 evaluated anecdotal observations that African American (AA) women are likelier than Caucasian women to evidence loco-regional recurrences (LRR ...
Gerardo Colón-Otero M.D., Sherry King, Vandelyn Smith, Carolyn Bieber, Julia Crook, Lawrence A. Solberg, Robert Shannon, Edith A. Perez   +7 more
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Survival disadvantage of male children with retinoblastoma in the United States: Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (2000–2017) Evidence

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Background Retinoblastoma is a rare malignancy involving the retina, although, more common among children, with genetic inheritance explaining the incidence as well as acquired forms.
Laurens Holmes Jr., Emily Pollack, Betyna N. Berice, Daniel R. Halloran, Kadedrah Parson, Nastocia T. Badfford, Lavisha Paleaz, Jacqueline A. Benson   +7 more
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The effects of race/ethnicity and physician recommendation for physical activity on physical activity levels and arthritis symptoms among adults with arthritis

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Among U.S. adults with physician-diagnosed arthritis, we examined the association of 1) participant race/ethnicity with meeting physical activity guidelines and arthritis symptoms, and 2) the association of receipt of a physician exercise ...
Jeremy Huckleby, Faustine Williams, Rose Ramos, Anna María Nápoles   +3 more
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Anti-racist interventions to reduce ethnic disparities in healthcare in the UK: an umbrella review and findings from healthcare, education and criminal justice

BMJ Open
Objectives To assess the evidence for anti-racist interventions which aim to reduce ethnic disparities in healthcare, with a focus on implementation in the UK healthcare system.Design Umbrella review.Data sources Embase, Medline, Social Policy and ...
Sophie Carter, Shoba Poduval, Jennifer L Y Yip, Kevin Fenton, Leah de Souza-Thomas   +4 more
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Sleep Health Disparities

Annual Review of Medicine
Sleep is an important and potentially modifiable determinant of many severe health outcomes. Sleep health disparities exist and are exemplified by reported differential rates of prevalence, severity, and outcomes among minority groups and low-socioeconomic-status backgrounds.
Seyni, Gueye-Ndiaye, Susan, Redline
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Associations Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Neurofilament Light Levels Among US Mexican American Adults

Brain and Behavior
Background This study explores the relationship between neurofilament light (NfL) levels, a biomarker of neuronal injury, and cardiovascular health and vascular injury among US Mexican American (MA) and non‐Latino White (NLW) adults.
Monica M. Diaz, Eran Dayan, Health and Aging Brain Study – Health Disparities (HABS‐HD) Study   +2 more
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