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Health Disparities in Asthma [PDF]

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2012
Minority groups represent an important and growing segment of the population of the United States, which is projected to comprise 47% non-Hispanic whites, 29% Hispanics, 13% non-Hispanic blacks, and 9% Asians by 2050 (1). Although asthma affects all ethnic groups, the burden from this disease is disproportionately shared by certain minority groups ...
Juan C. Celedón, Erick Forno
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The clinical spectrum of SMA‐PME and in vitro normalization of its cellular ceramide profile

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 9, Issue 12, Page 1941-1952, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Objective The objectives of this study were to define the clinical and biochemical spectrum of spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy (SMA‐PME) and to determine if aberrant cellular ceramide accumulation could be normalized by enzyme replacement.
Michelle M. Lee, Graeme S. V. McDowell, Darryl C. De Vivo, Daniel Friedman, Samuel F. Berkovic, Maria Spanou, Argirios Dinopoulos, Katheryn Grand, Pedro A. Sanchez‐Lara, Michelle Allen‐Sharpley, Jodi Warman‐Chardon, Alexander Solyom, Thierry Levade, Edward H. Schuchman, Steffany A. L. Bennett, David A. Dyment, Toni S. Pearson   +16 more
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Contrasting the Perceived Severity of COVID-19 and HIV Infection in an Online Survey of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men During the U.S. COVID-19 Epidemic

American Journal of Men's Health, 2020
While there is evidence of variations in the risk perceptions of COVID-19 and that they are linked to both engagement in health-protective behaviors and poor mental health outcomes, there has been a lack of attention to how individuals perceive the risk ...
Rob Stephenson, Tanaka M. D. Chavanduka, Matthew T. Rosso, Stephen P. Sullivan, Renée A. Pitter, Alexis S. Hunter, Erin Rogers   +6 more
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Racial Disparities in the Enforcement of Marijuana Violations in the US [PDF]

, 2022
Racial disparities in US drug arrest rates have been observed for decades, but their causes and policy implications are still contested. Some have argued that the disparities largely reflect differences in drug use between racial groups, while others have hypothesized that discriminatory enforcement policies and police practices play a significant role.
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What is a “health disparity”?

Public Health Reports, 2002
With the launch of Healthy People 2010 in January 2000, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) committed the nation to an overarching goal, to “eliminate health disparities.” Like the preceding Healthy People 2000 initiative, Healthy People 2010 outlines a comprehensive disease prevention and health promotion agenda.
Carter-Pokras, Olivia, Baquet, Claudia
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Epigenetics and Health Disparities [PDF]

Current Epidemiology Reports, 2017
African Americans disproportionately suffer from leading causes of morbidity and mortality including cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and preterm birth. Disparities can arise from multiple social and environmental exposures, but how the human body responds to these exposures to result in pathophysiologic states is incompletely understood ...
Alexis D Vick, Heather H. Burris
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Covid-19 Mental Health Disparities.

Health Security, 2021
Communities of color in the United States have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies exploring the mental health implications of these disparities have only just begun to emerge.
L. Saltzman, Amy E. Lesen, Veronica Henry, T. Hansel, P. Bordnick   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mitigating Health Disparities in EHR via Deconfounder [PDF]

, 2022
Health disparities, or inequalities between different patient demographics, are becoming crucial in medical decision-making, especially in Electronic Health Record (EHR) predictive modeling. To ensure the fairness of sensitive attributes, conventional studies mainly adopt calibration or re-weighting methods to balance the performance on among different
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Reconsidering health disparities

Public Health Reports, 2001
The 1990s were a prosperous decade in the United States. The Economic Report of the President noted that during the 1990s, the economic performance of the United States was both outstanding and sustainable. Between 1980 and 1996, median family income rose with each higher level of education for men and women in each racial/ethnic group.
Mary desVignes-Kendrick, Beth E. Quill
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Telehealth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for rural health disparities

J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc., 2020
Telehealth programs have long held promise for addressing rural health disparities perpetuated by inadequate healthcare access. The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and accompanying social distancing measures have hastened the implementation ...
Kelly A. Hirko, J. Kerver, Sabrina Ford, Chelsea Szafranski, J. Beckett, C. Kitchen, Andrea L. Wendling   +6 more
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