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U.S. young adults’ awareness of the Master Settlement Agreement and cigarette industry practices and their associations with electronic cigarette industry and health risk perceptions

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background The lawsuit that led to the U.S. Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) exposed the cigarette industry’s deceptive marketing practices, which changed population perceptions about the cigarette industry and helped prevent cigarette smoking.
Lilianna Phan, Kelvin Choi
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Representation of South Asian people in randomised clinical trials: analysis of trials' data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Excluding patients of ethnic minority groups from clinical trials is unethical, introduces substantial bias, and means that findings are based on unrepresentative populations.
Atkin, K.   +4 more
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A community-based intervention to increase participation in cervical cancer screening among immigrants in Norway

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2019
Background The attendance to cervical cancer screening is low among immigrants in many high-income countries. Although several interventions have been experimentally tested,implementation remains a challenge.
Samera A. Qureshi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using mobile technology to engage sexual and gender minorities in clinical research. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
IntroductionHistorical and current stigmatizing and discriminatory experiences drive sexual and gender minority (SGM) people away from health care and clinical research.
Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten   +8 more
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Understanding the Changing Landscape of Health Disparities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Liver Cancer

open access: yesGastro Hep Advances, 2023
Liver disease and liver cancer disparities in the United States are reflective of complex multiple determinants of health. This review describes the disproportionate burden of liver disease and liver cancer among racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender ...
Olga M. Herren   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing health disparities in breast cancer incidence burden in Tennessee: geospatial analysis

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2021
Background Tennessee women experience the 12th highest breast cancer mortality in the United States. We examined the geographic differences in breast cancer incidence in Tennessee between Appalachian and non-Appalachian counties from 2005 to 2015 ...
Bonita Salmeron   +4 more
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Bisexuality, Minority Stress, and Health [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Sexual Health Reports, 2017
Bisexual individuals are at increased risk for negative health outcomes compared to heterosexual individuals and often compared to gay/lesbian individuals as well. The goal of this article is to summarize the current evidence-base on bisexual health disparities, to describe factors that influence them, and to review interventions designed to improve ...
Brian A, Feinstein, Christina, Dyar
openaire   +2 more sources

Minority stress and physical health among sexual minority individuals [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Behavioral Medicine, 2013
This study examined the effects of minority stress on the physical health of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals (LGBs). Participants (N = 396) completed baseline and one year follow-up interviews. Exposure to stress and health outcomes were assessed with two methods: a subjective self-appraisal method and a method whereby two independent judges ...
David M, Frost   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Hypertension and Diabetes Status by Patterns of Stress in Older Adults From the US Health and Retirement Study: A Latent Class Analysis

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background Hypertension and diabetes disproportionately affect older non‐Hispanic Black and Hispanic adults in the United States. Chronic stress may partially explain these disparities. This study identified underlying stress profiles of older US adults,
Jessica R. Fernandez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia as a Mediator of Relations between Minority Stress and Depressive Symptoms Among Sexual Minorities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Compared with heterosexuals, those with sexual minority identities (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual) are at significantly greater risk of psychopathology, including depression—the most common mental health disorder in the general population. A large body of
Mustafa, Jazmyn
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