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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

FDA’s Strategies to Close the Health Equity Gap among Diverse Populations

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2021
This commentary provides an overview of the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity.
Jovonni Spinner, RADM Richardae Araojo
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19 pandemic and mental health among Hispanic/Latino/a immigrants in the USA: protocol for a scoping review

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had drastic effects on worldwide mental health and laid bare health disparities and inequities among marginalised groups and racial/ethnic minoritised communities in the USA.
Faustine Williams, Alicia Livinski, Cameron K Ormiston, Jolyna Chiangong, Dera Tompkins   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing Unequal Treatment: Disparities in Health Care [PDF]

, 2004
Looks at the role of federal government in the health care of minority Americans, and current strategies and legislative efforts to address issues raised by racial and ethnic disparities in health ...
Gillian K. SteelFisher
core  

Sexual Minority Mental Health

, 2021
Sexual minority clients are more likely to experience emotional disorders and other psychiatric conditions than the general population. This health disparity is not attributable to an individual's sexual minority identity, but rather, the social milieu that produces a unique set of stigma-related stressors.
Brooke G. Rogers, Audrey Harkness, Craig Anthony Rodriguez-Seijas   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Conserved structural motifs in PAS, LOV, and CRY proteins regulate circadian rhythms and are therapeutic targets

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Cryptochrome and PAS/LOV proteins play intricate roles in circadian clocks where they act as both sensors and mediators of protein–protein interactions. Their ubiquitous presence in signaling networks has positioned them as targets for small‐molecule therapeutics. This review provides a structural introduction to these protein families.
Eric D. Brinckman, Anna E. Lester, Brian D. Zoltowski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Positive and negative aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic among a diverse sample of US adults: an exploratory mixed-methods analysis of online survey data

BMC Public Health
Background The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound social and economic impact across the United States due to the lockdowns and consequent changes to everyday activities in social spaces.
Stephanie A Ponce, Alexis Green, Paula D. Strassle, Anna María Nápoles   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

College students' underlying perceptions of COVID-19 threat, healthcare discrimination, and healthcare system inequities associated with self-rated health across racial/ethnic groups in the U.S.

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundCOVID-19-related health perceptions may differentially impact college students' stress, and in turn, their mental and physical health. This study examined racial/ethnic differences in college students' underlying perceptions of COVID-19 threat,
Jessica R. Fernandez, Juliana S. Sherchan, Juliana S. Sherchan, Yong Ju Cho, Judy Nanaw, Nataria T. Joseph, Allana T. Forde   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Behaviors That Eliminate Health Disparities for Racial and Ethnic Minorities: A Narrative Systematic Review [PDF]

, 2012
Within the health care provider-health care recipient relationship the communication must be culturally competent to eliminate barriers to equitable health care for all Americans.
Keys, Truman Ryan
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A learning community approach to identifying interventions in health systems to reduce colorectal cancer screening disparities. [PDF]

, 2018
Although colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in the United States has been increasing, screening rates are not optimal, and there are persistent disparities in CRC screening and mortality, particularly among minority patients.
DiCarlo, Melissa, Fleisher, Linda, Lambert, Emily, Man, Lillian C., Myers, Ronald, Romney, Martha, Sifri, Randa   +6 more
core   +2 more sources