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Endemic hypertension in a poor, Black rural community: Can it be controlled?
Journal of Chronic Diseases, 1977Abstract Endemic hypertension was discovered in a biosocial assessment of the Black population of Holmes County, a poor, rural community in central Mississippi. In order to find ways of treating a disease of this magnitude at the community level, a small-scale detection and control program was undertaken in the Spring of 1972 and lasted about 17 ...
E J, Eckenfels +6 more
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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1979
The prevalence of biochemical abnormalities usually associated with rickets was investigated in three black school-going populations, one from a rural community, one from a small urban community, and one from a large urban area. A high prevalence of biochemical abnormalities was found in the rural community, where 13.2% of children were hypocalcemic ...
J M, Pettifor +3 more
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The prevalence of biochemical abnormalities usually associated with rickets was investigated in three black school-going populations, one from a rural community, one from a small urban community, and one from a large urban area. A high prevalence of biochemical abnormalities was found in the rural community, where 13.2% of children were hypocalcemic ...
J M, Pettifor +3 more
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Rural Black and Latinx Students: Engaging Community Cultural Wealth in Higher Education
2022Journal of Research in Rural Education, Volume ...
Boettcher, Michelle L. +3 more
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Total Treatment of Black and Grey Water for Rural Communities
2010Decentralized or on-site treatment systems for domestic waste and wastewater treatment can be the answer to many of the world’s environmental health problems. Poor or remote communities need technologies developed for the application, and an economically viable whole-of-waste approach is necessary.
Panikkar, Avanish K. +4 more
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SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HYPERTENSION AMONG BLACKS ANI WRITES IN A RURAL, SOUTHERN COMMUNITY
American Journal of Epidemiology, 1986The association between social support and the prevalence of hypertension was examined in a randomly selected, biracial sample of 2,030 adult residents of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, who were surveyed in 1980. Two types of support, instrumental and emotional, were measured and evaluated in the 2,009 individuals for whom complete data were ...
D S, Strogatz, S A, James
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Black Community Leadership in a Rural Tennessee County, 1865-1903
The Journal of Negro History, 1998A general labor strike among blacks in Haywood County on a slow, hot day in June, 1865 temporarily halted cultivation of the cotton and corn crops and signaled the dawning of a new world of freedom breaking across agricultural West Tennessee and the rest of the South.(1) The new era brought with it an ever increasing sense of independence and autonomy ...
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Identity Development for Black Adolescents in Predominately White Rural Communities
Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2009Research on identity development of African American adolescents in predominantly White rural settings is virtually nonexistent. This article examines current literature on the developmental tasks of adolescents and issues of ethnic congruence for African American students in predominately White rural communities.
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Prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors Among Rural Blacks: A Community-Based Study
Southern Medical Journal, 1997Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains the most common cause of death among blacks, and the difference in CHD mortality between blacks and whites is growing. This trend may be due in part to higher rates of CHD risk factors among blacks. This study was done to determine the prevalence of CHD risk factors among a population-based sample of 403 rural ...
J P, Willems +3 more
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Journal of Community Health, 2020
Persistent racial and ethnic disparities and rural-urban disparities in breast cancer mortality in North Carolina require attention. The Pitt County Breast Wellness Initiative-Education (PCBWI-E) provided culturally tailored breast cancer education and navigation to age-appropriate screening services (mammography and clinical breast exams) for ...
Alice R. Richman +3 more
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Persistent racial and ethnic disparities and rural-urban disparities in breast cancer mortality in North Carolina require attention. The Pitt County Breast Wellness Initiative-Education (PCBWI-E) provided culturally tailored breast cancer education and navigation to age-appropriate screening services (mammography and clinical breast exams) for ...
Alice R. Richman +3 more
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Journal of Community Psychology, 1989
This study tests for the effects of Black residents' community satisfaction/dissatisfaction, which we see as a surrogate measure of chronic community stress, on their psychological depression in rural and urban areas of Tennessee. The data utilized include responses from 398 rural West Tennessee Black participants interviewed in 1979 and 326 Black ...
J. Gary Linn +3 more
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This study tests for the effects of Black residents' community satisfaction/dissatisfaction, which we see as a surrogate measure of chronic community stress, on their psychological depression in rural and urban areas of Tennessee. The data utilized include responses from 398 rural West Tennessee Black participants interviewed in 1979 and 326 Black ...
J. Gary Linn +3 more
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