• Reducing HIV risk behaviors and increasing access to testing and referral to health care can help eliminate disparities between blacks/African Americans and other racial/ethnic populations in the rates at which HIV infection is diagnosed. (cdc.gov)
  • Disparities persist among racial and ethnic minority groups. (cdc.gov)
  • To characterize the socioeconomic and racial and/or ethnic disparities impacting the diagnosis and outcomes of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). (nih.gov)
  • 2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups: and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States (U.S. (nih.gov)
  • NIMH researchers found racial and ethnic disparities in rates of psychotic disorders, which were associated with co-occurring medical conditions and negative health outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • Church-academic partnerships hold promise for reducing cancer disparities, and church-based programs are feasible and acceptable in many populations, including African Americans. (cdc.gov)
  • Her research areas include racial/ethnic health disparities and global health. (rochester.edu)
  • Sophia Kerby examines some of the most troubling racial disparities in our criminal-justice system and makes the case for a new movement for racial justice in America. (americanprogress.org)
  • Eliminating the racial disparities inherent to our nation's criminal-justice policies and practices must be at the heart of a renewed, refocused, and reenergized movement for racial justice in America. (americanprogress.org)
  • Further, racial disparities in the criminal-justice system threaten communities of color-disenfranchising thousands by limiting voting rights and denying equal access to employment, housing, public benefits, and education to millions more. (americanprogress.org)
  • Are racial and ethnic minorities less willing to participate in health research? (nih.gov)
  • It is widely claimed that racial and ethnic minorities, especially in the US, are less willing than non-minority individuals to participate in health research. (nih.gov)
  • Racial/ethnic minorities suffer disproportionate morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and stroke. (nih.gov)
  • The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on unequal treatment ( http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=030908265X ) as well as several other reviews show that racial/ethnic minorities also less frequently receive appropriate care which has an adverse impact on their health outcomes including higher recurrence rates, poorer survival experiences and higher morbidity and mortality. (nih.gov)
  • News and information about HIV in minority communities, including African Americans and other racial minorities. (aidsmap.com)
  • These funds are targeted toward adults ages 60 and older with an emphasis on individuals in greatest social and economic need, particularly low-income older adults, racial and ethnic minorities, older adults living in rural communities and those at risk of institutional care. (americashealthrankings.org)
  • Harris is blessed with multiple characteristics of ethnic minorities. (globaltimes.cn)
  • Thus, she has the characteristics of major ethnic minorities. (globaltimes.cn)
  • Also, most bank employees, especially those in leadership positions, are not members of ethnic minorities , which may have some impact on downstream customer perceptions. (gallup.com)
  • They also discussed racial and ethnic inequities in selection and hiring practices, and subsequent mistreatment in college and university programs and departments. (nih.gov)
  • There is higher prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance and Type 2 diabetes mellitus in African-Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, and south Asians when compared with Whites. (medscape.com)
  • As mentioned previously, African-Americans may have a more favorable lipid profile compared with Whites. (medscape.com)
  • In population-based studies, African-Americans are often reported to have lower prevalence of MetS than Whites despite higher prevalence of insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity, all of which are predictors of MetS by defined criteria. (medscape.com)
  • Hispanics had the highest prevalence of CHL, and the highest levels of insulin resistance when compared with non-Hispanic Whites, African-Americans and Asians. (medscape.com)
  • In 2021, chlamydia rates for African Americans/Blacks were six times that of Whites. (cdc.gov)
  • To your last question, Chinese Americans overall have higher rates of outmarriage to whites than some other Asian groups (e.g. (prb.org)
  • And of course there are deeper roots, such as the prestige associated with whites in Latin America and India by their conquests. (vdare.com)
  • In Michigan, Hispanics are nearly twice as likely to be incarcerated as whites, American Indians are two and half times as likely and blacks are nearly six times as likely. (wkkf.org)
  • It gives colleges an additional path toward ethnic and racial diversity, opening doors to students from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. (gopusa.com)
  • Data on the prevalence of MetS in American Indians are lacking, particularly in comparison with other US populations. (medscape.com)
  • They discussed insufficient data collection on racial and ethnic minority populations and the aggregating of data which obscures both between and within group differences. (nih.gov)
  • Concerning trends have been noted among racial and ethnic minority populations. (hhs.gov)
  • The ZIP code that includes both Roosevelt and Wedgwood, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey , is 81 percent white, 4 percent Hispanic or Latino, and just 2 percent African American. (publicola.com)
  • At least 4,000 of the projected 7,000 New IDEAS participants will be Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino. (alz.org)
  • During 2008, black/African American males and females were diagnosed with HIV infection at eight and 19 times the rates for white males and females and two and four times the rates for Hispanic/Latino males and females, respectively. (cdc.gov)
  • Some participants described experiences of racism they experienced directly or witnessed toward Black/African American and Latino/Hispanic students in college and university biomedical labs. (nih.gov)
  • Specifically, a point raised and underscored by others was the misperception that racial and ethnic minority students and faculty members are less-qualified compared with their White and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) counterparts. (nih.gov)
  • In addition, aggregated data on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) groups presumes that subgroups and persons of differing nationalities have the same backgrounds, needs, and opportunities. (nih.gov)
  • Subverter Johnson describes subverters as African Americans who reject patriotism towards the United States and are aware of the racial inequality present in American society. (wikipedia.org)
  • and placards and buttons demanding reparations for slavery and four centuries of racial inequality dating back to 1619 and many other works of art and artifacts that mark pain and celebrate progress. (urban.org)
  • African American borrowers face high default rates, 5 times the rate of white borrowers, due to the systemic problem of income inequality. (naacp.org)
  • Learn how NAACP is addressing the most urgent issues on building an inclusive economy to end racial inequality. (naacp.org)
  • Blacks/African Americans have been affected disproportionately by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection since early in the epidemic ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Some diseases disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minority groups. (nih.gov)
  • He spent two summers at the Harvard School of Public Health looking at how ethnic differences influence body mass indices. (nih.gov)
  • Although racial/ethnic differences in morbidity and mortality can be partially explained by differences in lifestyle, health behavior and financial access to care, these factors do not entirely explain differences in incidence, treatment or outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • There are substantial differences in mental health service utilization between non-Hispanic White adults and other racial/ethnic groups. (hhs.gov)
  • Differences in the ability to predict and prepare for sexual activity between HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected young South African Women. (rochester.edu)
  • Opioid overdose deaths rise among Black Americans ) Methamphetamine use and use disorder increased between 2015 and 2019 for American Indians/Alaska Natives and African Americans. (hhs.gov)
  • African Americans have a disproportionate burden of cancer. (cdc.gov)
  • Individuals of color have a disproportionate number of encounters with law enforcement, indicating that racial profiling continues to be a problem. (americanprogress.org)
  • Due to this, African-Americans get less benefit from important research that could address the disproportionate health outcomes they face. (jmir.org)
  • Despite representing a smaller proportion (13.6%) of the U.S. population, blacks/African Americans accounted for half of the HIV diagnoses in adolescents and adults in 37 states during 2005--2008 ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • To calculate annual rates of HIV diagnoses per 100,000 adults and adolescents in each racial/ethnic group, yearly population estimates were obtained for the 37 states from the U.S. Census Bureau. (cdc.gov)
  • This research article describes the Minority Aging Research Study's brain donation challenges, processes, and successful procurement with older African American adults. (nih.gov)
  • Researchers found that tailored caring behaviors are effective in achieving high donation rates with older African American adults who have consented to brain donation within an Alzheimer's research study. (nih.gov)
  • Exposure to racism is connected with an increased likelihood of African American adults being involved in political and social justice activities (Mattis, Beckham, et al. (viacharacter.org)
  • The survey, principally authored by Green and Smith, involved 20-minute interviews with 35,000 American adults and is therefore one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of its kind. (pewresearch.org)
  • Since the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965, the Administration on Aging has provided funding to states for community, social and nutritional services that assist adults ages 60 and older and their caregivers. (americashealthrankings.org)
  • [ 40 , 41 ] The International Diabetes Federation emphasized the importance of central obesity to the pathogenesis of MetS, and proposed that waist circumference thresholds be adjusted for various racial/ethnic groups. (medscape.com)
  • SVI ranks the tracts on 16 social factors, including unemployment, racial and ethnic minority status, and disability, and further groups them into four related themes. (cdc.gov)
  • ethnic and religious groups he perceived to be non-white. (thedailybeast.com)
  • For African American households, income was $41,692 - the lowest among all racial and ethnic groups. (naacp.org)
  • This report, which focuses on religious affiliation, reveals an extremely fluid and competitive American religious marketplace and provides an in-depth look at individual religious groups and denominations. (pewresearch.org)
  • The percentage of white teacher candidates enrolled in traditional preparation programs is nearly triple that of all other racial and ethnic groups combined, according to figures from the National Center for Education Statistics . (hechingerreport.org)
  • However, wage discrimination is not limited to African-Americans, and other racial and ethnic groups are suffering similar harms in their employment. (ilga.gov)
  • Diversity in clinical trials is vital, and the New IDEAS study seeks to ensure that its results represent all racial and ethnic groups. (alz.org)
  • The grant program was established to support faculty research in social stratification, environmental justice and racial equity. (southalabama.edu)
  • Amidst the global activism, in particular the focus on justice for Black people, I offer some insights from the science of character strengths and the African American community. (viacharacter.org)
  • Yet decades later a broken criminal-justice system has proven that we still have a long way to go in achieving racial equality. (americanprogress.org)
  • For example, African Americans and Latinos have higher rates of kidney disease, diabetes, and obesity. (nih.gov)
  • However, researchers have determined that African-Americans and Latinos are denied conventional mortgage loans more often than are white customers. (gallup.com)
  • Using a nationally representative sample of African American men, this study investigated the associations between lifetime history of incarceration, discrimination, and mental health (e.g., depressive symptoms and psychological distress). (americanbarfoundation.org)
  • Discrimination may play an important role in the mental health problems of African American men with a history of incarceration. (americanbarfoundation.org)
  • Policies that reduce preventable incarceration or at least reduce subsequent discrimination for those who have been incarcerated may enhance mental health of previously incarcerated African American men. (americanbarfoundation.org)
  • As presented to me, this legislation prohibits pay and wage discrimination against African-American employees in comparison to other employees for the same or substantially similar work under similar working conditions for jobs requiring equal skill, effort, and responsibility. (ilga.gov)
  • Notwithstanding clear progress that has been achieved by African-Americans employees in Illinois, I recognize that employers must do more to stamp out pay and wage discrimination based solely on the demographic makeup of employees. (ilga.gov)
  • The Cancer Facts & Figures for African American/Black People 2022-2024 report is an educational companion for " Cancer Statistics for African American/Black People, 2022 ," a scientific paper published in the American Cancer Society flagship journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians . (cancer.org)
  • This week, give the gift of advocacy to help Black America thrive in 2024. (naacp.org)
  • Researchers have developed a promising new framework for suicide prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. (nih.gov)
  • Black nationalism American nationalism Americanism Johnson, Micah E. (2018). (wikipedia.org)
  • 5. African American youth have higher rates of juvenile incarceration and are more likely to be sentenced to adult prison. (americanprogress.org)
  • 86.6% of African Americans borrowed federal loans to attend four-year colleges, far more than their white counterparts. (naacp.org)
  • African American borrowers pay back education debt at a rate of 4% a year, lagging 6 percentage points behind their white counterparts. (naacp.org)
  • Although Harris has minority characteristics, the question of her appeal to "Middle America" and identity politics looms. (globaltimes.cn)
  • Some white voters may strengthen their sense of identity as the ethnic majority and distance themselves from the Democratic Party. (globaltimes.cn)
  • In the long run, political polarization based on ethnic identity is likely to become more wide-ranging in the US. (globaltimes.cn)
  • Unless the Republican Party leadership becomes even more obsessive than it already is about amnesty and racial preferences , the GOP is doomed by immigration-driven diversity ! (vdare.com)
  • The claims about a "cosmopolitan culture" and "diversity" sound attractive, but the benefits for the American students lucky enough to get into these colleges were not clearly defined. (gopusa.com)
  • Data from the National HIV Surveillance System were used to estimate numbers, percentages, and rates of HIV diagnoses in blacks/African Americans during 2005--2008. (cdc.gov)
  • This report describes the results of those analyses, which indicated that during 2005--2008, blacks/African Americans were diagnosed with HIV infection more frequently than any other racial/ethnic population. (cdc.gov)
  • During 2005--2008, blacks/African Americans accounted for 13.6% of the population in the 37 states and 50.3% of the 156,812 diagnoses of HIV infection during that period. (cdc.gov)
  • Blacks/African Americans accounted for the largest percentage of HIV diagnoses in each age group. (cdc.gov)
  • Note that the term "African Americans" is used here because in this context that is the term used by the researchers themselves. (viacharacter.org)
  • BATTLE CREEK, MICH. - The Altarum Institute and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) today released a report, " The Business Case for Racial Equity in Michigan ," that details the cost of failing to address the legacy of racism in the state, and the benefits to children, families and communities of advancing racial equity, including a potential increase in the state's GDP. (wkkf.org)
  • The discussion focused on the need to strengthen and build racial and ethnic equity into training and career pathways. (nih.gov)
  • Participants described the perceived practices of minimal nomination and selection of racial and ethnic minority persons on policymaking bodies and advisory boards, biomedical grant review panels, and faculty member search committees in college and university settings. (nih.gov)
  • The intent of this legislation is to put into place enhanced statutory mandates which would hold employers that engage in unlawful pay and wage practices against African-Americans accountable. (ilga.gov)
  • Proactive Recruitment of Older African-Americans for Alzheimer's. (nih.gov)
  • Harris' mother is from India and her father is an African American from Jamaica. (globaltimes.cn)
  • On the contrary, America continuously shows the black man he has no rights that the white American has to respect. (wikipedia.org)
  • Obviously, there are many other important trends (e.g., growth of black-white intermarriage and the shift toward more pan-ethnic marriages) that I cannot attend to in the short space here. (prb.org)
  • My colleague, Yujun Wang, has shown with the 2007 American Coummunity Survey that roughly 55 percent of U.S. born Asian women (aged 18-34) married non-Asians, mostly white men. (prb.org)
  • Most children of black-white couples, however, are still likely to identify themselves as black or African American rather than as mixed-race or some other racial label. (prb.org)
  • Even Papa Doc Duvalier, the Black Power dictator of Haiti, once baffled an American reporter by explaining that 96 percent of Haitians are white-in Haiti, the one-drop rule is that one drop of white blood gives you an excuse to claim to be white. (vdare.com)
  • 1 in every 15 African American men and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men are incarcerated in comparison to 1 in every 106 white men. (americanprogress.org)
  • 4. According to recent data by the Department of Education, African American students are arrested far more often than their white classmates. (americanprogress.org)
  • 92 percent were white, 4 percent were African American, and 4 percent were from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. (cancer.gov)
  • Both racial divides and historic photographs are frozen in black and white of menacing police, German shepherds, water hoses. (truthout.org)
  • African-Americans have no rights that white men or white women are bound to respect. (truthout.org)
  • The illusion that white supremacy is dead and African-Americans integrated into US society is only sustained during periods of détente. (truthout.org)
  • More white customers strongly agree with four or more of the financial wellbeing statements than customers in any other racial or ethnic group. (gallup.com)
  • African-American women are much less likely than white women to strongly agree with at least four of the financial wellbeing statements. (gallup.com)
  • The study, involving more than 5,300 men and women, seeks to better understand heart disease and its risk factors--and, ultimately, to prevent disease, prolong life, and promote heart health--in the African American community. (nih.gov)
  • They described points of failure to recognize and reward the contributions of African American women, in particular. (nih.gov)
  • So you get this ironic situation where university administrators who find Klansmen under every rock when it comes to their American students, are running cover for plutocrats from China and slave-owners from the Middle East who violently oppress women," Trent said. (gopusa.com)
  • For an excellent overview of trends, see: Sharon M. Lee and Barry Edmonston, "New Marriages, New Families: Racial and Ethnic Intermarriage," Population Bulletin 60, no. 2 (2005). (prb.org)
  • This bill works to address the harmful impact of this unequal treatment on African-American employees, their families, and the community. (ilga.gov)
  • Various international organizations have proposed definitions for MetS, including the WHO in 1998, the NCEP in 2001 with an update by the American Heart Assocation/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in 2005. (medscape.com)
  • Conscious patriot Johnson describes conscious patriots as African Americans who feel attached to America and are willing to critique the social inequalities present in American society. (wikipedia.org)
  • We believe the unique combination of depth and breadth makes the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey a very valuable resource for understanding the changes taking place on the American religious scene, and how those changes relate to social and political values. (pewresearch.org)
  • His name will be added to the anonymous statistics and meaningless deaths of African-Americans at the mercy of a merciless system. (truthout.org)
  • This Facts & Figures report provides current statistics about cancer in African American/Black people in the United States and includes data about risk factors, incidence, survival, and mortality rates as well as trends by age, state of residence, and race and ethnicity. (cancer.org)
  • ABSTRACT African Americans have 22% higher incidence and 49% higher death rates from CRC than any other ethnic/racial group. (sbir.gov)
  • Every racial or ethnic group has specific health concerns. (nih.gov)
  • On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Black and African Americans. (nih.gov)
  • This study demonstrates that with training and ongoing technical assistance, CHAs at African American health ministries can implement complex research protocols with good fidelity. (cdc.gov)
  • In partnership with health ministries at 9 African American churches in South Los Angeles, we conducted a 1-group pretest-posttest pilot study to assess the feasibility of implementing the intervention. (cdc.gov)
  • These findings have public policy implications as well as clinical implications for mental health promotion of African American men. (americanbarfoundation.org)
  • I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation. (confex.com)
  • Her international research is in women's reproductive health, HIV prevention, intimate partner violence and pregnancy outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. (rochester.edu)
  • Racial inequities are caused by the unequal distribution of resources and opportunities, and affect health, education, earnings and other life outcomes. (wkkf.org)
  • African-Americans are underrepresented in health research studies. (jmir.org)
  • However, such strategies are needed to better harness the benefits of technology and engage African-American participation in health research. (jmir.org)
  • Pollack has published widely on the intersecting topics of poverty, policy, and public health in journals such as Addiction, The Journal of the AMA, The American Journal of Public Health, and so on. (dartcenter.org)
  • In seeking closeness/intimacy, young African Americans seek unconditional support, try to defy stereotypes about African American partnerships, try to avoid relationship mistakes made by their parents, and make efforts to behave with integrity in their relationships with partners (Collins & Champion, 2011). (viacharacter.org)
  • Atlanta: American Cancer Society, Inc. 2022. (cancer.org)
  • African Americans, to pursue biomedical careers. (nih.gov)
  • Participants discussed micro- and macro-aggressions experienced by racial and ethnic minority trainees and professionals in biomedical research settings. (nih.gov)
  • Across the country, hundreds of African American museums and collections at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) document African American life, history, and culture. (urban.org)
  • In a recent article, " Surge in foreign students may be crowding Americans out of elite colleges ," The Washington Post stumbled on the truth about one of the factors affecting the rising cost of college for American students. (gopusa.com)
  • Their sponsors, Middle East governments and regimes like China, buy their way into American colleges and universities for their own students, forcing up costs for the dwindling number of Americans fortunate enough to gain admission. (gopusa.com)
  • Could you please tell us some features of Asian American(partucularly Chinese American)'s intermarriage with other race? (prb.org)
  • African-Americans have the highest rates of hypertension, and the most severe end-organ damage as a result. (medscape.com)
  • Participants also discussed the low retention of racial and ethnic minority faculty members. (nih.gov)
  • Historically, Black Americans and Hispanic Americans haven't been represented fully in Alzheimer's and dementia clinical studies. (alz.org)
  • Authors from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) examined the association of race/ethnicity, obesity and insulin resistance with combined hyperlipidemia (CHL). (medscape.com)
  • Also, the mixed race children of interracial couples, by definition, blur the racial line. (prb.org)
  • These children are more likely than single race children to have cross-racial friends and to marry interracially themselves. (prb.org)
  • Previous studies have demonstrated that African-Americans exhibit insulin resistance at low or intermediate TG levels. (medscape.com)
  • Ethnic and Racial Studies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dr. Kern Jackson, assistant professor of English and director of the University's African American Studies program, will serve as co-principal investigator. (southalabama.edu)
  • Web-based research studies are one promising way to engage more African-Americans and build trust with the African-American community. (jmir.org)
  • With African-Americans' increasing access to the Internet using mobile phones and other mobile phone technologies, we advocate for efforts to increase the representation of African-Americans in research studies by using the Internet as a recruitment tool and conclude with recommendations that support this goal. (jmir.org)
  • The author is professor at the Center for American Studies, Fudan University. (globaltimes.cn)
  • American citizens need to stand up for American schools for American students," says Dr. Tina Trent, who studies and writes about academia. (gopusa.com)
  • Loving the sinner, hating the sin": an investigation of religious leaders' perceived role in the lives of persons living with HIV in Soweto, South Africa. (rochester.edu)
  • The excuses the schools have given over the years include the virtues of globalization and exposing Americans to 'diverse' foreign cultures. (gopusa.com)