• In a study presented at the 16th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorites and the Medically Underserved, researchers found that structural racism was related to an increased cancer mortality rate in minority populations. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Studying the impact of structural racism on cancer outcomes allows us to further understand the persistent racial disparities in cancer and broaden our scope of intervention. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • To properly measure structural racism at the county level, the researchers used a standardized index of a model to measure the latent construct of structural racism, which was previously created for researchers to use to connect structural racism to racial health disparities at a county level. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • The D.C.-based research and advocacy group, The Sentencing Project , released a study in April 2016 focusing on the racial disparities in youth arrests and subsequent commitments to secure facilities between 2003 and 2013. (americanbar.org)
  • The study shows that when looking specifically at racial disparities, the nationwide trend might not be as glaring, but specific states with larger disproportions in their population, show the racial divide surrounding youth arrests and commitments. (americanbar.org)
  • By blaming all disparities between ethnic groups on racism, it ignores the influence of family background, migratory history and cultural values in social and economic outcomes. (spiked-online.com)
  • In this session, evidence will be presented that suggests disparities exist across racial and ethnic groups in the use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans around the time of hip fractures. (auntminnie.com)
  • Varying use of DEXA scans for different racial/ethnic groups highlights disparities in the healthcare system - which may negatively impact care outcomes among disadvantaged groups," the group noted. (auntminnie.com)
  • This result, which is not explained by correlations between candidate race and political affiliation or neighborhood racial composition and income, suggests that increased representation can reduce racial disparities. (aeaweb.org)
  • Research has demonstrated that racial discrimination is a significant factor in health disparities. (mcleanhospital.org)
  • Carter describes how African Americans disproportionately experience racial health disparities influenced by race-related stress. (mcleanhospital.org)
  • Our vaccine plan may widen racial disparities. (mecep.org)
  • Yet Maine is at risk of exacerbating the racial disparities of the pandemic with the way it has chosen to allocate vaccines. (mecep.org)
  • Despite higher vaccination rates among currently eligible Black Mainers, addressing racial disparities in overall vaccination rates would require a different approach. (mecep.org)
  • Now, faced with a potential $900 million surplus, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has produced a $100 million legislative package designed to address persistent racial disparities in that state. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • Health care disparities heighten disease differences between African-Americans and white Americans. (webmd.com)
  • Importance: The revised 2021 US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines for lung cancer screening have been shown to reduce disparities in screening eligibility and performance between African American and White individuals vs the 2013 guidelines. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, potential disparities across other racial and ethnic groups in the US remain unknown. (bvsalud.org)
  • Risk model-based screening may reduce racial and ethnic disparities and improve screening performance, but neither validation of key risk prediction models nor their screening performance has been examined by race and ethnicity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Objective: To validate and recalibrate the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial 2012 (PLCOm2012) model-a well-established risk prediction model based on a predominantly White population-across races and ethnicities in the US and evaluate racial and ethnic disparities and screening performance through risk-based screening using PLCOm2012 vs the USPSTF 2021 criteria. (bvsalud.org)
  • Conclusions: The findings of this cohort study suggest that risk-based lung cancer screening can reduce racial and ethnic disparities and improve screening performance across races and ethnicities vs the USPSTF 2021 criteria. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Latino/Hispanic group is the only ethnic category counted separately by the United States Census. (mycoursepacks.net)
  • How people from Africa, both slaves and freemen, became part of the Latino population in Mexico, Central and South America, and the U.S. (mycoursepacks.net)
  • On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Latino and Hispanic Americans. (medlineplus.gov)
  • NEW YORK - In every region of America, white and Asian children are far better positioned for success than black, Latino and American Indian children, according to a new report appealing for urgent action to bridge this racial gap. (pressherald.com)
  • Scores for Latino (404), American-Indian (387) and African-American (345) children are distressingly lower, and this pattern holds true in nearly every state," said the report. (pressherald.com)
  • mean [SD] age, 59.8 [8.7] years), consisting of 19â ¯258 (18.3%) African American, 27â ¯227 (25.9%) Japanese American, 21â ¯383 (20.3%) Latino, 8368 (7.9%) Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and 29â ¯025 (27.6%) White individuals, 1464 (1.4%) developed lung cancer within 6 years from enrollment. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the United States, COVID-19 case, hospitalization, and death rates are higher in some racial and ethnic minority groups, including among people who are Black, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian, and Alaska Native. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Nevertheless, we know that Asians and Latin Americans have high rates of intermarriage, which signifies the emergence of networks that cross ethnicity and or racial lines. (mdpi.com)
  • Although optimism itself may be affected by social structural factors, such as race and ethnicity, our research suggests that the benefits of optimism may hold across diverse groups," said Hayami Koga, a PhD student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences studying in the Population Health Sciences program in partnership with Harvard Chan School and lead author of the study. (harvard.edu)
  • In addition, for U.S.-born Filipino Americans, having parents who taught them to take pride in their ethnicity and to be wary of forming relationships with other groups was protective against discrimination's mental health effects. (nih.gov)
  • For 6.6% of BRFSS participants who indicated they had been vaccinated but had a missing month and year of vaccination, the month of vaccination was imputed from donor pools matched for week of interview, age group, state of residence, and race/ethnicity. (cdc.gov)
  • RESULTS: The prevalence of obesity varied by race and ethnicity, from 10% for Japanese American men to 34% for Native Hawaiian men. (bvsalud.org)
  • In order to fight against these stereotypes and promote racial equality, the BRC supports and advocates performances by black musicians of musical styles publicly associated with whiteness - hard rock, heavy metal and thrash. (wikipedia.org)
  • Join HBCU Alum, Ebony Thomas to hear about her perspective as an SVP at Bank of America responsible for their 5-year initiative of over $1B towards racial equality and economic opportunity. (jumpstartadvisorygroup.com)
  • Romney's selfie posted from the crowd showed marchers carrying signs that rooted their call for racial equality in the Bible, rather than directing fury at President Donald Trump. (sltrib.com)
  • This group doesn't care about equality for women, Asians, and many other groups, it's just black lives. (scholarships.com)
  • On May 19 of 2022 the Granite School District reportedly received an allegation that an employee had used a racial slur while conversing with a group of students. (abc4.com)
  • The study was published online on June 8, 2022, in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. (harvard.edu)
  • In partnership with JumpStart, Bank of America is extending an opportunity to be selected for (1) a merit-based scholarship and (2) an opportunity to interview for a 2022 summer internship to sophomores and juniors at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (jumpstartadvisorygroup.com)
  • ACRP honors the 2022 Certification Milestone Achievers, an exclusive group of nearly 1,700 professionals who have consistently proven their commitment to conducting clinical trials safely, ethically, and to the highest standard. (acrpnet.org)
  • This paper evaluates evidence regarding racial and ethnic differences in mortality in the United States. (nih.gov)
  • We give our main attention to mortality rates from all causes combined, although we refer to studies of racial and ethnic differences in mortality by cause of death in a later section. (nih.gov)
  • Describe the variability within the larger 'Latin American' group, as defined by the U.S. Census, including the racial differences. (mycoursepacks.net)
  • Some racial differences are more nuances. (webmd.com)
  • Results show important differences across the groups and indicate directions for future research targeting prevention and intervention. (cdc.gov)
  • Drug deaths were nine times higher among the American Indian/Alaska Native population (highest) than among the Asian population (lowest). (unitedhealthgroup.com)
  • 9x higher drug deaths among the American Indian/Alaska Native population (highest) than among the Asian population (lowest). (unitedhealthgroup.com)
  • Data sources: 2018-2019 National Health Interview Survey, except the American Indian and Alaska Native data, which are from the Indian Health Service National Data Warehouse (2019 data only). (cdc.gov)
  • In some cases, American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic students also experienced higher discipline rates than students overall. (ed.gov)
  • Age-appropriate and culturally specific tobacco control interventions should be integrated into reproductive health settings to reach younger non-Hispanic white, Alaska Native, and American Indian women before they become pregnant. (cdc.gov)
  • For four major U.S. racial/ethnic minority groups-African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics-patterns of tobacco use, adverse health effects, and the effectiveness of interventions need to be understood in terms of tobacco's cultural and socioeconomic effects on the members of these groups. (cdc.gov)
  • This Surgeon General's report is the first to address the diverse tobacco control needs of the four major U.S. racial/ethnic minority groups-African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics. (cdc.gov)
  • The following racial and ethnic groups have been shown to be underrepresented in biomedical research: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. (nih.gov)
  • American Indians have the highest vaccination rate of any major racial or ethnic group in Maine. (mecep.org)
  • As of March 2, 9 percent of American Indians in Maine had received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, substantially higher than the share of the white population. (mecep.org)
  • The report was based on data from 2012, including census figures tallying the number of U.S. children under 18 at 39 million whites, 17.6 million Latinos, 10.2 million blacks, 3.4 million of Asian descent, and 640,000 American Indians, as well as about 2.8 million children of two or more races. (pressherald.com)
  • This report is the first to focus on tobacco use among four U.S. racial/ethnic minority groups: African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics. (cdc.gov)
  • among adults, American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest prevalence of tobacco use, and African American and Southeast Asian men also have a high prevalence of smoking. (cdc.gov)
  • Tobacco use among U.S. racial/ethnic minority groups -- African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics: a report of the Surgeon General. (cdc.gov)
  • We deal with four major groups: African Americans, Hispanic, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and whites (or, on occasion, non-Hispanic groups). (nih.gov)
  • In Table 2-1 and Figures 2-1 and 2-2 , we show estimates of age-specific death rates by 5-year age groups above age 45 for African Americans and whites (as well as for Asian/Pacific Islanders and Hispanics) in 1989. (nih.gov)
  • Death Rates Based on Vital Statistics and Census Data: Whites, African Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics, 1989. (nih.gov)
  • What's more, according to advocates of critical race theory, policies and laws that are colourblind or race-neutral only serve to disguise racial injustice, empowering whites at the expense of African-Americans. (spiked-online.com)
  • But beyond that bias, their answers revealed a consistent set of racial rankings, with whites being most associated with positive thoughts, followed by Asians. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • In fact, the poverty rate among African Americans in Minnesota is 4.5 times higher than for whites in that state. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • The Black Rock Coalition was created to band black rockers together in the music world because of racial discrimination in the music industry. (wikipedia.org)
  • Structural racism is defined by the American Medical Associationas ways society has fostered racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems, and one of these systems is health care. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • For Korean American youth, parental advice to anticipate occasional racial bias from the larger society protected against the mental health effects of discrimination, suggests an NIH-funded study. (nih.gov)
  • The authors found that for both Korean American and Filipino American study participants the experience of racial discrimination increased from 2014 to 2018 and contributed to the upward trend of mental health problems. (nih.gov)
  • Among Asian Americans, experiencing discrimination has been linked to depression and related mental health effects. (nih.gov)
  • Preparation for bias consists of parents informing their children that they may one day encounter racist behavior or experience racial discrimination. (nih.gov)
  • Each year until 2018 they responded to questions on their mental health status, experience with racial discrimination, and how their parents prepared them for racial bias. (nih.gov)
  • Overall, both groups reported an increase in discrimination and an increase in depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts from 2014 to 2018. (nih.gov)
  • U.S.-born Filipino American youth reported higher rates of racial discrimination and lower rates of ethnic-heritage socialization than their foreign-born counterparts. (nih.gov)
  • In this talk, Carter cites findings that at least 90% of Black adults and youth report experiencing at least one incident of racial discrimination in the past year. (mcleanhospital.org)
  • The lecture provides an overview of how racial discrimination impacts the health and well-being of African Americans. (mcleanhospital.org)
  • She also explores the importance of examining racial discrimination in the conceptualization of trauma experiences and treatments. (mcleanhospital.org)
  • Carter explores research into the mental health impact of racial discrimination and related trauma on the Black community. (mcleanhospital.org)
  • She discusses her research into the effect of early discrimination on accelerated aging among African Americans. (mcleanhospital.org)
  • Data was also used from the 2019 County Health Ranking and Roadmaps, the US Environmental Protection Agency's 2006 to 2010 Environmental Quality Index report, and the 2015 to 2019 estimates from the US Census American Community Survey. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Examining trials from the past 23 years, researchers found that roughly 12% of trial participants were Black, which is less than the 13% of African Americans in the U.S. census and does not account for disproportionately higher rates of cancer incidence and death among African Americans. (acrpnet.org)
  • A total of 122 trials (of 1,242 reviewed) met inclusion criteria, and researchers compared the percentages of different race groups in those trials to U.S. census estimates from 2018. (acrpnet.org)
  • Comparatively, African Americans make up about 22 percent of the population in North Carolina, according to data from the United States Census Bureau. (dailytarheel.com)
  • Under census definitions, Latinos can be of various racial groups. (pressherald.com)
  • Last year's census report documented an increase in poverty for black Minnesotans from 2013 to 2014, a rise that was unique among all racial groups. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • Structural Racism May Play a Role in Increased Cancer Mortality Rates Among Racial Minorities. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • A. The Diversity Supplement Program is designed for individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences, including racial and ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities and individuals from economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds that have inhibited their ability to pursue a career in health-related research. (nih.gov)
  • And the evidence so far indicates that these investments will pay health dividends not just for racial minorities, but for everyone. (webmd.com)
  • During 2002-2010, Hispanic children and adolescents had the largest increases in type 1 diabetes compared to other groups. (cdc.gov)
  • Arthritis prevalence among non-Hispanic Black or African American children and adolescents was twice that of non-Hispanic White children and adolescents. (medscape.com)
  • 3. Among adolescents, cigarette smoking prevalence increased in the 1990s among African Americans and Hispanics after several years of substantial decline among adolescents of all four racial/ethnic minority groups. (cdc.gov)
  • Our objective was to identify groups with the highest prepregnancy smoking prevalence by age within 6 racial/ethnic groups. (cdc.gov)
  • We calculated self-reported smoking prevalence during the 3 months before pregnancy for 6 maternal racial/ethnic groups by maternal age (18-24 y or ≥25 y). (cdc.gov)
  • Younger women had higher prepregnancy smoking prevalence (33.2%) than older women (17.6%), overall and in all racial/ethnic groups. (cdc.gov)
  • Our objective was to identify age groups within 6 racial/ethnic groups that have the highest prepregnancy smoking prevalence in a population-based sample of women with a recent live birth. (cdc.gov)
  • Asian American and Hispanic women have the lowest prevalence. (cdc.gov)
  • Of this increase, 20% occurred from 2016 to 2017, more than for any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. (nih.gov)
  • This talk examines the ways that Keith Hamilton Cobb's American Moor and Toni Morrison and Rokia Traoré's Desdemona address the whiteness of the various "industries" that discipline black responses to Shakespeare. (utoronto.ca)
  • American Moor stages the ways the Black actor's verbal and emotional exuberance is channeled and shaped by white interlocutors. (utoronto.ca)
  • Both pieces hold out hope for generative conversations across racial and historical divides, but make clear that true change will take place only with both Black decolonization and white unlearning. (utoronto.ca)
  • Her most recent publications include "I Can't Love You the Way You Want Me to: Archival Blackness" in postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies (2020) and "On Yearning," in the essay cluster, "Shakespeare and Black America" that she edited with Patricia Cahill for The Journal of American Studies (Spring 2020). (utoronto.ca)
  • With black musicians wanting their sound to be heard and recognized, they began fighting racial stereotypes. (wikipedia.org)
  • The BRC began to combat racial stereotypes through accepting the "total spectrum" of black music. (wikipedia.org)
  • In order to do this, the group followed through on their manifesto - to find recording and performance spaces for black musicians to give them equal opportunities for success. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Black Rock Coalition was formed in order to reaffirm that white rock had evolved from black origins, to combat racial stereotyping in music, and also to work to re-establish rock forms as functionally black music and as further proof of black music's power to make innovative leaps. (wikipedia.org)
  • A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. (cancer.gov)
  • The press release noted that the researchers studied cancer mortality rates in 1026 counties to define whether the increase varied by race, including non-Hispanic Black, white, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • In fact, the racial gap between white and black youth committed to detention facilities in America was found to have increased by 15 percent. (americanbar.org)
  • Mitt Romney's participation in a racial justice march Sunday brought the startling sight of Republicans' 2012 presidential nominee avowing that "black lives matter" - a rare statement for a federal lawmaker in his party. (sltrib.com)
  • No doubt one reason why Mitt Romney felt he could safely march with them is, it's a different kind of group than if he was marching with Black Lives Matter," said David Campbell, chair of the political science department at the University of Notre Dame. (sltrib.com)
  • Slavery and segregation, in particular, are said to still define the black American experience. (spiked-online.com)
  • And in order to bolster the narrative of 'white privilege', it simply ignores the recent socio-economic success of many black immigrants to America, particularly those from west Africa. (spiked-online.com)
  • 91% of the group identified as white and 9% as non-white (Native American, Black, Hispanic, Asian, or other). (auntminnie.com)
  • While many racial/ethnic student groups were significantly less likely to be suspended or expelled after the reform, the opposite was true for Black students. (ed.gov)
  • Nationally, Black Americans have death rates equivalent to white Americans a decade older than themselves). (mecep.org)
  • Several deadly diseases strike black Americans harder and more often than they do white Americans. (webmd.com)
  • It means investments targeted to the health of black Americans. (webmd.com)
  • Diabetes is 60% more common in black Americans than in white Americans. (webmd.com)
  • Strokes kill 4 times more 35- to 54-year-old black Americans than white Americans. (webmd.com)
  • But, he says, there are unique issues that affect black Americans. (webmd.com)
  • A 2005 report from the American Lung Association shows that black Americans suffer far more lung disease than white Americans do. (webmd.com)
  • Black Americans have more asthma than any racial or ethnic group in America. (webmd.com)
  • Black Americans are 3 times more likely to suffer sarcoidosis than white Americans. (webmd.com)
  • Black American children are 3 times as likely as white American children to have sleep apnea. (webmd.com)
  • Black American babies die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) 2.5 times as often as white American babies. (webmd.com)
  • PHOENIX - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Arizona filed a lawsuit today on behalf of the NAACP of Maricopa County and the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) challenging a state law that relies on harmful racial stereotypes to shame and discriminate against Black women and Asian and Pacific Islander (API) women who decide to end their pregnancies. (aclu.org)
  • Black Lives Matter is a group that wants to cause major trouble on campuses of America. (scholarships.com)
  • Combatting colleges that teach the real life plights of black Americans is just an example of white people and select Uncle Toms wanting to continue to live in the bubble of their own privilege. (scholarships.com)
  • The four racial minority groups are Asian, Black, Native American and Other. (cdc.gov)
  • The Fund seeks to address the interplay of racial injustice and economic injustice. (macquarie.com)
  • I'm grateful to anyone that wants to join in, particularly because of this distinctively Christian response to racial injustice," Perrin Rogers, pastor at The Triumphant Church in Mt. Rainier, Md., said of Romney's presence, adding that he found it encouraging and surprising. (sltrib.com)
  • A new study finds that the racial composition of clinical trials involving radiation therapy does not match that of the U.S. population. (acrpnet.org)
  • Both of these are part of the book project, ' Othello Was My Grandfather': Shakespeare and Race in the African Diaspora, for which she has received grants from the NEH, the National Humanities Center and the Schomburg Center for Research in African-American Culture. (utoronto.ca)
  • The toll is currently highest for African American adults. (cdc.gov)
  • As this report goes to press, discouraging news comes from a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the Youth Risk Behavior Survey about tobacco use among African American and Hispanic high school students. (cdc.gov)
  • African American musicians were experiencing a categorical struggle, as stereotypes were pervasive in the music industry. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1 The crossover to lower African-American mortality occurs in the age interval 85 to 89 for males and 90 to 94 for females. (nih.gov)
  • Commitment of white/non-Hispanic youth fell by 51 percent, while African-American commitments only fell by 43 percent. (americanbar.org)
  • In the United States, only 16 percent of youth are African American, yet the number being committed to secure facilities increased in the ten years studied from 38 percent to 40 percent. (americanbar.org)
  • In 2013, African American youth were 129 percent more likely to be arrested than white youth, which is an increase from 85 percent found in 2003. (americanbar.org)
  • Diversity should be achieved through non-discriminatory outreach efforts, not preferences or quotas for special groups, says the African-American leadership group Project 21. (nationalcenter.org)
  • Outraged over environmentalist groups, such as the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), supporting "family planning organizations" including those that perform abortions, the African-American leadership group Project 21 is demanding that environmentalists stop endorsing policies that disproportionately harm people of color. (nationalcenter.org)
  • Approximately 33 percent of the hospitalized patients included in the study were African American. (dailytarheel.com)
  • We cannot refer to these high rates of chronic disease without mentioning that African American communities also typically experience poverty, food deserts, gentrification, red-lining and environmental and systemic institutional racism at higher rates as well," Prelipp said. (dailytarheel.com)
  • After that phone call, I drafted a letter and sent it to our elected officials here in Orange County that are African American or Asian American," Price said. (dailytarheel.com)
  • Prelipp said the Orange County Health Department is working with several community partners to get a better sense of what is being said and done in the African American community and other communities of color related to COVID-19. (dailytarheel.com)
  • For all I know, I probably have another race in my ancestry that I might not know of which would make me more than just an African American. (ipl.org)
  • The report describes the challenges facing African-American children especially as 'a national crisis. (pressherald.com)
  • If the governor, for example, initiates a jobs program, there needs to be jobs program specifically targeted at the African-American community. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • African-American women have a 20% higher cancer death rate than white women. (webmd.com)
  • This increase is particularly striking among African American youths, who had the greatest decline of the four groups during the 1970s and 1980s. (cdc.gov)
  • I found that, according to the African American men are 1.6 times more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, in comparison to other racial groups, and twice as likely to die from this form of cancer. (who.int)
  • America's toxic racial politics is now finding its way into the British school system - including our primary schools. (spiked-online.com)
  • The press release noted that the cancer mortality rates increased by 11.9 deaths for non-Hispanic Blacks, 4.7 deaths for Asian/Pacific Islander individuals, and 17.4 deaths for American Indian/Alaskan Native individuals, each per 100,000 individuals. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • According to the study authors, hate crimes targeting Asian Americans grew by 30% from 2015 to 2018. (nih.gov)
  • Many observers have attributed the crossover to the "survival of the fittest," suggesting that adverse conditions faced by African Americans at younger ages subject the weakest members of a cohort to high mortality with only the most robust reaching old age (e.g. (nih.gov)
  • These views have dominated much of the literature on mortality of elderly African Americans. (nih.gov)
  • According to Koga, including diverse populations in research is important to public health because these groups have higher mortality rates than white populations, and there is limited research about them to help inform health policy decisions. (harvard.edu)
  • It is thus not surprising that the Arizona legislature and governor passed this law based on personal and inaccurate racial stereotypes that demonize women of color. (aclu.org)
  • We hope that this report will provide the basis for renewing our commitment to develop more effective tobacco control programs and policies for people of every racial and ethnic background. (cdc.gov)
  • In fact, very few people have access and/or opportunity to develop cross-racial, or ethnic relationships due to the long lasting high levels of racial and ethnic segregation. (mdpi.com)
  • The Macquarie Racial Equity Fund (REF) supports non-profit organisations advancing solutions that promote a more equitable and just society for all people in the Americas. (macquarie.com)
  • Launched in July 2020, the REF is committed to supporting direct relief programs, research and policy, education and economic equity initiatives that promote racial equity through our people and grant making. (macquarie.com)
  • Whether this is because a larger group is louder with its opinions, or just because it is easy to be persuaded if there are more people with the same views, 'good' people are always in the minority. (ipl.org)
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Maricopa County Branch, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum vs. Tom Horne, et al. (aclu.org)
  • This process of grouping people by observable features helps children make sense of the world. (americanprogress.org)
  • Clinical trials should reflect the diversity that exists in a population, yet we know challenges exist in both recruitment and retention of trial participants from racial minority groups," said Emily H. Bero, a medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and lead author of the study. (acrpnet.org)
  • The Racial Equity Fund is driven by Macquarie in the Americas, in partnership with the Macquarie Group Foundation and a cross-Group employee-led committee. (macquarie.com)
  • WE360°advances racial equity by eliminating barriers to success faced by minority entrepreneurs by providing access to capital, networks and tailored training. (macquarie.com)
  • The Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to ensuring greater representation, equity and opportunities for Asian American artists and cultural organisations through resource sharing, promotion and community building. (macquarie.com)
  • Allison De Marco, advanced research scientist at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute whose research focuses in part on poverty and racial equity, said in an email that systems in the United States have resulted in long-term inequities for populations of color. (dailytarheel.com)
  • While the overall rate of commitment after a finding of delinquency has fallen 47 percent in that period, the study found that these downward trends are not being equally seen across racial lines. (americanbar.org)
  • It is also important to think about the positive resources such as optimism that may be beneficial to our health, especially if we see that these benefits are seen across racial and ethnic groups. (harvard.edu)
  • Orange County government officials requested demographic data analyzing COVID-19 patients in the county after data was released at the state and national level showing African Americans may be disproportionately affected by COVID-19. (dailytarheel.com)
  • During the Great Depression, many Americans including the politicians were not open to immigrants coming to America. (ipl.org)
  • The Power Fund is working to disrupt this racial disparity in non-profit funding by directly addressing barriers faced by non-profit leaders of colour to access capital through their grantmaking. (macquarie.com)
  • Findings also suggest that some close, long-term relationships between tobacco companies and various racial/ethnic communities could hamper U.S. efforts to lower rates of tobacco use by the year 2000. (cdc.gov)
  • Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals in stratified racial/ethnic-gender groups. (cdc.gov)
  • This finding demonstrates how racial groups can be differentially impacted by the social characteristics of their environment. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Does the presence of underrepresented racial/ethnic groups in a legislative body differentially impact outcomes for members of those groups? (aeaweb.org)
  • Prior to hip fracture, 20.3% of white patients had a DEXA scan, compared with 14.7% of Asians, 14.4% of Hispanics, 14% of Blacks, 10.7% of Native Americans, and 16.4% of "Other" patients, according to the analysis. (auntminnie.com)
  • So many blacks don't even agree with this group due to the fact that it is a hate group and most blacks aren't filled with hate and don't want all the trouble that this group has started. (scholarships.com)
  • CRRS Working Group Keynote: Can You Be White and Hear This? (utoronto.ca)
  • At younger ages, age-specific death rates for African Americans exceed white rates by as much as two to one, and there is a gradual, but steady, narrowing of the differential as age advances ( Table 2-1 and Figures 2-1 and 2-2 ). (nih.gov)
  • Because they had looked at mostly white populations in that previous study, Koga and her colleagues broadened the participant pool in the current study to include women from across racial and ethnic groups. (harvard.edu)
  • Ideas inspired by critical race theory cannot account for the fact that multiple non-white groups perform better than their white-British peers in their GCSEs. (spiked-online.com)
  • And while American intersectionality views the 'white male' as the most privileged and advantaged group in society, white British boys actually have some of the lowest educational outcomes - especially in left-behind parts of north-west England . (spiked-online.com)
  • Thirty-seven percent of COVID-19 cases in the county were African Americans and 54 percent were white, according to the data released by the health department. (dailytarheel.com)
  • African-Americans are three times more likely to die of asthma than white Americans. (webmd.com)
  • A comparison of risk factors associated with suicide ideation/attempts in American Indian and White youth in Montana. (cdc.gov)
  • We examined racial/ethnic and gender-specific associations between suicide ideation/attempts and risky behaviors, sadness/hopelessness, and victimization in Montana American Indian and White youth using 1999-2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey data. (cdc.gov)
  • The primary results of this study show that although the American Indian youth had more statistically significant suicidal thoughts and attempts than the White youth, they had fewer statistically significant predictors compared to the White youth. (cdc.gov)
  • Instead, the evidence suggests that a group of students involved in a student-led protest "used the racial slur as part of an exchange with the employee. (abc4.com)
  • The racial income gaps in our state will not be solved without concrete, targeted solutions focused on specific populations and addressing their needs," she said. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • Our findings suggest that there's value to focusing on positive psychological factors, like optimism, as possible new ways of promoting longevity and healthy aging across diverse groups. (harvard.edu)
  • Findings were presented last week at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting . (acrpnet.org)
  • A data and research report, which included preliminary findings from the research process was presented to all committees and work groups. (who.int)
  • Our study findings will help to identify groups of women most likely to benefit from targeted tobacco control efforts designed to decrease prepregnancy smoking. (cdc.gov)
  • This can increase educators' empathy, helping them build positive relationships with students from racial and cultural backgrounds different from their own and respond to discipline situations in culturally responsive ways. (ed.gov)
  • 5. Rigorous surveillance and prevention research are needed on the changing cultural, psychosocial, and environmental factors that influence tobacco use to improve our understanding of racial/ethnic smoking patterns and identify strategic tobacco control opportunities. (cdc.gov)
  • Only 25 states provided enough data to compile scores for American Indian children. (pressherald.com)
  • The score for Indian children in South Dakota - 185 - was the lowest of any group in any state on the index. (pressherald.com)
  • the alcohol/tobacco/marijuana cluster was a significant predictor for the American Indian boys only. (cdc.gov)
  • For both groups, preparation for bias decreased during the study period. (nih.gov)
  • For both foreign- and U.S- born Korean Americans, a higher rate of ethnic heritage socialization was linked with lower levels of suicidal thinking and preparation for bias was linked with lower depressive symptoms. (nih.gov)
  • While the new study looks specifically at representation in radiation therapy trials, enrollment data from cancer trials in general indicate that inclusion of patients from racial/ethnic groups in those studies has gotten worse over time. (acrpnet.org)
  • However, she said the discrepancy in the data means they cannot definitively say one racial group fares worse than the other. (dailytarheel.com)
  • Homogenous networks also limit the ability of affluent groups to appreciate and address the social barriers of less fortunate groups. (mdpi.com)
  • American Association for Cancer Research. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • In a previous study, the research group determined that optimism was linked to a longer lifespan and exceptional longevity, which was defined as living beyond 85 years of age. (harvard.edu)
  • New research throws cold water on the concept, suggesting that, at least on an unconscious level, Americans retain their belief in a race-based hierarchy. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • She also presents research indicating that African Americans live sicker and die younger than other racial and ethnic groups. (mcleanhospital.org)
  • This research process engaged three collaborative work groups -- Data, Survey, and Best Practices, as well as overarching Steering and Advisory committees. (who.int)
  • Additionally, we have spent time with other community advocacy groups including the NAACP, to review the incident, and our policies, with a desire to work together in the best interest of our students and ensuring a safe and inclusive environment within our schools. (abc4.com)
  • Officials closed off the statement by paying tribute to what the school district stands for, saying "the District remains committed to work with our partners at the NAACP and other community members, patrons, students and advocacy groups to ensure every student and family feels safe and welcome in our schools. (abc4.com)
  • Community groups, including the Minneapolis NAACP, the Northside Funders Group, and Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, helped shape the contents of the package. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • Together these groups constitute about 25% of the U.S. population, and that proportion is growing rapidly. (cdc.gov)
  • Asian American patients were also underrepresented in the trials relative to their population size. (acrpnet.org)
  • How Africans in Mexico, Central and South America were absorbed into the Hispanic population, while generally being kept separate in the U.S. (mycoursepacks.net)
  • 1. Cigarette smoking is a major cause of disease and death in each of the four population groups studied in this report. (cdc.gov)
  • Today, America is an ignorant society, many believe that racism has ended throughout every corners of the world and this is far from the truth. (ipl.org)
  • Also notable is the support that members of racial/ethnic groups have shown for legislative efforts to control tobacco use, sales, advertising, and promotion. (cdc.gov)
  • Vaccination coverage varied by age group and state, and coverage decreased in all age groups and in most states. (cdc.gov)