As figures from the 2010 census are released, political scientist Rafael Jimeno of the University of Arkansas is available to discuss emerging political preferences and behaviors of Latinos both in the South and nationally. He draws on findings from the 2010 Blair-Rockefeller Poll.
Jobless African-American men might be at a greater risk of suffering from depression -- along with African-American men making $80,000 and upward.
Years of research show black patients getting less treatment in the American health care system than their white counterparts, but a new study suggests that a quick dose of empathy helps close racial gaps in pain treatment.
Healthcare leaders consider HIT’s potential in promoting greater health equity and patient-entered care vs. its potential to unintentionally increase existing disparities in health and health care.
Lower potassium levels in the blood may help explain why African-Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes as whites, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers.
Black children are involved in reported cases of child abuse at approximately twice the rate of white children. Until now, this has generally been attributed to racial bias in the child welfare system. But in a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, F. Brett Drake, PhD, professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, finds that much, if not most, of the overrepresentation of black children in maltreatment reporting is due to increased exposure to risk factors such as poverty.
The 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report have just been released.
David Frankel, associate professor of economics, looked at public school enrollments from every school district in the country and found that school segregation between blacks and whites has improved only slightly from 1987 to 2007.
A working class kid from the United Kingdom has become an authority of the American Civil Rights movement, publishing three books on civil rights struggles in Arkansas. With new book on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating in Arkansas comes out in June, Dr. John Kirk is the chair of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Department of History, a school located just blocks from the infamous Little Rock Central High School. (NOTE TO EDITORS: UALR is part of the University of Arkansas System but is a separate campus from Fayetteville).
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders may be at higher risk for hemorrhagic stroke at a younger age and more likely to have diabetes compared to other ethnicities, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 63rd Annual Meeting in Honolulu April 9 to April 16, 2011.
During Black History Month, a Baylor researcher discusses his discovery that courageous black musicians delivered civil rights messages that in an unexpected place -- the flip sides of vintage gospel 45s.
Obama may be first black president at1600 Pennsylvania Ave, but the black history of the White House traces a black presence back to America’s very first president.
At a time when access to prompt treatment might affect survival, a large new study finds that African-American and Hispanic women newly diagnosed with breast cancer often face delays in care of more than a month.
A surprisingly large number of “B” sides on old 45s of gospel songs address the subject of civil rights, the Vietnam War and other social issues, according to a Baylor University researcher who is overseeing a preservation effort called the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project.
Significant disparities exist between the race of kidney disease patients and that of the physicians who will care for them, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The results suggest that efforts are needed to increase minority recruitment into kidney specialty programs to more closely balance the racial background of physicians and patients.
A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere has discovered that a single alteration in the genetic code of about a fourth of African-Americans helps protect them from coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death in Americans of all races.
Death by homicide, the victim is probably black. By cirrhosis, the decedent is likely Native American. These stereotypes have small but clear effects on the racial classifications used to calculate official vital statistics, according to a new study by sociologists at two universities.
U-M Health System researchers have identified various factors – from education and income levels to gender and religion – that may predict whether Arab Americans support organ donation after death.
Black obese patients receive less weight-related counseling than white obese patients.
February is a time for medical check-ups for African Americans.
“Men’s concepts of what it means to be a ‘real’ man are generally shaped by traditional masculine role norms, which encourage men to be extremely self-reliant and these norms often affect their health behavior,” said Wizdom Powell Hammond, Ph.D., assistant professor of health behavior and health education at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and a member of UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. “We’ve seen in other studies that men with strong commitment to traditional masculine role norms delay health care because they don’t want to seem weak.
We all know how to spot a macho guy – right? He’s a man’s man with a certain swagger and a way with the ladies. Well, social scientists have a different opinion – one that perpetuates stereotypes about black, Hispanic and certain homosexual men.
With the NFL head coaching carousel underway, attention turns again to the Rooney Rule, but research from an Iowa economist shows the rule is not the best way to expand the league's pools of minority head coaches.
Mistreatment of older Chinese adults in the U.S. is perceived to be a pervasive, but underreported, problem, according to a study that used community focus groups composed of elders to explore the issue.
For many with MS, the disease wreaks havoc with emotional well-being, and minorities might especially be at risk for developing depressive symptoms.
Michael Honey, a history professor at University of Washington Tacoma, collected, edited and wrote introductions for 16 of King's speeches on economic justice.
Black people with early stage liver cancer were more likely than white patients to die from their disease, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
With a rapidly expanding population of elders, the number of dementia caregivers in Florida is increasing exponentially. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, nearly 10 million caregivers provide unpaid care to people with Alzheimer’s disease. Finding the best way to support caregivers, especially with fewer state resources available, is one focus of ongoing research at Mayo Clinic in Florida.
African American patients and those with lower socioeconomic status have more advanced disease and greater disability when they seek treatment from Parkinson’s specialists, according to a University of Maryland study.
IUPUI Law Professor Carlton Waterhouse travels to South Africa to present his research on reparations work in post-apartheid South Africa, and investigate program as model for reparation efforts in U.S.
Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize honors individuals under 40 who are effecting positive social change.
A new survey of court cases against battered women living abroad shows that when the women left their abusive partners and returned with their children to the United States, half of the time, U.S. courts sent the children back, usually to their fathers. The survey, co-authored by a University of Washington researcher, also shows that almost a third of these estranged husbands filed criminal kidnapping charges against their wives.
A new study by a University of Kansas sociologist shows that U.S. employers fail to pay Asian American men as much as similarly qualified white men.
Black, Asian, and Native American children are more likely than white and Hispanic children to die after being treated for neuroblastoma, according to new research on the pediatric cancer. The study is the largest ever to look at racial disparities in risk and survival for the most common solid cancer found in young children.
African-Americans are less likely than whites to be screened for colorectal cancer, and the disparity almost certainly contributes to higher mortality. A new review of studies identifies effective strategies for improving the situation, but suggests that work remains to be done.
As millions of Americans enjoy the annual celebration of baseball known as the World Series, most have no idea "the best baseball player you've never heard of" was the woman who replaced Hank Aaron in the Negro Leagues.
A new study found that racial and ethnic disparities among children with frequent ear infections can significantly influence access to health care resources.
When some students at Ithaca College heard about a recent string of suicides by young people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, they decided to take action.
Disparities in breast cancer mortality continued to be unacceptably high in Chicago and many hospitals in Chicago are not meeting accepted quality standards according to new data.
A new University of Virginia study is examining what factors cause some minorities to be underrepresented in the ranks of biomedical researchers – a situation that could have a negative impact on health care.
African Americans in Georgia: A Reflection of Politics and Policy in the New South offers a comprehensive study of politics and public policy issues with implications for African Americans in Georgia.
1) Time to diagnosis twice as long for insured minorities vs. insured white women; 2) Diagnostic delay twice as long for uninsured vs. insured black women.
1) Despite insurance and incomes, racial disparities in treatment delay exist; 2) Disparities have not improved; may have worsened over time.
1) Biological tumor differences seen in Hispanics and Asians; 2) Surgery led to higher survival rates; underwent by fewer black patients; 3) Bronchoalveolar lung cancer had a better prognosis.
1) Women with this cancer subtype have more than twice the risk of death; 2) Poor prognosis linked to age at diagnosis and regional/distant disease.
1) Study conducted among patients with uterine cancer; 2) African-Americans had higher death rates, even with insurance; 3) Mortality higher among patients with public vs. private insurance.
As part of the Third AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, Olveen Carrasquillo, M.D., M.P.H., chief of the division of general medicine at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in Florida, will host a press conference on Friday, Oct. 1, at 6:00 p.m. in the Cowrie 2 Room of the Loews Hotel in Miami.
1) As little as two hours a week of vigorous exercise reduces risk; 2) Benefits are seen with regular walking as well.
1) Fifty-six percent of Puerto Ricans have heard about direct-to-consumer genetic testing; 2) Only 4.3 percent of Puerto Ricans have used a genetic test; 3) Awareness of genetic testing in Puerto Rico is higher, but use is lower, compared with the United States.
1) Increase seen in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women; 2) Women who smoked between puberty and first childbirth had an increased risk.
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