While disparities exist for nearly every common cancer type, the largest differences occur among cancers that benefit most from treatment -- suggesting that black patients are not getting needed lifesaving treatments, according to a review from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Imagine you’re an engineer charged with designing an SUV to sell in a third-world country. What sorts of questions might you consider before creating a prototype? This is a case study from Binghamton University faculty member George Catalano’s latest book series, Engineering and Society: Working Towards Social Justice. The books, which Catalano co-authored with Caroline Baillie of the University of Western Australia, encourage engineers to think about the long- and short-term implications of their projects.
Regardless of race, fewer people see a kidney specialist before starting dialysis if they live in predominantly black communities, reports a study appearing in an upcoming issue of JASN. The results highlight the importance of understanding why patients in predominantly black areas are less likely to receive kidney-related care while their kidney function is clearly declining.
A new study led by UNC researchers that looks at newly diagnosed lung cancer patients and follows them from diagnosis forward is one of the first to give reasons why patients don’t go to lung surgery and why surgery happens less often in blacks.
A new study led by UNC researchers that looks at newly diagnosed lung cancer patients and follows them from diagnosis forward is one of the first to give reasons why patients don’t go to lung surgery and why surgery happens less often in blacks.
African Americans with incomes below the poverty line have a significantly higher risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) than higher-income African-Americans or whites of any socioeconomic status, research led by scientists at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging shows.
Within a comprehensive health insurance system, black and Hispanic children appear more likely than white children to have asthma and their outcomes are often worse, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the August print issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Fewer hospital patients died from complications in their health care between 2001 and 2006, but Asians/Pacific Islanders and Hispanics were less likely to survive than either whites or blacks.
Delays in seeking health care appear to be common for Latino women in upstate New York, a new study finds.
Transplant surgeons at Johns Hopkins who have reviewed the medical records of more than 20,000 heart transplant patients say that it is not simply racial differences, but rather flaws in the health care system, along with type of insurance and education levels, in addition to biological factors, that are likely the causes of disproportionately worse outcomes after heart transplantation in African Americans.
University of Arkansas political scientists found that “a deep, subtle and modern symbolic racism” influenced voting behavior during the 2008 presidential election.
To remain relevant to the public, museums need to become more welcoming to minorities and provide more opportunities to interact with younger people, according to a report from the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago. The Center for the Future of Museums, an initiative of the American Association of Museums, commissioned the report.
Medicare’s Part D prescription medication management program could be off limits to some of the patients who need it most — older African-Americans and Hispanics — a new study finds.
In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, The George Washington University, School of Public Health & Health Services releases "SAHNA 2010: A South Asian Health Needs Assessment of the Washington, D.C. Region". This report is the first study of this magnitude in the Washington, D.C. area to assess the health needs of a growing and diverse minority population.
Arizona recently adopted a new law giving police the authority to inquire about a person’s immigration status during a stop, detention, or arrest. The APA interviewed social psychologist John Dovidio, PhD, of Yale University about the new law. Dr. Dovidio studies issues of social power and social relationships including the influence of explicit and implicit bias.
A new study has found that African American and Latino children with special health care needs, and those who come from households in which the primary language is not English, are less likely to receive family-centered care than are white children and those from households where English is the primary language. In addition, the study authors found that there were disparities in two critical components of care provided to African American and Latino children and those from households where English is not the primary language: having adequate time with the child's health care provider and receiving care that is sensitive to the family's values and customs. The researchers said that improvements in these components could greatly reduce these disparities for family-centered care.
When people are under chronic stress, they tend to smoke, drink, use drugs and overeat to help cope with stress. These behaviors trigger a biological cascade that helps prevent depression, but they also contribute to a host of physical problems that eventually contribute to early death.
The use of “acting white” as a criticism of high-achieving black students is a social phenomenon with deep cultural roots. Acknowledging its power over student achievement is a critical first step for moving forward to improved educational results.
To eliminate health disparities in the state and extend the impact of health reform, the University of Maryland has recruited a nationally recognized research team to create action programs that improve primary care and expand public health outreach in medically underserved communities. “We’re focused on action, not talk,” says Stephen Thomas.
A new study of Medicare beneficiaries finds that cost concerns are more likely keep Hispanics away from the pharmacy counter than non-Hispanics.
The gap between the proportion of black and white Americans with asthma who took an inhaled or oral medicine daily to prevent attacks grew wider between 2003 and 2006.
When analyzing obesity disparities among women, socioeconomic status and social context may be more important than race.
Immigrant Latinos display strong parenting practices and raise socially agile children, but these early gains are likely to be eroded by mediocre schools and peer pressure in poor neighborhoods, according to findings published by the American Psychological Association.
2010 Multi-State Survey of Race & Politics examines what Americans, including tea party supporters, think about race, public policy, national politics and President Obama.
Black children were one-third more likely than white children to be hospitalized for a ruptured appendix in 2006.
New findings from epidemiology and observational studies show an increased risk for cancer among Latino populations, but unique demographic characteristics suggest the problem may be worse than currently known.
Researchers at The GW Cancer Institute, with funding from the National Cancer Institute, examined the effect of race and health insurance status on diagnostic and treatment delays over a 5-year period, with initial screenings going back 12 years, and found that race may play a larger role than previously thought when it comes to optimal diagnosis and treatment of black women with breast cancer.
Black men with chronic pain are more likely to experience the downward spiral of depression, affective distress and disability than white men with chronic pain, according to University of Michigan Health System research. The persistent pain was more severe, but the study suggests other factors for worse outcomes among black men vary from their lower marriage rates - marriage tends to protect men against depression -- to engagement in litigation related to their pain.
While federal law protects African American men who wear their hair in an Afro to work, University of Iowa law professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig notes that black women do not have the same legal protections for such natural hairstyles as locks, twists or braids.
Minority children in the U.S. face a pervasive gap in the quality and extent of health care received compared to Caucasians, according to a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics written by a UT Southwestern Medical Center physician.
African American women are less likely to breastfeed their children, in part due to the preconceived attitudes that women have regarding breastfeeding vs. formula feeding, according to a new study from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center researchers.
Candid and engaging memoir recounts player's two seasons as “Jackie Robinson in reverse".
There's not likely to be any MTV footage of Cody Wollitz's spring break, but he and 49 other University of Oregon students are still expecting it to be one to remember. The students, divided into four groups, will leave Saturday for separate community-based, service-learning experiences in rural southeastern Oregon, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
Average people have helped to shape the human rights movement, Jean Quataert says in a new book about the development and impact of rights after World War II. "Advocating Dignity: Human Rights Mobilizations in Global Politics," the latest book by the Binghamton University history professor, was released by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
The race gap in the commission of violent crime has narrowed substantially, yet persists - with murder arrest rates for African Americans out-distancing those for whites - concludes a new 80-city study. “It seems safe to conclude the gap won't disappear any time soon," says University of Maryland criminologist Gary LaFree.
Most former residents of Chicago's now-demolished public housing still live in segregated, low-income neighborhoods despite using housing vouchers to subsidize their rents, according to a study by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers.
USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism releases a new study examining gender oppression in cinematic content and behind the camera.
In "The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Urban America," Indiana University historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad tells "an unsettling coming-of-age story" about the idea of black criminality.
African-Americans have long been underrepresented among health care professionals. As of 2005, blacks made up slightly more than 8 percent of first-year medical students in the United States – roughly half of their share of the U.S. population (15.4 percent in 2007), and just 1 percent more than their share of first-year medical students in 1975.
Workplace equality for women boils down to not only whether women are included in the workforce but on how they are included.
The video “Painting the Past Alive” follows University of Arkansas art professor John Newman as he paints a mural depicting African American slaves who crossed the river to the Underground Railroad stop in Quindaro, Kan.
An analysis of Union Army pension applications shows that 20 years after the Civil War ended, an expanding Pension Bureau left most black veterans behind. The shift away from the Bureau's color-blind roots was driven by black veterans' receiving less trust for medical claims that were not easily verified.
A new report from Indiana University finds that achievement gaps among high ability students from different economic, racial and linguistic backgrounds in the U.S. are large and growing.
During its Feb. 10 home game, the Atlanta Hawks will honor the Spelman College Spelbots for their civic contributions, accomplishments and leadership.
A poignant family reunion launches a partnership with a university to uncover the lost African-American heritage in a small Texas town.
“The role of religion in public life has long been a source of controversy and litigation,” said Melissa Rogers, director of Wake Forest University Divinity School’s Center for Religion and Public Affairs, which produced the document. “We have brought together a diverse group of experts on law and religion to clarify what current law has to say about some of these matters.”
A new study offers a scathing critique of a U.S. immigration enforcement program that targets migrant workers. The report states that the program, Operation Streamline, violates the civil rights of defendants and diverts resources from fighting border violence: drug smuggling and human trafficking.
A new study by University of Iowa researchers finds the NFL's Rooney Rule has failed, suggesting the league would do better to focus on recruiting African-Americans into positions as entry-level position coaches if it wants to increase the number of black head coaches.
When assessing the amount of help someone needs, people's perceptions can be skewed by their racial biases, according to a Kansas State University psychology study.
Civil rights lawyer and University of Maryland law professor Sherrilyn Ifill argues that "elections" on shows like American Idol influenced young people who entered the electorate during Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and offer lessons for improving the political election process.
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