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UrduStudy suggests patient-related factors, healthcare providers, health systems and policy may facilitate access or barriers to vaccination
Tag: Minorities
NSF funds UCI project to boost STEM degree success for underrepresented students
The National Science Foundation has awarded almost $3 million over a five-year period to The Institute for Meaningful Engagement at the University of California, Irvine. This new education project will explore the environmental factors prompting underrepresented students to leave science, technology, engineering and math programs and investigate how faculty can foster better classroom cultures to retain them. A multidisciplinary leadership team will partner with the deans of UCI’s six STEM schools to accomplish this.
Community Health Center Honored for Services Assisting Minority Women
Florida Atlantic University and Northwest Community Health Alliance’s Community Health Center, operated by FAU’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, together with the West Palm Beach YWCA, recently received the “2021 Community Collaborators Award” from Nonprofits First, Inc., for their untiring efforts to mitigate health care disparities among women from minority groups with limited access to quality care.
Experiences, perpetration of identity-based bullying among adolescents
What The Study Did: Using survey responses from students in some Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, high schools, researchers investigated how experiences of bullying based on race/ethnicity/ national origin and other marginalized identities are associated with outcomes for health, mental health and violence…
Bidirectional impact of cardiovascular disease, cancer in Blacks focus of new AHA center
Cardiovascular disease and cancer, the nation’s top two killers, share common ground like obesity and chronic inflammation, as well as a disproportionate impact on Black Americans. A new American Heart Association-funded center at the Medical College of Georgia is working…
Prostate cancer treatment among black, white patients during pandemic
What The Study Did: This study included 647 patients with untreated nonmetastatic prostate cancer (269 patients during the pandemic and 378 from before the pandemic). During the initial COVID-19 lockdown, only 1% of Black men underwent prostatectomy, while 26% of…
Precision treatment for severe asthma targets a specific mutation
Drug blocks a cell receptor that is mutated disproportionately in people of color
Dartmouth study explores race inequity in opioid prescribing among US health systems
A new Dartmouth-led study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine sheds light on the role U.S. health systems play concerning racial inequality in prescription pain medicine receipt. For more than a decade, research has demonstrated that…
COVID-19 Shutdowns Reveal Racial Disparities in Exposure to Air Pollution
A new GW study of COVID-19 shutdowns in the United States reveals pronounced disparities in air pollution — with disenfranchised, minority neighborhoods still experiencing more exposure to a harmful air pollutant compared to wealthier, white communities.
Take your best shot: Which SARS-CoV-2 vaccine should I get, if any?
University of Cincinnati physician-researcher uses computerized decision model to provide evidence that being vaccinated is better than not
Discrimination and safety concerns barriers to accessing healthy food for food-insecure young adults
New study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates interventions of specific relevance to COVID-19, including expanded food assistance services, are needed to improve the accessibility of healthy food for young adults
COVID-19-related immigration concerns among Latinx immigrants in US
What The Study Did: T hese results suggest that substantial proportions of Latinx immigrants have immigration concerns about engaging in COVID-19-related testing, treatment and contact tracing. Authors: Carol L. Galletly, J.D., Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, i s…
From birth control to mammograms, many women missed out on preventive care for all of 2020
Study shows even after in-person care restarted, women were 20% to 30% less likely to get such services than in 2019, especially those from lower-income and higher-minority areas
Study: Incarcerated people placed in solitary confinement differ significantly from others in prison population
Concern has grown about prison systems’ use of extended solitary confinement as a way to manage violent and disruptive incarcerated people. A new study identified groups that are more likely to be placed in extended solitary management (ESM). The study…
Sociodemographic characteristics, inequities associated with access to in-person, remote elementary schooling during pandemic in New York State
What The Study Did: Among the few New York state public school districts providing full-time in-person elementary school instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts served predominately white students, rural/suburban students and children who were not disadvantaged (children who were…
Geneticists outline plan to boost diversity, inclusion in their field
Action plan arose from discussions during virtual webinar series “Meiosis in Quarantine”
UCLA research finds the US lags 79 other nations in preventing child immigration detention
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified calls to end the detention of migrant children, as cases surge among children held in crowded conditions; yet immigration detention’s threats to children’s fundamental rights did not begin with the current public health crisis. Unlike…
Poor and minority communities suffer more from extreme heat in US cities
Excess urban heat is common within cities, but not all communities burden the consequences equally, according to new UC San Diego research
US-wide, non-white neighborhoods are hotter than white ones
Wealthier, whiter urban and small-town residents benefit more from cooling infrastructure and trees
New study: Lack of consideration of sex and gender in COVID-19 clinical studies
Although Covid-19 affects men and women differently, the large majority of current clinical studies of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 makes no mention of sex/gender. Indeed, only a fraction, 4 percent, explicitly plan to address sex and gender in their analysis, concludes…
How can counselors address social justice amid climate change?
We’re currently living in what many scientists are calling the Anthropocene, the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. An article published in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development discusses how…
Studies explore links between stress, choline deficiency, preterm births, and mental health
CU researchers say the data points to a health care disparity when it comes to caring for Black mothers and their children in the U.S.
Why insisting you’re not racist may backfire
Experimental study finds white people often send the opposite message when they explain why they’re not prejudiced
Health safety net for undocumented kids works, study finds
California experienced a 34% reduction in the rate of uninsured, non-citizen children in the first two years after an expansion in public health coverage, an SDSU School of Public Health study shows
Only 20 states implemented health equity committees to assist with COVID-19 vaccine distribution planning
A new study out of UChicago found that while 43 states (out of 51, including all 50 states and Washington, D.C.) created a committee to develop a vaccine distribution plan, only 20 plans mentioned using a health equity committee to assist with plan development.
Only 20 states used health equity committees in COVID-19 vaccine distribution planning
New analysis finds that despite major COVID-19 health disparities, fewer than half of US states included health equity committees in vaccine distribution plans, and only 8 included representatives from minority groups
Increased use of household fireworks creates a public health hazard, UCI study finds
Irvine, Calif., June 29, 2021 – Fireworks are synonymous in the United States with the celebration of Independence Day and other special events, but the colorful displays have caused a growing risk to public safety in recent years, according to a study by environmental health researchers at the University of California, Irvine.
Addressing inequity in air quality
Air quality varies greatly within regions and cities around the world, and exposure to air pollution can have severe health impacts. In the U.S., people of color are disproportionately exposed to poor air quality. A cover story in Chemical &…
Parental monitoring and consistency in adolescence can reduce young Black men’s likelihood of criminal behavior
New research examined the effect of different parenting styles during adolescence on crime among African American men. The study found that parenting styles characterized by little behavioral control placed youth at significant risk for adult crime, even though some of…
Indigenous people travel long distances to give birth compared with non-Indigenous people
Indigenous people living in rural Canada are 16 times more likely to have to travel 200 km or more to give birth than non-Indigenous people, underscoring the need for more access to birthing facilities and providers for Indigenous families in…
UCLA receives $4.8M to improve genetic disease risk estimates in diverse populations
LOS ANGELES (June 16, 2021) – UCLA Health will receive a $4.8 million grant from The National Institutes of Health to develop methods that will improve genetic risk estimates – polygenic risk scores – for specific diseases in people from…
Human microbiome could shed light on higher morbidity rate in minoritized populations
The link between environmental inequities and disease may lie in the gut
How different beliefs and attitudes affect college students’ career aspirations
A study published in Career Development Quarterly has looked at whether beliefs and attitudes influence career aspirations of college students with different genders and sexual orientations. Among 1,129 college students at a midwestern urban university, stronger self-efficacy beliefs–or perceptions about…
How should counselors broach topics of race, ethnicity, and culture?
It’s incumbent upon counselors to initiate or respond to clients’ concerns about racial, ethnic, and cultural issues, but guidelines lack specific instructions. An article published in the Journal of Counseling & Development provides counselors with strategies for broaching and discussing…
Māori connections to Antarctica may go as far back as 7th century, new study shows
Indigenous Māori people may have set eyes on Antarctic waters and perhaps the continent as early as the 7th century, new research published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand shows. Over the last 200 years,…
Study: Maternal adult characteristics do not predict stillbirth, early neonatal death
University of Illinois Chicago researchers studying birth outcomes in marmoset monkeys found there were no adult maternal characteristics like age or weight gain during pregnancy to predict stillbirth or early neonatal death, but that a mother’s birth weight or litter…
Associations of race/ethnicity and food insecurity with COVID-19 infection rates
What The Study Did: The findings of this observational study of the association of race/ethnicity with COVID-19 infection rates and the interaction of pre-COVID experiences of food insecurity suggest that the association varied over time and across racial/ethnic groups. Authors:…
Patient characteristics, subsequent health care use of SARS-CoV-2 testing initiation in safety-net health system
What The Study Did: Researchers found differences in sociodemographic and clinical characteristics by entry location for SARS- CoV-2 testing within a safety-net health system. White and English-speaking individuals disproportionately initiated testing via telehealth visits, while Black, Native American and non-English-speaking…
‘Asian American’: A rallying cry that united Asians in the 1960s but is it still relevant?
How Asian Americans’ public policy opinions are divided by generation and national origin, especially on immigration
Correcting misperceptions about, and increasing empathy for, migrants
Americans dramatically overestimate the number of migrants affiliated with gangs and children being trafficked
Preventing suicide among a ‘hidden population’ in public housing
11% of Black youths in 1 development report planning to die by suicide
People of color twice as likely to die after traumatic brain injury, new study finds
OHSU co-authors say findings are a call to address structural racism throughout society
Transgender teens may turn to substance use to cope with stress
Over half of transgender or gender minority (GM) adolescents engage in substance use, seemingly as a coping strategy in response to GM stressors, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Sabra L.…
Professor Rosemary Jagus recognized for efforts to increase diversity in marine sciences
BALTIMORE, MD (June 1, 2021)– University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science President Peter Goodwin has awarded the annual President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science to Rosemary Jagus, a professor in molecular genetics at the Institute of Marine…
Ethnic diversity helps identify more genomic regions linked to diabetes-related traits
By including multi-ethnic participants, a largescale genetic study has identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits than if the research had been conducted in Europeans alone.
Books on health, economic inequalities in Latin America, Caribbean shed light on content, impact of health policies
More than 500,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean, demonstrating the health and economic inequalities throughout the region. A new article analyzes seven books* that discuss these inequalities, including questions of who gets health care…
Even among the insured, cost may delay follow up care for cancer survivors
Even among a large group of cancer survivors who were mostly insured, college educated and had annual incomes above the national average, up to 10% delayed care in the previous 12 months because they simply could not afford out of…
Can racial identity protect black teens from racism-related stress? It’s complicated
A recent study finds that the vast majority of Black adolescents have experienced racism, that they experience anticipatory stress about experiencing racism again, and that their racial identity can influence that stress in a variety of ways. “We know that…
Using virtual reality to improve interracial interactions and diversify STEM
Lehigh’s Valerie Jones Taylor has been awarded a $1.79 M National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to demonstrate the effectiveness of virtual reality as a training tool to improve interracial interactions and aid in diversifying the STEM pipeline
LGBT+ Youth Manifesto launched for a more inclusive society
A new manifesto created by LGBT+ youth groups and sociolinguistics experts at the University of Nottingham has been launched to call for a more inclusive society in the UK. The manifesto presents a 12-point plan to address the many situations…