Eliminating health disparities requires community involvement
Successful programs to lessen racial and ethnic health disparities share common traits ...April issue, devoted to the subject of eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities. Based on this collection of articles, the most successful interventio...Doubling of life expectancy over past two decades for people with Downs syndrome
...nts: Identification of factors responsible for the racial differences recorded could facilitate further improvement in survival of people with Downs syndrome. Reduced exposure to environmental factors that contribute to cancer risk, tumour-suppressor genes on chromosome 21, or a slower rate of replication o...Childhood sexual abuse proves top predictor for HIV infection in women
...uropsychiatric Institute. This finding crossed all racial and ethnic groups. In addition to sexual abuse, HIV-positive women were more likely to possess fewer years of formal education and to live in poverty than their HIV-negative counterparts. Sexual abuse has its own unique effect on womens decision-maki...Input from youth is crucial in promoting adolescent health
...eme issue is devoted to the subject of eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities through community involvement. Including young peoples perspectives is an integral part of fulfilling the Centers mission to promote adolescent health, says co-author Lisa K. Hohenemser, MPH, a senior research program co...Racial disparity in cancer survival: Are other factors at work?
...etermine if there was evidencein the literature of racial disparities in survival whereblacks and whites had received the same treatments forcancer at the same stage. A review of all English-languagearticles published from 1966 to January 2002 that describedoutcomes for black and white cancer patients ident...Women suffering from anorexia are 50 times more likely to commit suicide
... expected rate for other women in the same age and racial groups. Eating disorder patients who are more psychiatrically ill were found to be at a greater risk to attempt suicide. Franko's research was chosen by the Academy for Eating Disorders to be presented at the International Conference on Eating Diso...Health benefits of leanness blown away by cigarette smoke
...were fairly consistent across national, ethnic and racial lines, he says. Overall, men who smoked cigarette...e than 250,000 men and women of diverse ethnic and racial groups from Asia, Europe and the United States as part of the Diverse Populations Collaboration, whi...Educational interventions boost participation in cervical screening
...leagues. Such interventions could also help reduce racial and ethnic health disparities associated with poor use of screening, they say. Studies have suggested that Chinese-American women have higher rates of invasive cervical cancer than the general North American population. While studies have shown that ...Black, Latino children with asthma get lesser care
...ther information directly from parents to evaluate racial and ethnic differences in childrens asthma status and management. And the findings may have wider implications: asthma is a "sentinel condition" for monitoring quality of health care delivery, the authors note, because it is a common chronic illness ...Improving accuracy of cross-cultural neuropsychological testing
...rchers found that they could eliminate most of the racial differences found in the neuropsychological test a...ing for just one indicator of educational quality, racial differences on cognitive test performance in older people are significantly reduced, says Dr.Molly W...Substance abuse increases in New York City in aftermath of September 11th
...iffer significantly between men and women or among racial or ethnic groups. Demographic factors such as age, marital status, and income seemed to play a more critical role in determining if the events of September 11th led to an increase in substance use. For example, among the demographic characteristics ...Prostate cancer is costly for Californians, according to UCSF researchers
...isk factors include positive family history, black racial identity, animal fat consumption, and specific genetic variations. This study estimated both direct and indirect costs of prostate cancer in California for 1998. Researchers analyzed California specific hospitalization and mortality data. Direct cost...Study examines issues faced by teen-agers who move to the U.S.
...ages. While the volume of research on leisure of racial and ethnic minorities including immigrant populations has been growing in recent years, the Illinois professor said only a handful of these studies have isolated problems faced by adolescent immigrants. And, she said, those have targeted specific ...Eye drops delay onset of glaucoma in people at higher risk
...rienced by certain American populations, including racial and ethnic minorities and other groups with disparate health status, such as the urban and rural poor. Background The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can lead to damage to the eye's optic nerve and result in ...Study finds no association between oral contraceptive use and breast cancer for women 35 and over
...ge. Results were generally similar across age and racial groups. Taking all the study findings into consideration, lead author Polly A. Marchbanks, Ph.D., says, "These results are good news. For women 35 to 64 years old, this study provides reassurance that oral contraceptives do not increase the risk of ...Infant mortality rate drops, children more likely to have working parent, be read to
...c children increased faster than that of any other racial and ethnic group, growing from 9 percent of the child population to 16 percent in 2000. The report projected that by 2020, more than 1 in 5 children will be of Hispanic origin. In contrast, the percentage of black, non-Hispanic and American Indian...This old house may put its occupants on path to good health
...panic whites were more likely than women and other racial and ethnic groups to walk at least a mile 20 or more times a month. The researchers note that the home age and walking behavior correlation was not found in rural counties, suggesting that home age and "walkability" of neighborhoods are only associat...Other highlights in the August 7 issue of JNCI
...fitz.com Equal access to health care may reduce racial differences in colon cancer survival rates When access to health care and treatment is equal, African-American and Caucasian colorectal cancer patients appear to benefit similarly from adjuvant chemotherapy and disparities in survival all but disap...Study finds dramatic decline in physical activity among African-American and white girls
...height) predicted a decline in activity among both racial groups. Pregnancy was associated with activity declines in black but not in white girls. According to Kimm, there may not have been an adequate number of pregnancies among white girls to detect a statistically significant effect on physical activit...Ten schools receive funds to improve access to dental care, enroll minority/low income students
...ing poor children, the elderly and many members of racial and ethnic minorities." At the same time, accordi.... Formicola. Dr. Bailit added, "Underrepresented racial and ethnic minority dental health professionals provide a large amount of the care to minority popul...