Minority Health and Health Equity Archive
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Welcome to the Minority Health and Health Equity Archive (MHHEA), an electronic archive for digital resource materials in the fields of minority health and health disparities research and policy. It is offered as a no-charge resource to the public, academic scholars and health science researchers interested in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities.
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Item Lynching in America:Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror(2015) UNSPECIFIEDIn America, there is a legacy of racial inequality shaped by the enslavement of millions of black people. The era of slavery was followed by decades of terrorism and racial subordination most dramatically evidenced by lynching. The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s challenged the legality of many of the most racist practices and structures that sustained racial subordination but the movement was not followed by a continued commitment to truth and reconciliation. Consequently, this legacy of racial inequality has persisted, leaving us vulnerable to a range of problems that continue to reveal racial disparities and injustice. EJI believes it is essential that we begin to discuss our history of racial injustice more soberly and to understand the implications of our past in addressing the challenges of the present. Lynching in America is the second in a series of reports that examines the trajectory of American history from slavery to mass incarceration. In 2013, EJI published Slavery in America, which documents the slavery era and its continuing legacy, and erected three public markers in Montgomery, Alabama, to change the visual landscape of a city and state that has romanticized the mid-nineteenth century and ignored the devastation and horror created by racialized slavery and the slave trade.Item Researchers Publish Results of Largest Genome-Wide Linkage Study of Prostate Cancer Among African American Men(2006) UNSPECIFIEDBethesda, Md. — Researchers from 12 institutions, including the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced the results of the first genome-wide linkage study of prostate cancer in African Americans. Using genetic markers, researchers identified several regions of the human genome that likely contain genes that, when altered, increase the risk of developing prostate cancer.Item Policy Issues Associated with Undertaking a New Large U.S. Population Cohort Study of Genes, Environment, and Disease(2007) UNSPECIFIEDThis report describes the efforts of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS) to assess the need and readiness for a new large population study (LPS) in the United States and presents recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) so that this concept can be further explored. The HHS Secretary established SACGHS in 2002 as a public forum for deliberation on the broad range of human health and societal issues raised by advances in genetics and, as warranted, the development of advice on these issues. In a March 2004 priority-setting process, SACGHS identified 11 high-priority issues warranting its attention and analysis. One of those issues was the need for an analysis of the opportunities and challenges associated with conducting an LPS aimed at understanding the relationships between genes, environments,1 and their interactions and common complex diseases. Among the considerations that led the Committee to this decision was the fact that discussions were underway at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about whether the United States should mount a new large population-based study. In June 2005, as SACGHS factfinding efforts were beginning, NIH Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni requested that the Committee develop a report on the preliminary questions, steps, and strategies that would need to be addressed before considering the larger question of whether the United States should undertake a new LPS. Specifically, the Committee was asked to (1) delineate the questions that need to be addressed for policymakers to determine whether the U.S. Government should undertake a new LPS to elucidate the influences of genetic variations and environmental factors on common complex diseases; (2) explore the ways in which, or processes by which, the questions identified in step 1 can be addressed, including any intermediate research studies, pilot projects, or policy analysis efforts needed; and (3) determine the possible ways in which these questions could be addressed, taking into account the feasibility of those approaches expect the Committee to recommend solutions to the questions raised. The next section summarizes exploratory work by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and factfinding and consultative efforts by SACGHS on this issue. Chapter II presents the scientific basis for an LPS. Chapter III outlines the key policy issues that SACGHS has identified as warranting further attention. Chapter IV discusses the critical role that public engagement must play in determining the willingness of U.S. citizens to support and participate in such an endeavor. In keeping with its agreed upon charge, throughout this report the Committee explores the ways in which the identified policy issues could be addressed and describes possible approaches for the HHS Secretary’s consideration.Item Racism in Medicine: Health Parity for African Americans(2002) UNSPECIFIEDThere are many false race-based myths concerning the history of man’s culture, civilization and modern medicine that are believed and taught even today. Today, these myths are being perpetuated, intentionally or unintentionally, in our universities and lower educational systems — and are therefore fostering misunderstandings that hinder resolving the issue of race and racism that is pervasive in American society. You will hear a provocative yet historic and evidenced-based presentation designed to further your understanding on the impact that racism had and still has in medicine.