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 Outpatient weight management in African-Americans: The Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Program (HELP) study(2005) Kumanyika, Shiriki K; Shults, Justine; Fassbender, Jennifer E; Whitt-Glover, Melicia C; Brake, Vivian; Kallan, Michael J; Iqbal, Nayyar; Bowman, Marjorie AItem Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program Into an Urban Medically Underserved Community(2008) Seidel, Miriam; Powell, Robert; Zgibor, Janice; Siminerio, Linda; Piatt, GretchenItem Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program Into an Urban Medically Undeserved Community(2008) Seidel, Miriam; Powell, Robert; Zgibor, Janice; Siminerio, Linda; Piatt, GretchenItem The Role of Local Food Availability in Explaining Obesity Rsik Among Young School-Aged Children(2012) Lee, HelenIn recent years, research and public policy attention has increasingly focused on understanding whether modifiable aspects of the local food environment – the types and composition of food outlets families have proximate access to – are drivers of and potential solutions to the problem of childhood obesity in the United States. Given that much of the earlier published research has documented greater concentrations of fast-food outlets alongside limited access to large grocery stores in neighborhoods with higher shares of racial/ethnic minority groups and residents living in poverty, differences in retail food contexts may indeed exacerbate notable child obesity disparities along socioeconomic and racial/ethnic lines. This paper examines whether the lack of access to more healthy food retailers and/or the greater availability of “unhealthy” food purveyors in residential neighborhoods explains children’s risk of excessive weight gain, and whether differential food availability explains obesity disparities. I do so by analyzing a national survey of U.S. children followed over elementary school (Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Kindergarten Cohort) who are linked to detailed, longitudinal food availability measures from a comprehensive business establishment database (the National Establishment Time Series). I find that children who live in residentially poor and minority neighborhoods are indeed more likely to have greater access to fast-food outlets and convenience stores. However, these neighborhoods also have greater access to other food establishments that have not been linked to increased obesity risk, including large-scale grocery stores. When examined in a multi-level modeling framework, differential exposure to food outlets does not independently explain weight gain over time in this sample of elementary school-aged children. Variation in residential food outlet availability also does not explain socioeconomic and racial/ethnic differences. It may thus be important to reconsider whether food access is, in all settings, a salient factor in understanding obesity risk among young children.Item New Market Pushes Healthy Eating in "Food Desert" of Avondale(2012) UNSPECIFIEDResidents of one Cincinnati neighborhood are working to turn their community from a "food desert" into an oasis of healthy food. A food desert is an area with a lot of people - without access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Local 12's Angela Ingram explains how organizers plan to turn a small market into a full scale farmer's market.Item Ethnic Differences in the Home Food Environment and Parental Food Practices Among Families of Low-Income Hispanic and African-American Preschoolers(2012) Skala, Katherine; Chuang, Ru-Jye; Evans, Alexandra; Hedberg, Ann-Marie; Dave, Jayna; Sharma, ShreelaAbstract available at publisher's website.Item Do Latino and non-Latino grocery stores differ in the availability and affordability of healthy food items in a low-income, metropolitan region?(2012) Emond, Jennifer A; Madanat, Hala N; Ayala, Guadalupe XAbstract available at publisher's website.Item Baltimore’s can-do approach to food justice(2011) BARRINGTON, VANESSACities all over the country are addressing the lack of access to fresh and healthy food on the part of their residents, but few are in as much of a bind as Baltimore. Like Detroit, and other cities known for their class and race disparity, Baltimore has been losing population and gaining vacant land at a fast pace in recent decades. The result is vast swaths of neighborhoods located far from grocery stores. Baltimore gave itself a D on its own 2010 Health Disparities Report Card, which found that 43 percent of the residents in the city's predominantly black neighborhoods …Item Latino Health Institute Hopes to Accomplish Multiple Missions(2011) Fitzgerald, BethThe Latino Health Institute of New Jersey was founded this fall. One of its many missions: document the disparities between the healthcare of the state's 1.5 million Latinos and that of its overall population. Funded by a $190,000 federal grant to the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey, the institute will explore the relatively high incidence of chronic ailments like heart disease, obesity and diabetes among Latinos, according to Martin Perez, president of the alliance. The institute also will investigate the limited options for Latinos to adopt healthy lifestyles due to a lack of fresh fruits and vegetables and opportunities…Item Poverty, sprawl, and restaurant types influence body mass index of residents in California counties.(2011) Gregson, JenniferThis study demonstrates the important role of county poverty and urban sprawl toward understanding environmental influences on BMI. Using three categories of restaurants demonstrates different associations of full-service chain and independent restaurants, which are often combined in other research.