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 Ethnic Comparison of Weight Loss in Trial of Nonpharmacologic Interventions in the Elderly(2001) Kumanyika, Shiriki K.; Espeland, Mark A.; Bahnson, Judy L.; Bottom, Juliene B.; Charleston, Jeanne B.; Folmar, Steve; Wilson, Alan C.; Whelton, Paul K.Item Definition of Metabolic Syndrome: Report of the National Heart, Lunch, and Blood Institute/American Heart Association Conference on Scientific Issues Related to Definition(2004) Gundy, Scott M.; Brewer, Bryan; Cleeman, James; Smith, Sidney C.; Lenfant, ClaudeItem Definition of Metabolic Syndrome: Report of the National Heart, Lunch, and Blood Institute/American Heart Association Conference on Scientific Issues Related to Definition(2004) Gundy, Scott M.; Brewer, Bryan; Cleeman, James; Smith, Sidney C.; Lenfant, ClaudeItem Ethnic Comparison of Weight Loss in Trial of Nonpharmacologic Interventions in the Elderly(2001) Kumanyika, Shiriki K.; Espeland, Mark A.; Bahnson, Judy L.; Bottom, Juliene B.; Charleston, Jeanne B.; Folmar, Steve; Wilson, Alan C.; Whelton, Paul K.Item The Cholesterol, Hypertension, and Glucose Education (CHANGE) study for African Americans with diabetes: Study design and methodology(2009) Powers, Benjamin J.; King, Joy L.; Ali, Robin; Alkon, Aviel; Bowlby, Lynn; Edelman, David; Gentry, Pamela; Grubber, Janet M.; Koropchak, Celine; Maciejewski, Matthew L.Abstract available at publisher's website.Item Gender, Acculturation, and Health among Mexican Americans(2010) Gorman, B. K.; Read, J. G.; Krueger, P. M.Abstract available at publisher's website.Item The Promise of Prevention: The Effects of Four Preventable Risk Factors on National Life Expectancy and Life Expectancy Disparities by Race and County in the United States(2010) Ebrahim, Shah; Danaei, Goodarz; Rimm, Eric B.; Oza, Shefali; Kulkarni, Sandeep C.; Murray, Christopher J. L.; Ezzati, MajidAbstract available at publisher's website.Item Social context as an explanation for race disparities in hypertension: findings from the Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities (EHDIC) Study.(2008) Thorpe, Roland J; Brandon, Dwayne T; LaVeist, Thomas ADisparities in hypertension between African Americans and non-Hispanic whites have been well-documented, yet an explanation for this persistent disparity remains elusive. Since African Americans and non-Hispanic white Americans tend to live in very different social environments, it is not known whether race disparities in hypertension would persist if non-Hispanic whites and African Americans were exposed to similar social environments. We compared data from the Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities-SWB (EHDIC-SWB) Study with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004 to determine if race disparities in hypertension in the USA were attenuated in EHDIC-SWB, which is based in a racially integrated community without race differences in income. Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure (BP) > or = 140 mmHg (millimeters of mercury) and/or diastolic BP > or = 90 mmHg or respondent's report of taking antihypertensive medications. Of the 1408 study participants, 835 (59.3%) were African American, 628 (44.6%) were men, and the mean age was 40.6 years. After adjustment for potential confounders, various analytic models from EHDIC-SWB and NHANES 1999-2004 data, we found the race odds ratio was between 29.0% and 34% smaller in the EHDIC-SWB sample. We conclude that social and environmental exposures explained a substantial proportion of the race difference in hypertension.Item Impact of Electronic Health Records on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Blood Pressure Control at US Primary Care Visits(2012) Samal, L.; Lipsitz, S. R.; Hicks, L. S.Prior literature suggests that practice level characteristics mediate racial/ethnic disparities in clinical outcomes.1 One such practice level characteristic, use of electronic health records (EHRs) with clinical decision support (CDS), has been associated with improved blood pressure (BP) control in a national study.2 However, we do not know whether these effects differ across racial/ethnic groups.3 We sought to determine whether physician use of EHRs with and without CDS is associated with a reduction in racial/ethnic disparities in BP control in a nationally representative sample. Methods We examined data from primary care visits in the 2007-2008 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), a nationally representative survey of nonhospital-based ambulatory visits administered by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).4 In a recent article, we examined visits to NAMCS physicians who answered questions about EHRs and electronic guideline-based reminders.2 Primary care . . .Item Motivation for Health Screening: Evaluation of Social Influence Among Mexican-American Adults(2010) Ashida, Sato; Wilkinson, Anna V.; Koehly, Laura M.Abstract available at publisher's website.