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 Applying Anthropology to Eliminate Tobacco-Related Health Disparities(2012) Goldade, K.; Burgess, D.; Olayinka, A.; Whembolua, G. L. S.; Okuyemi, K. S.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 Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Older Black, Mexican-American, and White Women and Men: An Analysis of NHANES III, 1988-1994 Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(2001) Sundquist, Jan; Winkleby, Marilyn A.; Pudaric, SonjaAbstract available at publisher's website.Item Health Indicators of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in the United States(2010) Moy, Karen L.; Sallis, James F.; David, Katrine J.Abstract available at publisher's web site.Item Tobacco Control Policy Advocacy Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Among Ethnically Diverse High School Students(2006) Ramirez, A. G.; Velez, L. F.; Chalela, P.; Grussendorf, J.; McAlister, A. L.Abstract available at publisher's web site.Item Addressing social and cultural disparities in tobacco use(2000) Leischow, SAbstract available on publisher's web site.Item Striking Variation in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in the United States among Black and White Women Aged 45–54 by State(2000) Sekikawa, Akira; Kuller, Lewis H.Abstract available at publisher's web site.Item Racial and ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors: a systematic review.(2007) Kurian, Anita K; Cardarelli, Kathryn MCardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the United States, and disproportionate rates are seen in racial and ethnic minority populations. Systematically assessing and quantifying modifiable CVD risk factors is therefore crucial in these populations. Better understanding and awareness of the disparities of CVD risk factors by race and ethnicity may help clinicians and public health professionals develop culturally sensitive interventions, prevention programs, and services specifically targeted toward risk burdens in each of these populations.Item Beliefs about tobacco use in African Americans.(2007) Halbert, Chanita Hughes; Gandy, Oscar H; Collier, Aliya; Shaker, LeeThese results suggest that African Americans believe that biological factors such as genes play a limited role in tobacco use behaviors. Sociodemographic factors, rather than tobacco use, are important to beliefs about tobacco use among African Americans.