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 An Intersectional Approach to Social Determinants of Stress for African American Men: Men's and Women's Perspectives(2013) Griffith, D. M.; Ellis, K. R.; Allen, J. O.Stress is a key factor that helps explain racial and gender differences in health, but few studies have examined gendered stressors that affect men. This study uses an intersectional approach to examine the sources of stress in African American men’s lives from the perspectives of African American men and important women in their lives. Phenomenological analysis was used to examine data from 18 exploratory focus groups with 150 African American men, ages 30 years and older, and eight groups with 77 African American women. The two primary sources of stress identified were seeking to fulfill socially and culturally important gender roles and being an African American man in a racially stratified society. A central focus of African American men’s daily lives was trying to navigate chronic stressors at home and at work and a lack of time to fulfill roles and responsibilities in different life domains that are traditionally the responsibility of men. Health was rarely mentioned by men as a source of stress, though women noted that men’s aging and weathering bodies were a source of stress for men. Because of the intersection of racism and economic and social stressors, men and women reported that the stress that African American men experienced was shaped by the intersection of race, ethnicity, age, marital status, and other factors that combined in unique ways. The intersection of these identities and characteristics led to stressors that were perceived to be of greater quantity and qualitatively different than the stress experienced by men of other races.Item Stress, coping, and depression: Testing a new hypothesis in a prospectively studied general population sample of U.S.-born Whites and Blacks(2011) Keyes, K.M.; Barnes, David M.; Bates, L.M.Item An Ergonomic Assessment and Fitness Evaluation of Young Male Tea Factory Workers in Dooars, West Bengal(2012) Sengupta , P; Sahoo, SIntroduction: There are very few published reports on the heath status of tea garden workers of West Bengal, while reports on cardiorespiratory fineness and body composition of male tea factory workers is almost scanty. Purpose: The present study was carried out in the Dooars region of the Cooch Behar district, West Bengal to evaluate the physical fitness and morphological characteristics due to the physio-logical workload of respondents engaged in processing of tea leaves in factories within the tea-estates. Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in 18-25 years’ young male tea-garden workers (n=15) by random selection from Cooch Behar District, West Bengal (mean age 20.1) and college students (n=15) of Kolkata (mean age 21.9), who served as controls. Cardiorespiratory fitness was estimated in terms of maximum oxygen uptake (VO2 max) and physical fitness index (PFI), while morphological characters were estimated by means of physical anthropometric measures. Results: A significant difference in body surface area, body mass index, percentage of body fat (% fat), blood pressure, physical fitness index, energy expenditure, anaerobic power, mean upper arm circumference, thigh circumference, waist circum-ference and buttock circumference were found (p<0.05) in tea garden workers. No significant difference was observed in calf circumference and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). Conclusions: On the basis of the findings of the present study using morphometric indicators and fitness markers it can be concluded that, the majority of respondents had an ectomorph stature but have good physical fitness level.Item Perceived discrimination, psychological distress and health(2010) Todorova, Irina L.G.; Falcón, Luis M.; Lincoln, Alisa K.; Price, Lori LynAbstract available at publisher's website.Item Differences in Systemic Oxidative Stress Based on Race and the Metabolic Syndrome: The Morehouse and Emory Team up to Eliminate Health Disparities (META-Health) Study(2012) Morris, Alanna A.; Zhao, Liping; Patel, Riyaz S.; Jones, Dean P.; Ahmed, Yusuf; Stoyanova, Neli; Gibbons, Gary H.; Vaccarino, Viola; Din-Dzietham, Rebecca; Quyyumi, Arshed A.Abstract available at publisher's website.Item Hispanic Lesbians and Bisexual Women at Heightened Risk or Health Disparities(2012) Kim, Hyun-Jun; Fredriksen-Goldsen, Karen I.Abstract available at publisher's website.Item Coping with racism: a selective review of the literature and a theoretical and methodological critique(2009) Brondolo, Elizabeth; Brady ver Halen, Nisha; Pencille, Melissa; Beatty, Danielle; Contrada, Richard J.Abstract available at publisher's website.Item Ethnicity- and socio-economic status-related stresses in context: an integrative review and conceptual model(2009) Myers, Hector F.Abstract available at publisher's website.Item Discrimination and racial disparities in health: evidence and needed research(2009) Williams, David R.; Mohammed, Selina A.Abstract available at publisher's website.Item Is Discrimination an Equal Opportunity Risk? Racial Experiences, Socioeconomic Status, and Health Status among Black and White Adults(2011) Bratter, J. L.; Gorman, B. K.Abstract available at publisher's website.