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 Health Impacts of Yoga and Pranayama: A State‑of‑the‑Art Review(2012) Sengupta , PThousands of years ago yoga originated in India, and in present day and age, an alarming awareness was observed in health and natural remedies among people by yoga and pranayama which has been proven an effective method for improving health in addition to prevention and management of diseases. With increasing scientific research in yoga, its therapeutic aspects are also being explored. Yoga is reported to reduce stress and anxiety, improves autonomic functions by triggering neurohormonal mechanisms by the suppression of sympathetic activity, and even, now‑a‑days, several reports suggested yoga is beneficial for physical health of cancer patients. Such global recognition of yoga also testifies to India’s growing cultural influence.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 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 Urban Hypertensive African American Grandparents(2007) Taylor, Jacquelyn; Washington, Olivia; Artinian, Nancy; Lichtenberg, PeterAbstract available at publisher's website.Item Race/Ethnicity and Hypertension: The Role of Social Support(2010) Bell, Caryn N.; Thorpe, Roland J.; LaVeist, Thomas A.Abstract available at publisher's web site.Item The Relationship of Racism, Chronic Stress Emotions, and Blood Pressure(2006) Peters, Rosalind M.Abstract available at publisher's web site.Item Racism and Hypertension Among African Americans(2004) Peters, R. M.Abstract available at publisher's web site.Item Racism and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in a Community Sample(2007) Brondolo, E.; Libby, D. J.; Denton, E.-g.; Thompson, S.; Beatty, D. L.; Schwartz, J.; Sweeney, M.; Tobin, J. N.; Cassells, A.; Pickering, T. G.; Gerin, W.Abstract available at publisher's web site.Item Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP) Latino: results of a pilot study of lifestyle intervention for lowering blood pressure in Latino adults(2010) Rocha-Goldberg, María del Pilar; Corsino, Leonor; Batch, Bryan; Voils, Corrine I.; Thorpe, Carolyn T.; Bosworth, Hayden B.; Svetkey, Laura P.Abstract available at publisher's web site.Item Understanding Contributors to Racial Disparities in Blood Pressure Control(2010) Kressin, N. R.; Orner, M. B.; Manze, M.; Glickman, M. E.; Berlowitz, D.Abstract available at publisher's web site.