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 Charting the Course(National Institute of Health - Office of Disease Prevention, 2014) UNSPECIFIEDItem Community Action Against Asthma: Examining the Partnership Process of a Community-Based Participatory Research Project(2003) Parker, Edith A.; Israel, Barbara A.; Williams, Melina; Brakefield-Caldwell, Wilma; Lewis, Toby C.; Robins, Thomas; Ramirez, Erminia; Rowe, Zachary; Keeler, GeraldItem Making a difference: The construction of ethnicity in HIV and STI epidemiological research by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)(2011) Proctor, Alana; Krumeich, Anja; Meershoek, AgnesItem Harms and benefits: Collecting ethnicity data in a clinical context(2009) Varcoe, Colleen; Browne, Annette J.; Wong, Sabrina; Smye, Victoria L.Item Experiences of discrimination: Validity and reliability of a self-report measure for population health research on racism and health(2005) Krieger, Nancy; Smith, Kevin; Naishadham, Deepa; Hartman, Cathy; Barbeau, Elizabeth M.Item The Asian American Hepatitis B Program: Building a Coalition to Address Hepatitis B Health Disparities(2011) Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Pollack, Henry J.; Tsang, Thomas; Park, Jihyun; Ramos, Mary Ruchel; Islam, Nadia; Wang, Su; Chun, Kay; Sim, Shao-Chee; Pong, Perry; Rey, Mariano Jose; Kwon, Simona C.Item Using a Qualitative Approach to Develop an Evaluation Data Set for Community-Based Health Promotion Programs Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities(2011) Edberg, M. C.; Corey, K.; Cohen, M.Item Physical Activity and Physical Fitness: Standardizing Assessment with the PhenX Toolkit(2012) Haskell, William L.; Troiano, Richard P.; Hammond, Jane A.; Phillips, Michael J.; Strader, Lisa C.; Marquez, David X.; Grant, Struan F.; Ramos, ErinThe focus of the PhenX (Phenotypes and eXposures) Toolkit is to provide researchers whose expertise lies outside a particular area with key measures identified by experts for uniform use in large-scale genetic studies and other extensive epidemiologic efforts going forward. The current paper specifically addresses the PhenX Toolkit research domain of physical activity and physical fitness (PA/PF), which are often associated with health outcomes. A Working Group (WG) of content experts completed a 6-month consensus process in which they identified a set of 14 high-priority, low-burden, and scientifically supported measures. During this process, the WG considered self-reported and objective measures that included the latest technology (e.g., accelerometers, pedometers, and heart-rate monitors). They also sought the input of measurement experts and other members of the research community during their deliberations. A majority of the measures include protocols for children (or adolescents), adults, and older adults or are applicable to all ages. Measures from the PA/PF domain and 20 other domains are publicly available and found at the PhenX Toolkit website, www.phenxtoolkit.org. The use of common measures and protocols across large studies enhances the capacity to combine or compare data across studies, benefiting both PA/PF experts and non-experts. Use of these common measures by the research community should increase statistical power and enhance the ability to answer scientific questions that previously might have gone unanswered.