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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    Early Life Adversity and Inflammation in African Americans and Whites in the Midlife in the United States Survey
    (2010) Slopen, N.; Lewis, T. T.; Gruenewald, T. L.; Mujahid, M. S.; Ryff, C. D.; Albert, M. A.; Williams, D. R.
    Abstract available at publisher's website.
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    Racial/Ethnic Differences in Early-Life Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity
    (2010) Taveras, E. M.; Gillman, M. W.; Kleinman, K.; Rich-Edwards, J. W.; Rifas-Shiman, S. L.
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    Race/Ethnicity and Health Insurance Status: 1987 and 1996
    (2000) Monheit, Alan C.; Vistnes, Jessica P.
    Abstract available at publisher's web site.
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    A Plan for Action: Key Perspectives from the Racial/Ethnic Disparities Strategy Forum
    (2008) KING, RODERICK K.; GREEN, ALEXANDER R.; TAN-McGRORY, ASWITA; DONAHUE, ELIZABETH J.; KIMBROUGH-SUGICK, JESSIE; BETANCOURT, JOSEPH R.
    Abstract available at publisher's web site.
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    Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Quit Ratios in Lifetime Smokers Ages 25 to 44 Years
    (2008) Fu, S. S.; Kodl, M. M.; Joseph, A. M.; Hatsukami, D. K.; Johnson, E. O.; Breslau, N.; Wu, B.; Bierut, L.
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    Disparities in Public Use Data Availability for Race, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups
    (2010) Johnson, Pamela Jo; Blewett, Lynn A.; Davern, Michael
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    The Epidemiology of Overweight and Related Lifestyle Behaviors
    (2007) Delva, Jorge; Johnston, Lloyd D.; O’Malley, Patrick M.
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    A systematic review of fast food access studies
    (2010) Fleischhacker, S. E.; Evenson, K. R.; Rodriguez, D. A.; Ammerman, A. S.
    The frequent consumption of energy-dense fast food is associated with increased body mass index. This systematic review aims to examine the methodology and current evidence on fast food access and its associations with outcomes. Six databases were searched using terms relating to fast food. Only peer-reviewed studies published in English during a 10-year period, with data collection and analysis regarding fast food access were included. Forty articles met the aforementioned criteria. Nearly half of the studies (n = 16) used their own set of features to define fast food. Studies predominantly examined the relationship between fast food access and socioeconomic factors (n = 21) and 76% indicated fast food restaurants were more prevalent in low-income areas compared with middle- to higher-income areas. Ten of 12 studies found fast food restaurants were more prevalent in areas with higher concentrations of ethnic minority groups in comparison with Caucasians. Six adult studies found higher body mass index was associated with living in areas with increased exposure to fast food; four studies, however, did not find associations. Further work is needed to understand if and how fast food access impacts dietary intake and health outcomes; and if fast food access has disparate socioeconomic, race/ethnicity and age associations.
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    Support and influence in the context of diabetes management: Do racial/ethnic differences exist?
    (2011) August, K. J.; Sorkin, D. H.
    This study examined the sources and frequency of, and dietary behavioral responses to, health-related social support and control in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of 1,361 adults with type 2 diabetes. Spouses were the most frequently reported sources of support/control for all racial/ethnic groups examined. Mexican Americans and Vietnamese Americans received more support/control compared to non-Hispanic whites. All types of social involvement were associated with good dietary behavior for Mexican Americans, whereas only support was associated with good dietary behavior for non-Hispanic whites. The findings underscore the importance of considering racial/ethnic differences in examining social network members’ involvement in chronic disease management.
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    Social class, race/ethnicity, and incidence of breast, cervix, colon, lung, and prostate cancer among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White residents of the San Francisco Bay Area, 1988-92 (United States).
    (1999) Krieger, N; Quesenberry, C; Peng, T; Horn-Ross, P; Stewart, S; Brown, S; Swallen, K; Guillermo, T; Suh, D; Alvarez-Martinez, L; Ward, F
    Background: To date only eight US studies have simultaneously examined cancer incidence in relation to social class and race/ethnicity; all but one included only black and white Americans. To address gaps in knowledge we thus investigated socioeconomic gradients in cancer incidence among four mutually exclusive US racial/ethnic groups – Asian and Pacific Islander, black, Hispanic, and white – for five major cancer sites: breast, cervix, colon, lung, and prostate cancer. Methods: We generated age-adjusted cancer incidence rates stratified by socioeconomic position using: (a) geocoded cancer registry records, (b) census population counts, and (c) 1990 census block-group socioeconomic measures. Cases (n=70,899) were diagnosed between 1988 and 1992 and lived in seven counties located in California's San Francisco Bay Area. Results: Incidence rates varied as much if not more by socioeconomic position than by race/ethnicity, and for each site the magnitude – and in some cases direction – of the socioeconomic gradient differed by race/ethnicity and, where applicable, by gender. Breast cancer incidence increased with affluence only among Hispanic women. Incidence of cervical cancer increased with socioeconomic deprivation among all four racial/ethnic groups, with trends strongest among white women. Lung cancer incidence increased with socioeconomic deprivation among all but Hispanics, for whom incidence increased with affluence. Colon and prostate cancer incidence were inconsistently associated with socioeconomic position. Conclusions: These complex patterns defy easy generalization and illustrate why US cancer data should be stratified by socioeconomic position, along with race/ethnicity and gender, so as to improve cancer surveillance, research, and control.