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    Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pain Management in the United States
    (2006) Ezenwa, Miriam O.; Ameringer, Suzanne; Ward, Sandra E.; Serlin, Ronald C.
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    Devising, Implementing, and Evaluating Interventions to Eliminate Health Care Disparities in Minority Children
    (2009) Flores, G.
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    Mortality from six work-related cancers among African Americans and Latinos
    (2000) Loomis, Dana; Schulz, Mark
    Abstract available at publisher's web site.
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    Black participation in the prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial
    (2000) STALLINGS, F
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    Social Determinants and Health Service Use Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Findings From a Community Sample
    (2011) Nguyen, Duy; Ho, Kiu; Williams, James Herbert
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    Cluster analysis of women's prodromal and acute myocardial infarction symptoms by race and other characteristics.
    (2010) McSweeney, Jean C; Cleves, Mario A; Zhao, Weizhi; Lefler, Leanne L; Yang, Shengping
    Black women younger than 50 years were more likely to report frequent and intense prodromal symptoms, whereas older white women reported the least. Younger, obese, diabetic black women reported the most acute symptoms, whereas older nonobese, nondiabetic white women reported the fewest. Symptom clusters and characteristics of women in these clusters provide valuable diagnostic information. Further research with a control group is needed.
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    Data needed for improving the health of minorities
    (1993) Feinleib, Manning
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    Ethnic differences in mortality from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus among people less than 25 years of age.
    (1999) Lipton, R; Good, G; Mikhailov, T; Freels, S; Donoghue, E
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    Metropolitan Conditions and Trends: Changing Contexts for a Community Initiative
    (2009) Hendey, Leah; Kingsley, G. Thomas
    This report reviews recent trends for social and economic conditions in the 10 metropolitan areas that form the context for the neighborhood programs being implemented as a part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Making Connections (MC) initiative. It finds that the sites are strikingly diverse along many dimensions and in are many ways representative of the diversity in conditions and trends across America’s metropolitan areas. In almost all cases, these areas’ economies followed the pattern of the nation over the past decade—booming in the late 1990s, declining over the first two years of this decade, and then partially recovering through 2007. But there were stark contrasts. Since 2002, for example, two MC metros attained among the nation’s highest rates of employment growth (Denver and Seattle) while two others experienced serious declines (Oakland and Milwaukee). Although there were important differences in magnitudes, all sites shared in a number of trends: minority groups growing as a share of total population and improvements in several social indicators (e.g., in crime and teen pregnancy) but, disturbingly, notable increases in child poverty. Through 2006, all 10 metros had also witnessed major increases in housing prices but again, differences were marked. Ratios of home prices to income were very high by U.S. standards in Oakland, Seattle, Denver, and Providence but below average in the other six sites.
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    Race/ethnicity, social class and their relation to physical inactivity during leisure time: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994
    (2000) Crespo, Carlos J; Smit, Ellen; Andersen, Ross E; Carter-Pokras, Olivia; Ainsworth, Barbara E
    Background: Physical inactivity is more prevalent among racial and ethnic minorities than among Caucasians. It is not known if differences in participation in leisure time physical activity are due to differences in social class. Thus, this paper provides estimates of the prevalence of physical inactivity during leisure time and its relationship to race/ethnicity and social class. Methods: This was a national representative cross-sectional survey with an in-person interview and medical examination. Between 1988 and 1994, 18,885 adults aged 20 or older responded to the household adult and family questionnaires as part of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey . Mexican-Americans and African-Americans were over-sampled to produce reliable estimates for these groups. Multiple assessment of social class included education, family income, occupation, poverty status, employment status, and marital status. Results: The age-adjusted prevalence (per 100) of adults reporting leisure time inactivity is lower among Caucasians (18%) than among African-Americans (35%) and Mexican-Americans (40%). African-American and Mexican-American men and women reported higher prevalence of leisure time inactivity than their Caucasian counterparts across almost every variable, including education, family income, occupation, employment, poverty and marital status. Conclusions: Current indicators of social class do not seem to explain the higher prevalence of physical inactivity during leisure time among African-American and Mexican-American. More research is needed to examine the effect of other constructs of social class such as acculturation, safety, social support and environmental barriers in promoting successful interventions to increase physical activity in these populations.