Health
Immigration status impacts health, especially for the young
Age at immigration and citizenship status may have health implications for immigrants, finds a new study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Dec 11, 2013
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News tagged with health disparities research
Medications
Survey: Knowledge about HPV vaccine effectiveness lacking
Knowledge about the efficacy of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in preventing cervical cancer was lacking in the majority of survey respondents for whom the information would be relevant, according to results presented ...
Dec 7, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study suggests home-based telemental health delivers better quality of life for veterans
Home-based telemental health for depression is well received by patients and delivers as good a quality of life as in-person visits, according to the results of a clinical trial in 241 depressed elderly veterans reported ...
Nov 23, 2016
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Medical research
Exploring the social epidemiology of the microbiome
The microbiome is emerging as a factor for many diseases for which there are known health disparities, pointing to the opportunity for investigation of this new area of biology in social and population health research. While ...
Jan 9, 2019
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Health
Research explores social determinants of health disparities for obesity and related chronic diseases
The Mid-South Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for Health Disparities Research has adopted a novel conceptual framework that considers the social context in which people live in order to understand the pathways and ...
Jan 12, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Computer models fill critical knowledge gaps to help reduce cancer disparities and advance health equity
Reducing health disparities in incidence and mortality for major types of cancers can be aided by sophisticated computer modeling efforts, according to new, wide-ranging perspectives from researchers at Georgetown University's ...
Nov 8, 2023
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Health
Uncovering trends and gaps in Hispanic population health research
In demographic and health research, the Hispanic population is often treated as a homogeneous block despite notable differences in race, national origin, immigration status and other factors across the group. However, treating ...
Aug 14, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study examines racial disparities among women with syphilis
As syphilis cases continue to rise across the United States, a new analysis from researchers at the Coalition for Applied Modeling for Prevention (CAMP) offers further insight into racial and ethnic disparities in syphilis ...
Mar 25, 2022
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Medical research
New study highlights importance of including demographic data in human research papers to reduce health disparities
In the current issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the editors cite a study from LSU Health New Orleans reporting that race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status were infrequently reported and analyzed within articles ...
Jul 26, 2022
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Health
Researchers turn to policy to tackle health disparities in an age of personalized medicine
A new paper from researchers from Tufts University and colleagues addresses how increased support for minority-focused research, community-based participatory research, and studies of gene-environment interactions may improve ...
Aug 8, 2016
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