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Association Between Race, Cardiology Care, and the Receipt of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
ConclusionsAmong a commercially insured population within PPCM, race was not associated with cardiology involvement in clinical care during hospitalization. However, cardiology involvement in care was associated with significantly higher odds of prescription claims for BB for only White patients. Additional strategies are needed to support equitable GDMT prescription. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Ethnic Identity and Mechanisms of Mental Health Service Engagement Among Young Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses
ConclusionsFindings provide preliminary evidence of an empirical and theoretical relationship between ethnic identity development and engagement in treatment among young adults with SMI. Assessment and strengthening of a young person ’s ethnic identity may be a promising approach for improving their engagement in services and reducing inequities in their care. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Shift: COVID-19-Associated Deaths are Now Trending Lower Among Blacks and Hispanics Compared to Whites
Conclusions and RelevanceBy examining Connecticut ’s COVID-19 death and case data, this study identified the new shift that occurred locally. The current shift may be anchored in the evolution of the COVID-19 virus, public health guidelines/policies, and the degree to which populations have complied with public health recommendations. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Differences in Body Weight According to Skin Color and Sex in Mexican Adults
ConclusionsIn Mexican women (but not in men), darker skin color was associated with a higher probability of being obese, and the examined social factors partially explained this disparity. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Association Between Changes in Racial Residential Segregation and Trends in Racial Disparities in Early Mortality in 220 Metropolitan Areas, 2001 –2018
ConclusionThis paper provides new evidence that changes in segregation are related to trends in racial health disparities in mortality rates over time. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Experiences of Minority Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study describes healthcare systems, mental health, and advocacy challenges that MHWs experienced during the pandemic in the United States. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used to gather data from a convenience sample (n = 74) of MHWs who identified as registered nurses, advanced nurse practitioners, physicians, pharmacists, nursing assistants, dentists, and respiratory therapists. Data were imported into SAS Version 9.4 (Cary, NC) for analysis. Responses to each survey question were tabulated, and percentages of participants responding in the affirmative to each health system, mental health, and advocacy ...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Discrimination and Dignity Experiences in Prior Oral Care Visits Predict Racialized Oral Health Inequities Among Nationally Representative US Adults
AbstractRacism, an oppressive and fallacious sociopolitical hierarchy, is a fundamental cause of oral health inequities worldwide. Everyday discrimination is associated with worse self-rated oral health, toothache and adult tooth loss, and lower oral care utilization. Few studies examine discrimination or microaggressionswithin oral care settings or their effects on oral health outcomes. We adapted the seven-item Everyday Discrimination Scale to the oral care setting (EDSOC); developed a four-item Dignity in Oral Care Scale (DOCS); fielded them to a probability-based nationally representative sample of US households as par...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Migration Spurs Changes in the Human Microbiome: a Review
AbstractInternational migration often results in major changes in living environments and lifestyles, and these changes may lead to the observed increases in obesity and diabetes among foreign-born people after resettling in higher-income countries. A possible mechanism linking changes in living environments to the onset of health conditions may be changes in the microbiome. Previous research has shown that unfavorable changes in the composition of the microbiome can increase disposition to diseases such as diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, and inflammatory bowel disease. We investigated the relationship between human mig...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Access to Chronic Pain Services for Adults from Minority Ethnic Groups in the United Kingdom (UK): a Scoping Review
ConclusionsThis is the first review to explore access to chronic pain services for adults from minority ethnic groups in the UK. Given the limited number of studies that met the inclusion criteria, the review highlights the need for routine collection of ethnicity data using consistent ethnic categories within UK chronic pain services and increased involvement of minority ethnic groups within chronic pain research. Findings should inform future research that aims to improve access to UK chronic pain services for adults from minority ethnic groups. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Dignified Resources and Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Qualitative Study of Racially and Economically Marginalized Communities
This study seeks to understand strategies that these communities employed to cope with unequal burdens of the pandemic.MethodsWe utilized qualitative data collected between 2020 and 2021 from a mobile mapping platform designed to facilitate real-time, geocoded data collection on individual ’s experiences and perceptions of their neighborhoods. Reports were iteratively coded by an academic researcher and community partner. We employed an inductive approach to analysis, which allowed findings to emerge organically without constraint of researcher hypotheses.ResultsA total of 19 respondents (14 under the age of  45, 16 non...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Hard-to-Reach or Hardly Reached? The “Difficulty” of Engaging Cisgender Black Females in Sexual Health Research
AbstractRather than placing the onus on stigmatized and disenfranchised communities as hard-to-reach in sexual health research, we challenge researchers to recognize and provide outreach to populations who are hardly reached, such as cisgender Black women. We posit that the disparate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates experienced by Black women in the USA are due in part to social and structural inequities and lack of researcher outreach within these communities. Social inequities give rise to racial and gender discrimination, which often results in structural barriers that re...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Mpox Vaccination and the Role of Social Vulnerability in Durham County, North Carolina, USA
DiscussionVaccine outreach efforts in Durham County, North Carolina, had success in reaching at-risk individuals, including socially vulnerable individuals. Future research should focus more specifically on how social vulnerability relates to vaccine reception for vaccine-preventable diseases. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Problems and Tobacco and Cannabis Use Among US Emerging Adults
ConclusionWe observed racial/ethnic variation in mental health problems and tobacco and cannabis use. Understanding mental health problem and tobacco product and cannabis use comorbidity may better inform culturally relevant interventions aimed to prevent and reduce use. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Lived Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among the Vietnamese Population in the Region of Peel
AbstractRacial discrimination towards Southeast Asian populations is a longstanding issue in Canada which has intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although extensive work demonstrates inequities among Southeast Asian communities during the pandemic, much work categorizes Asians as one homogenous population neglecting the unique experiences of different Asian subgroups along with the ways COVID-19 differentially affects Southeast Asians. To attend to population variations, this paper explores the lived experiences among Vietnamese individuals during the pandemic in the Peel Region of Ontario Canada. Specifically, this ...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Differential Experience of COVID-19 on Asian American Subgroups: The Los Angeles Pandemic Surveillance Cohort Study
AbstractData from Asian Americans (AsA) are commonly aggregated in research studies and reporting, obscuring the significant differences across AsA subgroups. We investigated the differential experience of AsA subgroups in COVID-19 testing, vaccination, engagement in risky and protective behaviors and mental health status against this infectious disease. We surveyed a representative sample of the Los Angeles County population (N = 5500) in April 2021 as part of the Los Angeles Pandemic Surveillance Cohort Study and focused on participants who self-identified as AsA (N = 756). There were significant differences acro...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research