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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

MICEAL Black and Latinx Perspectives on COVID-19 Vaccination: A Mixed-Methods Examination
Conclusions and ImplicationsThis study provides a deeper understanding of key differences and similarities in vaccine acceptance/hesitancy across race/ethnicity. The findings can enhance health interventions and outcomes by informing the development of culturally responsive practices tailored to specific communities. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Patterns of Familial and Racial Trauma and Their Associations with Substance Use Disorders among Racial/Ethnic Minority Adults
ConclusionGiven a higher risk of trauma exposure in Black and AI/AN adults, racially and ethnically sensitive trauma-focused interventions may help prevent and reduce SUDs in those populations. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Is BMI a Useful Indicator of Prenatal Health Among Black American Women?
ConclusionsResults suggest that BMI may not be a sensitive index of adiposity related risk to prenatal health for Black women. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Ethnic Enclaves and Incidence of Cancer Among US Ethnic Minorities in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
ConclusionsOur results suggest that the association between ethnic enclaves and cancer events differs by ethnic group, suggesting that different social and contextual factors may operate in different communities. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

A Critical Scoping Review of Mental Health and Wellbeing Research with Multiracial Subsamples 2012 –2022
AbstractThis critical scoping review examined a decade of mental health and wellbeing outcome research inclusive of subsamples of multiracial participants (or persons identifying with two or more different racial groups) in order to draw initial conclusions about the contemporary state of multiracial mental health. Mental health disparities research inclusive of multiracial subsamples appears to be trending upward. Studies that used subsample analyses offer initial evidence that multiracial persons are at greater risk to experience worsened mental health in comparison to white monoracial peers, and that this disparity is c...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake in Great Plains American Indian Communities
This study is one of the first to offer insights into the associations and possible determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among American Indians in the Great Plains and was completed as part of the National Institutes of Health Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics of Underserved Populations consortium. We identified a set of demographic, socioeconomic, and motivational factors that are associated with COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Great Plains American Indians and Alaska Natives. It is possible that future vaccine uptake may be enhanced through economic development, strengthening health care operations and care quality,...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Race and Intention to Breastfeed are the Strongest Predictors of Exclusive Breastfeeding: a Retrospective Study
ConclusionsThe main findings of this study are that self-identified race and intention to BF are the strongest predictors of exclusive BF. Black patients intend to BF at a significantly lower rate than other racial groups, for reasons not determined by this study, and this affects feeding practice. Our findings are notable because prehospital intention to BF can be modified by outreach, education, and changes to in-hospital practices. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research