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Influence of Home Language Use on the Association Between Parent  Education and Child Adiposity in Latino Families
ConclusionHigher education was associated with a lower BMI percentile only in Spanish-speaking homes. Research to understand how home language influences this relationship is warranted, particularly as it relates to a subset of education and health literacy. Significant results with BMI percentile but not percent body fat highlight the fact that these distinct markers of obesity are not interchangeable. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Correction: Implicit Racial Bias in Evaluation of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome
(Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Pre-pregnancy Weight  and Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy-Associated Conditions in the State of Georgia: A Population-Based Study
ConclusionsThese findings underscore the importance of promoting a healthy pre-pregnancy weight to reduce the burden of maternal morbidity and pregnancy outcomes in general. More comprehensive prenatal monitoring using technological interventions for self-care has a great promise of being effective in maintaining a healthy pregnancy. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 20, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Mental Telehealth Utilization Patterns Among High School Students from Racial and Ethnic Minority Backgrounds Affected by Violence and Substance Use
ConclusionOur results suggest crucial insights for shaping violence and substance use prevention strategies, with implications for the future of online and telehealth behavioral services. Mental telehealth help-seeking emerges as a crucial avenue for supporting adolescents affected by violence and substance use, especially when they face obstacles to accessing traditional services. It can work in tandem with in-person services to address these challenges. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Is It Safe for Me to Get It? Factors Influencing COVID-19 Vaccination Decision-Making among Postpartum Women Who Are Black and Hispanic in Deep South
ConclusionThe findings suggest that reliable information, social support, and trusted MCPs ’ advice can motivate COVID-19 vaccination among pregnant and postpartum women who are Black and Hispanic. However, barriers such as misinformation, mistrust in the health care system, and fears of potential side effects impede vaccination uptake. Future interventions should address these barriers , consider health disparities, involve trusted MCPs, and initiate conversations about vaccines to promote vaccination among these populations. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 14, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

“Black Is Not Monolithic”: Complexities in COVID-19 Vaccine Decision-Making
ConclusionOur findings reiterate the complexities around vaccine decision-making and underscore the importance of recognizing the pervasive influence of institutional mistrust when counseling Black families about the COVID-19 vaccine. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 14, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Is Asian Hate Just About Race? Religious Discrimination and Smoking Among Asian and Asian American Adults in the USA
AbstractPrior research has shown that experiencing religious discrimination is tied to adverse physical and mental health outcomes. However, less known is whether or not religious discrimination may influence one ’s risk of smoking. In particular, there is a paucity of research examining the impacts of religious discrimination on smoking for Asians in the United States, whose experience of religious discrimination is heavily racialized. To fill in these gaps, in this study, 356 Asian and Asian American adu lts living in the US were surveyed. The key results suggest that perceived religious discrimination was associated w...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Association of Client and Provider Race with Approaches Pursued by Social Workers for Reducing Firearm Access
This study sought to assess the impact of client race on social workers ’ approaches to reduce firearm access when they weighed voluntary (e.g., store out-of-home) and involuntary (e.g., extreme risk protection order) removal methods. We considered the role of social workers’ self-identified race as a moderator of this relationship, comparing white (single race) and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) social workers. A survey was distributed to Washington state social workers (n = 9073) who were presented with two case vignettes, each randomized to view the client ’s race as Black or white. Logistic regres...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Mental Health Status by Race, Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status among Young Adults in Texas during COVID-19
ConclusionLow SES was persistently related to poor mental health. Lower odds of symptoms of anxiety and depression among non-Hispanic Black young adults may reflect the ‘mental health paradox’. Overall, mental health policies should prioritize lower SES young adults regardless of race and ethnicity. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Examining Race-Based and Gender-Based Discrimination, Trust in Providers, and Mental Well-Being Among Black Women
ConclusionReported experiences of gender- and/or race-based discrimination in this study were associated with lower mental health scores and less trust in health care providers. Our findings highlight the importance of examining experiences of discrimination among Black women, and the role of discrimination as a stressor and in reducing trust for providers. Incorporating an understanding and acknowledgement of experiences of discrimination into interventions, programs, and during clinical encounters may foster more trusting relationships between providers and patients. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Using Geographic Disaggregation to Compare Tuberculosis Epidemiology Among American Indian and Alaska Native Persons —USA, 2010–2020
ConclusionsObserved differences in patient characteristics and substandard housing conditions are consistent with contrasting syndromes of TB epidemiology in geographically distinct AIAN subgroups and suggest ways that associated public health interventions could be tailored to improve efficacy. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Sociodemographic Disparities in Preoperative Visual Acuity and Cataract Surgery Utilization in the San Francisco Bay Area
ConclusionsAfter adjusting for other biomedical  and sociodemographic variables, having Medicaid insurance and being a non-English speaker were the factors most notably associated with reduced cataract surgery utilization and poorer preoperative visual acuity. Health insurance and language barriers, as well as other biomedical and sociodemogr aphic factors, may explain a large proportion of the racial disparities in both cataract surgery utilization and preoperative visual acuity observed among Black and Hispanic patients. Chinese-speaking patients with limited English proficiency are a vulnerable subgroup that exhibi...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Time to Recurrence of Ameloblastoma and Associated Factors in a Multi-institutional Black Patient Cohort
AbstractAmeloblastoma is a highly recurrent odontogenic neoplasm with variable global distribution. However, impact of race and ethnicity on ameloblastoma recurrence are still unclear. The primary aim of this study was to assess duration of time between primary and recurrent ameloblastomas in a predominantly Black multi-institutional patient cohort and secondarily to determine whether recurrent ameloblastomas are more readily discovered when clinically-symptomatic rather than by radiographic surveillance. A retrospective cross-sectional design was used to evaluate demographic, clinical, and pathological information on recu...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Perceived Experiences of racism in Relation to Genome-Wide DNA Methylation and Epigenetic Aging in the Black Women ’s Health Study
ConclusionsExposure to discriminatory events may affect the epigenome and accelerate biological aging, which may explain in part the earlier onset of disease in African American women. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Reach and Capacity of Black Protestant Health Ministries as Sites of Community-Wide Health Promotion: A Qualitative Social Ecological Model Examination
AbstractBlack communities in the Southeast United States experience a disproportionate burden of illness and disease. To address this inequity, public health practitioners are partnering with Black Protestant churches to deliver health promotion interventions. Yet, the reach of these programs beyond the organizational level of the Social Ecological Model (SEM) is not well defined. Thus, the aim of this study is to understand Black Protestant church leaders ’ and members’ perceptions about the capacity of their ministries to reach into their communities, beyond their congregations, as providers or hosts of health educat...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research