Sentences with phrase «for racial differences»

The present study used a community sample (N = 106, 34 % African — American, 48 % female) to test for racial differences in the association between corporal punishment and youths» aggression and delinquency, while examining different corporal punishment types separately by severity level.

The two types of blood vessels are sufficiently different, Ram says, for racial differences found in one not to be automatically present in the other.

Tackett says this suggests that endothelial cells may be less responsive in black people, although there are likely to be multiple causes for the racial difference.

Buyon said the reasons for the racial difference are unclear, but access to health care probably does not explain it, since all study patients were receiving care.

Not exact matches

He also noted that there were differences in what traits matter to gay people, something the online dating site OkCupid has also found: Gay men and women differ from straight people in their racial preferences, for example.

According to a 2017 analysis of fatal and nonfatal childhood firearm injuries compiled by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black children face the highest rates of firearm mortality — a difference largely driven by black youth being more likely to be shooting victims than children from other racial groups.

There is little difference between religious discrimination in a public advertising medium and racial, creedal or sexual discrimination in the voting booth, the sale of housing, or as the basis for employment.»

Following his lead, all Christians are called to love well across racial and cultural differences, choose to see the world from other people's perspectives, search for and extinguish inequality in the church and society, advocate for each other, esteem one another, and live as true brothers and sisters (Philippians 2:1 - 3).

There is a fundamental difference between the normal joshing between members of various ethnic and racial groups — what Dawidowicz referred to as low - key «antagonisms» — and the conventional understanding of anti-Semitism as irrational and unfounded hostility toward Jews, often accompanied by discrimination in employment and housing, for example, and by violent attacks.

Growth groups can also be used to build bridges of communication and empathy across the barriers that divide mankind — the ethnic, racial, national, and political differences that isolate us from our fellow human beings, During several workshops on counseling in India, my wife and I led growth groups for participants.

But at what age should we begin to help them form a foundation for understanding racial difference?

Finally, despite combining survey years, in 17 states, the sample size for black infants was less than 50, limiting the ability to assess racial differences in all states.

The reasons for the differences in maternity care practices by racial composition of the areas are not clear.

«A better understanding of the underlying factors contributing to the racial / ethnic differences in breastfeeding is needed to develop specific interventions for addressing the differences,» the MMWR editors noted in an accompanying comment.

The adoption of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Section 2952: Support, Education, and Research for Postpartum Depression mandated ongoing research to better understand the frequency and course of postpartum depression, address differences in treatment needs among racial and ethnic groups, and develop culturally competent evidence - based treatment approaches (U.S. Department of Labor, 2012).

«Lancman said the blatant attempt to deceive Jewish voters would backfire not only with the Jewish community, but with all voters in Queens who will reject this effort to exploit racial, ethnic and religious differences for electoral gain,» the statement said.

In terms of payments directly for legislative duties, there isn't much of a difference among lawmakers of different racial and ethnic backgrounds.

«Further studies need to help identify the causes of these racial differences so we can design interventions for hospitals and physician offices that can reduce population level disparities.

Racial - ethnic differences were most pronounced for depression and schizophrenia.

These are some of the findings of a recent study published in the journal Psychiatric Services, which reported significant racial - ethnic differences in diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions across 11 private, not - for - profit U.S. healthcare delivery systems.

The study did not ascribe a specific cause for the racial disparities but offered six possible explanations: conscious or unconscious provider biases; patient mistrust; health literacy; patient - physician communication breakdown; healthcare access barriers; and / or race - based differences in disease biology.

Numerous studies have documented racial differences in deaths from cancer among non-Hispanic whites and African Americans, but little has been known about survival outcomes for Asian Americans who have been diagnosed with cancer, until now.

If this is the case, and racial and ethnic groups do not have the same distribution of these characteristics, then including controls for these effects might reduce or eliminate differences in award probability.

Research out of the nationwide REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study looked at 5,566 workers age 45 and older identified that those in sales, office support or service occupations have more risk factors for heart disease and stroke than workers in management and professional jobs.

The prospective study included 23,928 participants without coronary heart disease from Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS), a large biracial population - based cohort study.

To investigate this potential link, a team led by Rakhi Naik, MD, MHS (Johns Hopkins University) and Marguerite Irvin, PhD (University of Alabama at Birmingham) analyzed data from a large population - based study, the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.

These differences in remission were not a result of greater weight loss during the follow - up period; racial and ethnic differences persisted even when researchers controlled for the rate of weight loss.

The report from the University of Alabama at Birmingham REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study shows this effect is the same for black and white adults, both men and women.

«Although we do not know the reasons for the racial and ethnic differences we saw, one explanation could be that the black and Hispanic patients had surgery when they are much heavier and sicker than the non-Hispanic white patients,» said study lead author, Karen J. Coleman, PhD, of the Kaiser Permanente Department of Research & Evaluation in Pasadena, Calif. «Our study highlights that surgery may be an important intervention tool for people earlier in their weight gain trajectory.

For example, he says, the racial differences may not be relevant to hypertension, because blood pressure is controlled by arteries, not veins.

Attempts to assess more important differences (of any number of cognitive abilities, for example) between groups always come to the same very well - known conclusion — that the differences between individuals within one racial group are much larger than the differences between the average members of two such groups.

The CDC has known for decades that racial and ethnic differences in breastfeeding rates result in life - long health disparities between black, white and Hispanic infants.

«The higher risk of tumor recurrence that we observed among African American women was reduced when controlling for those factors, suggesting that these genomic differences contribute, at least partly, to the known racial disparity in the survival of African American and Caucasian breast cancer patients.»

The researchers say their findings, published in the October / December 2015 issue of the journal Family & Community Health, indicate that differences in social and living environments may help to explain racial disparities that exist nationally for habits and lifestyle choices that play a key role in the health of U.S. men.

«Understanding racial differences in behaviors that affect men's health is an important step toward reducing health disparities among U.S. men,» says study lead author Roland J. Thorpe Jr., PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the Program for Men's Health Research at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions.

«Further understanding of the mechanisms of [the improvement found in this study] could provide novel insights for the elimination of racial differences in survival for other conditions,» the authors write.

Large racial differences in survival exist for in - hospital cardiac arrest.

«Further investigation of the reasons for racial and ethnic differences, particularly on a national level, is necessary to identify interventions that may help reduce disparities in pediatric liver transplantation.»

Experts suggest that as survival rates improve, understanding racial and socioeconomic differences in pediatric populations are important factors to consider for overall health status.

The assessment will obtain data on environmental and psychosocial factors that may account for socioeconomic, racial and ethnic differences in problem behavior.

That cutting edge science leaves no doubt that there is little in terms of difference in our genetic makeup as different racial groups is not enough reason for some to dispense with archaic mindsets.

On four items — school discipline, expectations for student achievement, school building and facilities, and the racial and ethnic diversity among students — we find no significant difference in the variation in satisfaction across sectors.

In addition to supporting racial equality in schools, Brown gave rise to numerous social movements seeking educational equality for students across all lines of difference, including gender and sexual orientation, religion, language, physical handicaps, immigration status, and socioeconomic level.

The survey, which gauges racial attitudes in schools a half - century after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down separate schooling for black and white students, found differences between teachers and students on questions of race and education.

This report brings data from the newly - released 2016 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) to the robust policy and research debate over the extent to which differences in aggregate special education participation rates over racial and ethnic groups represent differences in underlying needs for special education.

Students report being targeted for their differences and for belonging to a cultural, religious, or racial group that is discriminated against.

President Obama scolded the nation for perpetuating racial and ethnic gaps, but his Department of Education did nothing to reduce achievement differences, the one disparity that counts.

Family education programs: Films, speakers or discussions for parents and guardians on topics such as bullying prevention, identity development, racial identity, gender expression, sexuality, learning differences or family diversity.

At the next meeting, the Leadership Team identified numerous explanations for differences in outcomes among students of diverse racial, ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

After analyzing student outcome data and comparing current student performance with annual yearly progress benchmarks for student achievement, the leadership team agrees that there are significant differences in outcomes among students of diverse racial, ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds unrelated to socioeconomic status???.