Sentences with phrase «study of racial disparities»

One of the questions that's dogged the study of racial disparities in cancer has been how much is due to access to care, notes Timothy Rebbeck, a cancer epidemiologist at the University of Pennsylvania.

Not exact matches

The contribution of prone sleeping position to the racial disparity in sudden infant death syndrome: the Chicago Infant Mortality Study

«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.

«The tendency to base classroom observation on the gender and race of the child may explain in part why those children are more frequently identified as misbehaving and hence why there is a racial disparity in discipline,» added Walter S. Gilliam, director of The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy and associate professor of child psychiatry and psychology at the Yale Child Study Center.

Published in the Journal of the National Medical Association, this is the first study to examine the relationship between structural racism and racial disparities in fatal police shootings at the state level.

«This continuing gap is disappointing because improving racial and ethnic disparities in access was a key objective of the reform,» said Amresh Hanchate, PhD, of the section of General Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center, an assistant professor at the Boston University School of Medicine, and a study co-author.

Sen, who also studies public - health issues such as racial disparities in obesity, wanted to follow up the firearm study, but shelved the idea for lack of funding.

Those job cuts disproportionately hurt African - American workers and increased racial disparity in the public sector, a new study by University of Washington sociologist Jennifer Laird concludes.

«Further studies may answer the important question of why there are racial disparities in consults with cancer specialists and treatment among this population.

«Other studies have looked at racial disparities in treatment and still others have focused on racial differences in survival rates of cancer patients, but our research attempted to go further by demonstrating the impact of race - based inequalities in cancer treatment on survival rates of black colorectal cancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.

Currie and Alexander's study suggests that the characteristics of highly segregated neighborhoods may be a major factor behind such persistent racial health disparities.

«Study provides first estimate of total US population with felony convictions: Estimates reflect racial disparities in felony convictions during era of mass incarceration.»

Ford, an associate professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and an investigator at the Neuroscience Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, Georgia, says that when he came to the historically black MSM four years ago he chose stroke research as the area he wanted to concentrate on for two reasons: The medical school recognized the racial and regional disparities of the disease and placed stroke high on its list of illnesses to study, and the field combines the several prongs of his varied academic training and interests.

A new study finds a significant racial disparity within a doubly troubled population of patients: those with HIV and Hodgkin lymphoma.

The study looked to see if ethnic and racial disparities in breastfeeding could be explained by differences in the use of formula in hospitals, family history of breastfeeding, mother's belief that «breast is best»; and demographic measures including poverty, education and relationship status.

«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 Disparitiesdisparities 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 DisparitiesDisparities Solutions.

«If our findings are confirmed by additional studies, they may open doors to the development of targeted therapies against the tumor subtypes more likely to affect African Americans and potentially help reduce racial disparities in breast cancer.»

The Yale study is part of a growing body of research on racial and social disparities in air quality.

The new study is the first to pinpoint racial disparities associated with severity and effects of the condition.

The study on racial disparities in prostate cancer treatment was conducted by the University of North Carolina Lineberger.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University]-- A new study finds a significant racial disparity within a doubly troubled population of patients: those with HIV and Hodgkin lymphoma.

Stephen Kopecky, MD, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has pointed out that there are gaping racial disparities in care for heart patients who are African American, according to 68 out of 81 studies on race and cardiac care.

A brand new study out of the University of Arkansas, like research before it, found that most racial disparities in discipline come from differences between schools, not within them.

In a recent study, Lindsay, Blom, and Tilsley present an impressive analysis of the disparities between the racial composition of American children and the racial composition of the American teaching force.

Among the overlooked is a randomized controlled study of a teacher - training program found that a yearlong training designed to improve student achievement through greater teacher engagement of students caused a reduction in exclusionary discipline and near - elimination of racial disparities in disciplinary office referrals.

State Study Cites Racial, Income Disparities in Special Education The Herald News, April 24, 2012» «Poor kids are being served in special education at relatively high numbers, almost at about twice the rate you would expect in the population in general,» said Thomas Hehir, a Harvard School of Education professor and former director of special education programs for the U.S. Education Department.»

The few studies that examined relevant subgroups of racial / ethnic minority children identified noteworthy racial / ethnic disparities.

Our call for more studies on racial / ethnic subgroup disparities echoes a recommendation published 15 years ago by the AAP Task Force on Minority Children's Access to Pediatric Care that more attention be paid to the heterogeneity of API populations.24

By contrast, researchers have devoted considerable attention to studying racial disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes — and there is compelling evidence that when students have a teacher of the same race, they tend to learn more at school (see «The Race Connection,» research, Spring 2004).

He served as the first Research Director for the Minority Students Achievement Network (a national consortium of school districts working to address the racial disparities in students» outcomes), working with district leaders to study patterns of racial inequality in their schools and enact practices to reduce such inequalities.

In the first study, I examine the antecedents of racial and special education - based disparities in disciplinary outcomes using statewide, student - level panel data on all students attending pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in Indiana, between 2009 and 2014.

But on the answers what to do, we're seeing some really positive findings out of, for example, Denver, Colorado, where they did a longitudinal study, ben cans and Gonzalez, tracking students over six years, where they have implemented restorative practices, finding that achievement went up, suspensions came down, and the racial disparities shrunk dramatically.

A new study from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) casts doubt on the success of an Obama - era guidance meant to reduce racial disparity in school suspensions, arguing that it did not always reduce racial disparity, confused causes of suspensions, and may not be in the best interest of teachers.

(from Brookings) A couple of recent studies analyze the disparities between the racial make - up of American schoolchildren and the teaching force.

A 2011 study from the University of Washington found that in addition to lagging behind leading countries, the United States has significant geographic and racial disparities in life expectancy.

Indeed, in a 2007 FTC study, «The FTC cited other studies that found tying insurance rates to credit scores tends to discriminates against low income and minority consumers because of the racial and economic disparities inherent in scoring.»

Predictors of Treatment Engagement in Ethnically Diverse, Urban Children Receiving Treatment for Trauma Exposure Fraynt, Ross, Baker, Rystad, Lee, & Briggs (2014) Journal of Traumatic Stress View Abstract Presents a study that examined whether racial / ethnic disparities exist in treatment duration and completion in minority children seeking treatment for trauma exposure from a child abuse prevention and treatment agency in southern California.

Despite the significant impact of maternal depression on mothers and children alike, maternal mental health needs are often neglected or undiagnosed.18 Prevalence rates of maternal depression are high among low - income women due to the greater challenges they may face related to financial hardships, low levels of community or familial support, and societal prejudice.19 In fact, the prevalence of maternal depression among low - income women in the United States is double the prevalence rate for all U.S. women.20 At the same time, these women are less likely to receive treatment or be screened for postpartum depression.21 Studies show there are clear racial and ethnic disparities in who accesses treatment in the United States, even among women of the same general socio - economic status: In a multiethnic cohort of lower - income Medicaid recipients, 9 percent of white women sought treatment, compared with 4 percent of African American women and 5 percent of Latinas.22

Relatedly studies are being carried out on the long term relation of stress hormones to SES, exposure to violence and other community factors and possible unique effects related to health disparities in ethnic and racial groups.

Race Equity Review: Findings from a Qualitative Analysis of Racial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan's Child Welfare System (PDF - 1,095 KB) Center for the Study of Social Policy (2009) Presents research and findings of institutional features that contribute to racial disproportionality and disparity, and recommendations for cRacial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan's Child Welfare System (PDF - 1,095 KB) Center for the Study of Social Policy (2009) Presents research and findings of institutional features that contribute to racial disproportionality and disparity, and recommendations foDisparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan's Child Welfare System (PDF - 1,095 KB) Center for the Study of Social Policy (2009) Presents research and findings of institutional features that contribute to racial disproportionality and disparity, and recommendations for cracial disproportionality and disparity, and recommendations fodisparity, and recommendations for change.

The current study examines racial / ethnic disparity in psychiatric diagnoses and treatment of behavioral disorders associated with delinquency, controlling for traumatic experiences, behavioral indicators, and prior offending among serious juvenile offenders.