837: Racial and ethnic differences in utilization of recommendations to reduce cesarean delivery

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mode of Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery.

BACKGROUND Racial and ethnic disparities have been identified in the provision of neuraxial labor analgesia. These disparities may exist in other key aspects of obstetric anesthesia care. We sought to determine whether racial/ethnic disparities exist in mode of anesthesia for cesarean delivery (CD). METHODS Women who underwent CD between 1999 and 2002 at 19 different obstetric centers in the ...

Perceptions of racial and ethnic differences in access to healthcare.

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Breastfeeding.

OBJECTIVES Breastfeeding rates differ among racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Our aim was to test whether racial/ethnic disparities in demographic characteristics, hospital use of infant formula, and family history of breastfeeding mediated racial/ethnic gaps in breastfeeding outcomes. METHODS We analyzed data from the Community and Child Health Network study (N = 1636). Breastfeedin...

Ethnic and Racial Differences in Emotion Perception

This study analyzed racial differences in the way African Americans and Caucasians perceive emotion from facial expressions and tone of voice. Participants were African American (n=25) and Caucasian (n=26) college students. The study utilizes 56 images of African American and Caucasian faces balanced for race and sex from the NimStim stimulus set (Tottenham, 2006). The study also utilized visua...

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Our Genes

CEG Members in the News........................................11 Legally Speaking.....................................................12 LEGENDS..........................................................................13 Science Lite.............................................................14 RNA interference(RNAi)...................................................16 Marshall W. Anderson, P...