Children's Exposure to ETS: Race and Ethnicity Matter

Preventing stroke: does race/ethnicity matter?

Stroke, the third leading cause of death in the United States, is also the chief cause of neurological disability in the elderly. Lifetime risk of stroke at age 65 years is estimated to be 1 in 5 in women and 1 in 6 in men in the Framingham Study population.1 Despite improvements in management of the acute stroke and in rehabilitation poststroke, it is clear that prevention holds the key to dec...

Youth Clinical Outcomes: Does Race/Ethnicity Matter

These initiatives are heartening for the field of mental health but they may also be a source of some concern. Pressures for accountability may force the process of program evaluation to progress quickly, and with limited information on the appropriateness of evaluation tools and procedures across services for diverse populations. Standardized outcome assessment protocols are mandated in many p...

Young adults seeking medical care: do race and ethnicity matter?

KEY FINDINGS Data from the National Health Interview Survey: 2008-2009. More than one-half of Hispanic young adults aged 20-29 years were uninsured in 2008-2009 compared with one-third of non-Hispanic black young adults and almost one-quarter of non-Hispanic white young adults. Among young adults aged 20-29 years, non-Hispanic white (66%) young adults were twice as likely as Hispanic (33%) youn...

A teacher like me: Does race, ethnicity or gender matter?

Race and Ethnicity

IDDM is one of the most common chronic disorders of childhood (see Chapter 3). Standardized descriptive studies of the epidemiology of IDDM are being conducted around the world, providing much needed information regarding the frequency and potential risk factors for IDDM in developed and developing countries. In many areas, these investigations are being facilitated through the World Health Org...