Considerations for Increasing Participation of Minoritized Ethnic and Racial Groups in Mathematics

Racial and Ethnic Groups

Increasing participation of physicians and patients from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in National Cancer Institute-sponsored clinical trials.

Introduction Significant disparities exist in cancer incidence among racial and ethnic groups in the United States (1). Cancer incidence and mortality rates by gender and race/ethnicity for the most common cancers are shown in Figs. 1–4. Blacks have a higher mortality rate for these cancers and, for most sites, a higher incidence rate. Mortality rates are particularly striking for prostate canc...

Increasing ethnic minority participation in Alzheimer disease research.

The Alzheimer's Association and National Institutes of Health have emphasized the need for participation of racial/ethnic populations in Alzheimer disease (AD) clinical research. Many articles have described strategies to enhance participation including establishing enduring ties to the community and tailoring the site to be more culturally welcoming or user-friendly to the community. Yet, most...

Disparity in disaster preparedness between racial/ethnic groups

Objective The objective of this study was to examine the association between race/ethnicity (including language subgroups among Hispanics) and disaster preparedness among Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey respondents. Methods BRFSS data were obtained for eight states which implemented the optional general preparedness module from 2006 through 2010. Three dependent variab...

Racial, ethnic, and gender variations in cancer risk: considerations for future epidemiologic research.

There is no question that the risk of many cancers varies substantially by race, ethnic group, and gender. Although important clues to cancer etiology may come from investigating the differences in risk across subgroups of the population, epidemiologic research has often focused on white men. More descriptive and analytic studies are needed to identify and explain variations in risk among popul...