Decomposition Analysis to Identify Intervention Targets for Reducing Disparities

Using Decomposition Analysis to Identify Modifiable Racial Disparities in the Distribution of Blood Pressure in the United States

To lower the prevalence of hypertension and racial disparities in hypertension, public health agencies have attempted to reduce modifiable risk factors for high blood pressure, such as excess sodium intake or high body mass index. In the present study, we used decomposition methods to identify how population-level reductions in key risk factors for hypertension could reshape entire population d...

Reducing health disparities: from theory to practice.

Introduction This paper outlines an approach to race, racism, and their intersection with cancer and other health outcomes that share common risk factors with cancer. In 2003, it is estimated that 132,700 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed among AfricanAmericans, and 63,100 deaths will be recorded (1). Cigarette smoking is more common among African-American men than among Caucasian men, alth...

Towards reducing disparities in disparities research.

Reducing refugee mental health disparities: a community-based intervention to address postmigration stressors with African adults.

Refugees resettled in the United States have disproportionately high rates of psychological distress. Research has demonstrated the roles of postmigration stressors, including lack of meaningful social roles, poverty, unemployment, lack of environmental mastery, discrimination, limited English proficiency, and social isolation. We report a multimethod, within-group longitudinal pilot study invo...

Homelessness: reducing health disparities.

Commentary Commentaire H omelessness, a phenomenon with complex causes and potential for tragic consequences, is a public health and societal problem in cities, towns and rural areas worldwide. Men, women and children — be they refugees in Eastern Europe, street children in Uganda or what the developed world thinks of as " the homeless " — make up a growing vulnerable population that is at an u...