Grandparenting and Mortality: How Does Race-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...

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

Why Does Ethnicity Matter?

Chronic Kidney Disease, Anxiety and Depression among American Blacks; Does Ethnicity Matter?

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is known to be associated with deterioration of mental health. However, it is clear that this link is over and beyond the effects of socio-economic factors and other medical conditions. This study had two aims: 1) to compare the association between CKD and general anxiety disorder (GAD) among the two major ethnic groups of American Bla...