Understanding the African American “Smoker”

Understanding sexual abstinence in African American teens.

PURPOSE To explore the perspectives of teenage girls on how life contexts influenced sexuality and sexual abstinence. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS A qualitative descriptive study with a convenience sample of 14 sexually abstinent African American adolescent females who were interviewed to obtain their life histories. Narrative analysis was used to identify unique and common experiences and to dev...

Understanding major depressive disorder among middle-aged African American men.

AIM This paper is a report of a study of how a cohort of African American men recognized and expressed symptoms of depression, and how depression affected their lives. BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder has had global financial consequences in the form of healthcare visits, lost work hours, and disruption of family lives. Early recognition of depression and engagement of depressed individua...

Understanding of Prayer Among African American Children: Preliminary Themes

Substance Use and the Number of Male Sexual Partners by African American and Puerto Rican Women

Background In the United States (US), there are 19 million new sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections each year. Untreated STDs can lead to serious long-term adverse health consequences, especially for young women. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that undiagnosed and untreated STDs cause at least 24,000 women in the US each year to become infertile. This clearly is a...

Takotsubo Syndrome in African American vs. Non-African American Women

OBJECTIVES Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is a reversible cause of heart failure rarely described in African-American patients. This study aimed to compare and contrast the clinical characteristics of TTS in African-American (AA) and non-African-American (NAA) patients. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the charts of eight patients (four AA and four NAA) diagnosed with TTS, between June 2006 and ...