Psychiatric disorders are one of the leading causes of disease-related disability in the world today. However, little is known about the ethnic variation of these disorders within populations. This is especially true in contexts outside of the United States and the European Diaspora. This study provides new evidence from South Asia on ethnic differences in Major Depressive Episode, Major Depres...

T he social and economic costs of stroke in minority populations are projected to have an enormous increase over the next decades.1 In this issue of the American Journal of Hypertension, Lisabeth et al. evaluated the burden of stroke in Mexican-American (MA) and nonHispanic white (NHW) women in the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi Project.2 Although an excess of stroke risk in MAs ha...

T he U.S. government reports on minority business ownership as part of the regular economic census performed every 5 years in years ending in 2 or 7. For the purposes of this census, minority-owned businesses are all those not owned by nonminority (Caucasian) business owners. By this definition, minority-owned businesses make up approximately 15% of all U.S. firms. Between 1992 and 1997, minori...

This research examined the relationship between ethnicity and the psychological status and behavior of Jewish and non-Jewish caregivers in relation to the impaired elderly. It was hypothesized that Jewish caregivers would make significantly more use of formal services than non-Jewish (usually Christian) caregivers. Two separate data sets were analyzed. The first study, "Senile Dementia Patients...

OBJECTIVES This article describes the prevalence of self-reported overweight and obesity, based on body mass index (BMI), by ethnicity and examines the influence of time since immigration within and between ethnic groups. DATA SOURCES Results are based on data from two cycles of Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey, conducted in 2000/01 and 2003. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Weight...

This paper evaluates the use of the concept of ’diaspora’ as an alternative way of thinking about transnational migration and ethnic relations to those ways that rely on ’race’ and ’ethnicity’. It examines the heuristic potential of the concept, as a descriptive typological tool and as a social condition and societal process. Both approaches are described and key elements within each are assess...

This special journal issue was devised to solicit original manuscripts on current research findings, review studies, or conceptual papers pertaining to clinical or community level interventions, innovative treatment approaches, and discussions of cross-cultural issues pertinent to reducing ethnic disparities while improving care provided to patients with depression. Envisioning a collection of ...