BACKGROUND Despite the large body of research on racial/ethnic disparities in health, there are limited data on health disparities in Caribbean-origin populations. This scoping review aimed to analyze and synthesize published and unpublished literature on the disparities in hypertension and its complications among Afro-Caribbean populations. METHODS A comprehensive protocol, including a thoro...

In the early twentieth century there was an essential period in history of United States called Great Migration, during which a large number Blacks from southern states America and islands Caribbean moved to northern cities country. These black people migrated simply because 'of impact war on labor market' 'stopped flow European immigrants' fact that jobs had better pay than those South. From m...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate rates of preventive care among Blacks in specific demographic categories, such as age, income, gender, and Caribbean descent. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Data from the Commonwealth Fund 2001 Health Care Quality Survey, conducted from April through November 2001, which involved telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 6,722 adults age 18 and o...

The objectives of this work were to examine the association between urinary protein and blood pressure and to compare the pattern of urinary protein excretion with essential hypertension in people of European origin (whites) and in people of African or African-Caribbean origin (blacks) living in southwest London, United Kingdom. In the groups as a whole, there were no significant differences in...

Sleep apnea is a prevalent sleep disorder that disproportionately affects blacks and has been previously studied among Caribbean-born blacks in Brooklyn, New York, but there has been negligible research in the Caribbean, specifically Haiti, and developing countries on this pressing health issue. A total of 373 medical students (mean age=20.6 years ± 2.3 years) from a medical school in Haiti par...

This study examined demographic predictors of attitudes regarding religious coping (i.e., prayer during stressful times and look to God for support, strength and guidance) within a national sample of African American, Caribbean Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites (National Survey of American Life). The findings demonstrate significant Black-White differences in attitudes regarding religious coping w...

OBJECTIVE To examine associations of nationality and race with anthropometry, self-reported nutrient intakes, health history, and socioeconomic status (SES) of perimenopausal (age 40-55 years) Floridians. DESIGN Interviewer conducted cross-sectional survey. SETTING South Florida, 2000-2001. PARTICIPANTS Convenience sample of 109 Black (Caribbean [n=31] and African-American [n=251), and Wh...