BACKGROUND Although nearly 112 million residents of the United States belong to a non-white ethnic group, the literature about differences in health indicators across ethnic groups is limited almost exclusively to Hispanics. Features of the social experience of many ethnic groups including immigration, discrimination, and acculturation may plausibly influence mortality risk. We explored life ex...

BACKGROUND There is strong evidence that pain is undertreated in black and Hispanic patients. The association between race and ethnicity and the use of epidural analgesia for labor is not well described. METHODS Using the New York State Perinatal Database, the authors examined whether race and ethnicity were associated with the likelihood of receiving epidural analgesia for labor after adjust...

OBJECTIVE The current study examined body image concerns and eating disordered behaviors in a community sample of Black and Hispanic women. In addition, this study explored whether there are ethnic differences in the correlates or in the prediction of body image concerns. METHOD Participants were 120 (67 Black and 53 Hispanic) women who responded to advertisements to participate in a study of...

PURPOSE We compare the economic consequences of widowhood for pre-retirement age and early-retirement age Black, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White women. METHODS We use the 1992 and 2000 waves of the Health and Retirement Study to assess the effects of widowhood on the household incomes and assets of non-Hispanic White, Black, and Hispanic women who were 51 years of age or older at baseline (N...

INTRODUCTION Hispanic women in the United States have an elevated risk of cervical cancer, but the existing literature does not reveal why this disparity persists. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of 17,828 low-income women aged 21 to 64 years seeking care at Oregon community health centers served by a hosted, linked electronic health record during 2009 through 2013. We as...

The Occupational Position of Employed Hispanic Women Systematic investigation of the labor market experiences of Hispanic origin women is a relatively new endeavor in the field of social stratification. This study contributes to the research on ethnic stratification by comparing the importance of achieved and ascribed characteristics as criteria for assigning occupational positions to women of ...

INTRODUCTION Many factors influence women's decisions to participate in guideline-recommended screening mammography. We evaluated the influence of women's socioeconomic characteristics, health-care access, and cultural and psychological health-care preferences on timely mammography screening participation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A random digit dial survey of United States non-Hispanic Black, n...

OBJECTIVES To compare hypertension-related mortality (HRM) age-standardized and age-specific rates for Hispanic subgroup and non-Hispanic White (NHW) women; to identify underlying causes of HRM by Hispanic subgroup and age; and to examine relative percent change in HRM among Hispanic subgroups and NHW women. DESIGN Secondary data analyses of 1995-1996 and 2001-2002 national vital statistics m...

BACKGROUND In the United States, there are persistent racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. National efforts have focused on reducing these disparities; however, little is known about the long-term trends in racial/ethnic disparities in cardiovascular health (CVH). METHODS AND RESULTS We included 11 285 adults aged ≥20 years from the National Health ...