Community-based approaches to participatory design, such as the design workshop,
promise to engage underserved populations in collaborative dialog and provide a platform …

Abstract Background African Americans have the highest rates of hypertension-related
disease of any ethnic group in the USA. Importantly, racism and discrimination have been …

Introduction: This study tested the efficacy of group-based culturally specific cognitive
behavioral therapy (CBT) for smoking cessation among low-income African Americans …

Background: Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the United
States. It disproportionately affects non-Hispanic Black (NHB) women, but little is known …

Against the backdrop of late 20th century declines in heart disease mortality in the United
States, race-specific rates diverged because of slower declines among blacks compared …

Little is known about how neighborhood noise influences cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk
among low-income populations. The aim of this study was to investigate associations …

This study compares the health conditions of domestic Caribbeans with those living in the
United States to explore how national context and migration experiences might influence …

Background Cardiovascular risk factors are increasing in most develo** countries. To
date, however, very little standardized data has been collected on the primary risk factors …

A randomized controlled trial recently demonstrated that continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) effectively decreases respiratory rate in children presenting to Ghanaian …

Objectives: Differences in health among migrant groups are related to the length of stay in
host countries. We examined the health of people reporting Caribbean ethnic origins within …