Black Americans' Diminished Return of Educational Attainment on Tobacco Use in Baltimore City

RAA Barsha, S Assari, MB Hossain, J Apata… - Journal of Racial and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Socioeconomic status (SES) indicators such as educational attainment are
fundamental factors affecting health. One mechanism through which education affects health …

The relations between discrimination, stressful life events, and substance use among adults experiencing homelessness

AC Alexander, JJC Waring, O Olurotimi… - Stress and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The current study investigated whether stressful life events and everyday discrimination
experiences were associated with using one or more substances in the past 30‐days and …

Racial centrality mediates the association between adolescent racial discrimination and adult cigarette smoking outcomes among Black Americans

AM Haeny, FX Gibbons, ME Fleischli, M Gerrard… - Social Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to investigate racial centrality as a mediator of the
association between Black adolescents' racial discrimination experiences and their cigarette …

Associations between perceived racial discrimination and tobacco cessation among diverse treatment seekers

MW Hooper, P Calixte-Civil, C Verzijl… - Ethnicity & …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives This study investigated a) racial/ethnic differences in past-year discrimination
experiences and b) associations between discrimination and smoking abstinence. Design …

Self-reported instances of major discrimination, race/ethnicity, and inflammation among older adults: evidence from the health and retirement study

RJ Cobb, LJ Parker, RJ Thorpe Jr - The Journals of Gerontology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background This study examines the relationship between self-reported instances of major
discrimination and inflammation among older adults, and explores whether this relationship …

Discrimination, psychological functioning, and substance use among US young adults aged 18–28, 2017.

DM Jones, KE Masyn, CA Spears - Experimental and clinical …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
This study aimed to test whether (a) discrimination is associated with past 30-day/current
alcohol, cigarette, e-cigarette, alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drug use among Black and …

The influence of religious attendance on smoking among Black men

JV Bowie, LJ Parker, M Beadle-Holder… - Substance use & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Cigarette smoking poses a major public health problem that disproportionately
affects Blacks and men. Religious attendance has been shown to be positively associated …

Discrimination, substance use, and mental health among sexual and gender minority adults accessing day shelter services

SJ Ehlke, AM Cohn, LK Boozary… - Substance use & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults are overrepresented in the
population of individuals experiencing homelessness, and high rates of substance use are …

Interpersonal and institutional ethnic discrimination, and mental health in a random sample of Palestinian minority men smokers in Israel

N Daoud, M Gao, A Osman, C Muntaner - Social psychiatry and …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose We sought to extend research into the health effects of discrimination to a non-
Western context. We examined the associations between interpersonal and institutional …

Associations between major and everyday discrimination and self-rated health among US Asians and Asian Americans

HL Nicholson - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Asians and Asian Americans in the USA have historically and continue
to experience everyday and major forms of discrimination. However, much less is known, on …