Cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities in the United States
VA Zavala, PM Bracci, JM Carethers… - British journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
There are well-established disparities in cancer incidence and outcomes by race/ethnicity
that result from the interplay between structural, socioeconomic, socio-environmental …
that result from the interplay between structural, socioeconomic, socio-environmental …
Clinical use of current polygenic risk scores may exacerbate health disparities
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) are poised to improve biomedical outcomes via precision
medicine. However, the major ethical and scientific challenge surrounding clinical …
medicine. However, the major ethical and scientific challenge surrounding clinical …
Systemic And Structural Racism: Definitions, Examples, Health Damages, And Approaches To Dismantling: Study examines definitions, examples, health damages …
PA Braveman, E Arkin, D Proctor, T Kauh, N Holm - Health affairs, 2022 - healthaffairs.org
Racism is not always conscious, explicit, or readily visible—often it is systemic and
structural. Systemic and structural racism are forms of racism that are pervasively and deeply …
structural. Systemic and structural racism are forms of racism that are pervasively and deeply …
From race-based to race-conscious medicine: how anti-racist uprisings call us to act
The brutalisation of Jacob Blake and murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud
Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless others—coupled with horrifying statistics about the …
Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless others—coupled with horrifying statistics about the …
A model of disparities: risk factors associated with COVID-19 infection
Y Rozenfeld, J Beam, H Maier, W Haggerson… - International journal for …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background By mid-May 2020, there were over 1.5 million cases of (SARS-CoV-2)
or COVID-19 across the US with new confirmed cases continuing to rise following the re …
or COVID-19 across the US with new confirmed cases continuing to rise following the re …
Tractor uses local ancestry to enable the inclusion of admixed individuals in GWAS and to boost power
Admixed populations are routinely excluded from genomic studies due to concerns over
population structure. Here, we present a statistical framework and software package, Tractor …
population structure. Here, we present a statistical framework and software package, Tractor …
Addressing social determinants to improve patient care and promote health equity: an American College of Physicians position paper
H Daniel, SS Bornstein, GC Kane… - Annals of internal …, 2018 - acpjournals.org
Social determinants of health are nonmedical factors that can affect a person's overall health
and health outcomes. Where a person is born and the social conditions they are born into …
and health outcomes. Where a person is born and the social conditions they are born into …
[BUKU][B] Disasters: A sociological approach
K Tierney - 2019 - books.google.com
Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not
wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at …
wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at …
Abandon “race.” Focus on racism
P Braveman, T Parker Dominguez - Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The concept of “race” emerged in the 1600s with the trans-Atlantic slave trade, justifying
slavery; it has been used to justify exploitation, denigration and decimation. Since then …
slavery; it has been used to justify exploitation, denigration and decimation. Since then …
Studying individual differences in human adolescent brain development
Adolescence is a period of social, psychological and biological development. During
adolescence, relationships with others become more complex, peer relationships are …
adolescence, relationships with others become more complex, peer relationships are …