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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Decolonize Your Diet, Jasmine A. Deras
Decolonize Your Diet, Jasmine A. Deras
Master's Projects and Capstones
With the industrialization of the food system in past decades, convenience foods have become the cornerstone of the standard American diet. This spike in obesity rates has been more impactful for some populations than for others. In low-income communities of color, fast and processed foods are often the most accessible and affordable source of sustenance. Critical indicators of status and well-being, health disparities are one example of the social barriers faced by predominately low-income people of color.
The Decolonize Your Diet project channels principles of resistance into its mission to improve the health of people of color in Oakland, California. …
Ethnicity Matters: Implications For Understanding And Acting Upon Disparities In Health Affecting Black Men In The United States, Helen V. S. Cole
Ethnicity Matters: Implications For Understanding And Acting Upon Disparities In Health Affecting Black Men In The United States, Helen V. S. Cole
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Compared to non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks have higher rates of mortality from heart disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and HIV/AIDS. Black men have a life expectancy approximately 4.7 years than the life expectancy of non-Hispanic white men, due in part to higher prevalence of chronic disease among black men. Many factors are hypothesized to contribute to disparities in health between races, including differences in socioeconomic status; culturally-linked behaviors such as diet, substance use, and physical activity; access to quality healthcare and other resources; and experiences of racism, both institutional and interpersonal. However, in public health research, race is usually treated as …
Hispanic Agricultural Workers: The Nexus Of Demographics, Employment Characteristics, And Health, Ashley Michelle Bush
Hispanic Agricultural Workers: The Nexus Of Demographics, Employment Characteristics, And Health, Ashley Michelle Bush
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
Agriculture, which is home to elevated occupational injury and illness rates, has a substantial demographic makeup of Hispanic workers. Hispanic farmworkers are at increased risk of poor occupational health outcomes due to the precarious nature of work and other socio-ecological influences. These adverse occupational health outcome counts are inadequate and undercounted, failing to capture the true scope of agricultural work. To gain more knowledge about agriculture, this capstone will focus on the personal and work characteristics of agricultural workers to help further understand disparities within the agricultural sector by: providing a literature review of agricultural worker health; examining missed work …
Effects Of Race, Socioeconomic Factors On Emergency Management Of Threatened And Early Pregnancy Loss, Connie Yu Heng Cheng
Effects Of Race, Socioeconomic Factors On Emergency Management Of Threatened And Early Pregnancy Loss, Connie Yu Heng Cheng
Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library
Our study aims to determine the effects of race, insurance, and hospital characteristics on the management of threatened abortion and early pregnancy loss. In this retrospective cohort study using the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, patient record files from 2002-2010 with diagnoses of threatened abortion, hemorrhage in pregnancy, or incomplete, inevitable, or unspecified spontaneous abortion were examined using logistic regression. Primary outcomes were rates of admission and active management, defined as surgical termination or use of abortifacients misoprostol or Cytotec. Covariates included race/ethnicity, age, insurance, and hospital location, ownership, and metropolitan status.
Of 5,882,623 ED visits for threatened abortion …
Fruit And Vegetable Availability, Nutrition Education And Access Amongst Food Pantries In California, Maine, Mississippi And South Dakota, Sarah L. Fowler
Fruit And Vegetable Availability, Nutrition Education And Access Amongst Food Pantries In California, Maine, Mississippi And South Dakota, Sarah L. Fowler
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
This descriptive study explored the views of food pantry directors in four states regarding pantry fruit and vegetable stock and supply, nutrition education offered, and current practices and perceived barriers to providing access to food pantries to low-income individuals and families in need. This study examined these variables by surveying staff at the food pantries who have direct contact with the individuals and families who utilize the pantries. All survey responses were collected utilizing Qualtrics software and then analyzed in SPSS. There were 87 respondents from four different states, California, Maine, Mississippi, and South Dakota.
The reporting for both fresh …
Acculturation, Inflammation, And Depression Among Hispanic Adults In The United States, Kristin Marie Marano
Acculturation, Inflammation, And Depression Among Hispanic Adults In The United States, Kristin Marie Marano
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Disparities exist in the recognition and treatment of depression among Hispanics in the United States, creating a social, ethical, economic, and public health burden. This study was designed to generate an improved understanding of the causes of and/or contributors to depression within this population. It was specifically designed to 1) assess the prevalence and severity of depression among Hispanic adults in the United States relative to adults of other race/ethnicities in the United States; 2) clarify the inconsistent results in the literature concerning the relationship between acculturation and depression among Hispanic adults in the United States; and 3) fill a …