African Americans have a greater prevalence of hypertension and diabetes compared with white Americans, and both autonomic dysregulation and inflammation have been implicated in the etiology of these disease states. The purpose of this study was to examine the cardiac autonomic and systemic inflammatory response to resistance training in young African-American and white men. Linear (time and fr...

BACKGROUND African-American breast cancer patients experience higher mortality rates than European-American patients despite having a lower incidence of the disease. We tested the hypothesis that intrinsic differences in the tumor biology may contribute to this cancer health disparity. METHODS AND RESULTS Using laser capture microdissection, we examined genome-wide mRNA expression specific to...

Preparation for birthing has focused primarily on Caucasian women. No studies have explored African American women's birth preparation. From the perceptions of 12 African American maternity health-care providers, this study elicited perceptions of the ways in which pregnant African American women prepare for childbirth. Focus group participants answered seven semistructured questions. Four them...

Bill J. Releford, DPM; Stanley K. Frencher, Jr., MD, MPH; Antronette K. Yancey, MD, MPH Promoting health and preventing illness among African American men, who die disproportionately from preventable diseases, is a challenging health disparity that has seen limited progress. However, focusing our efforts in places outside of traditional clinical and community settings such as the barbershop has...

PURPOSE This study investigated perceptions of European American, African American, and Asian American rehabilitation graduate students in rehabilitation counselling by assessing their clinical impressions of African American, European American, and Asian American clients. This investigation is a continuation of several studies investigating clinical perceptions and client race. METHOD Rehabi...

Results: Significant association was observed between self-identified glaucoma status and admixture. However, this association was not significant in a model that included neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES), hypertension, diabetes and body mass index (BMI). Self-identified glaucoma status was associated with diabetes that persisted after adjustment for admixture, NSES, hypertension, and B...

Much of the research on African American college students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) indicates that African American students encounter difficulty in social and academic integration. In much of this research, it is assumed, explicitly or implicitly, that African American students experience lower adjustment and performance in these settings due to fewer socioeconomic resources i...

CONTEXT Rates of clinical diagnoses of schizophrenia in African American individuals appear to be elevated compared with other ethnic groups in the United States, contradicting population rates derived from epidemiologic surveys. OBJECTIVE To determine whether African American individuals would continue to exhibit significantly higher rates of clinical diagnoses of schizophrenia, even after c...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer, a rare outcome of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, disproportionately affects African American women, who are about twice more likely than European American women to die of the disease. Most cervical HPV infections clear in about one year. However, in some women HPV persists, posing a greater risk for cervical dysplasia and cancer. The Carolina Women's...