Race is a product of social conflicts between different groups of people, and hence it is guided by the interests and politics of privileging some groups over the others. Omi and Winant (2002) define race as “a concept which signifies and symbolizes social conflicts and interests by referring to different types of human bodies” (p. 123). Race, when defined loosely, is taken interchangeably with...

Adjusting Antidepressant QualityMeasures for Race and Ethnicity Increasing awareness of health care disparities has prompted reexamination of the National Quality Forum recommendation that measures of health care quality not be adjusted for patients’ sociodemographic characteristics.Adjustmentmight appear to endorse poorer-quality care for those traditionally underserved. However, Fiscella and ...

This report presents 2014 U.S. final mortality data on deaths and death rates by demographic and medical characteristics. These data provide information on mortality patterns among U.S. residents by such variables as sex, race and ethnicity, and cause of death. Information on mortality patterns is key to understanding changes in the health and well-being of the U.S. population. Life expectancy ...

Abstract The Shui people are an ethnic minority living in southern mountainous areas of Guizhou Province, China; they have retained many vernacular houses with a history over century. Using spatial analysis software depthmapX to perform visibility graph and field-of-view space syntax, we examined the sequence, organisation, hierarchy residences. We found that those residences were influenced by...

Abstract We know from election studies which demographic characteristics best predict vote choice, but we far less about how citizens perceive their similarity to one another in terms of these characteristics. Previous research suggests that such perceptions may be crucial for the politicization social identities and emergence political identities. I present results a novel measurement strategy...

BACKGROUND The aim of the current study was to examine the associations between Body Mass Index (BMI) and socio-demographic factors and to examine the relationship between BMI, smoking status and ethnicity. METHODS The Singapore Mental Health Study (SMHS) surveyed Singapore Residents (Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents) aged 18 years old and above. BMI was calculated using height and ...

BACKGROUND Studies using administrative data report that racial/ethnic minority patients enroll in clinical trials less frequently than white patients. We studied a cohort of terminally ill cancer patients to determine a) if racial/ethnic minority patients have lower rates of drug trial enrollment than white patients once socioeconomic characteristics are accounted for and b) what factors most ...