African American men continue to suffer from poor health outcomes when compared to men of other racial/ethnic groups and to women. Because health is often influenced by family members, it is critical to determine which family members should be involved i
Based on statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Justice (2008), Black males constitute 40.2% of the total incarcerated population, leading to a diminished presence of the male figure in the African American community and family structure. Understanding the resilience of individuals who experience these...
African-American youth are disproportionately affected by parental incarceration and the consequences of parental substance use. Many adapt to the loss of their parents to prison or drug addiction by engaging in sex-risk behavior, particularly the sex trade. These youth may engage in this risky beha...
An opposed perspective, more consistent with the concepts and theories that underlie this text, sees the matriarchal structure of the African American family as the result of urban poverty—rather than a cause—and a reflection of pervasive, institu- tional racial discrimination and the scarcity of...
However, race showed a significant interaction with family income on systolic blood pressure (for 50–100 K USD × African American: β = 2.75, p = 0.034), suggesting higher systolic blood pressure of African American adolescents from high-income backgrounds. Racial variation in the...
In contrast, for instance, the American ZIKV strains typically differ from the rest of the Asian strains by less than ∼30 amino-acid residues. Moreover, the phenotypic differences between the two lineages likely result from complex combinations of genetic variants86,87, making them less ...
Through an analysis of family structure and marital unions in the antebellum slavery South, however, African-American families can be seen to adapt, live on, even flourish, despite seemingly insurmountable adversity designed to bring about...
center: Referral reasons, amniocentesis acceptance, and abnormalities detected Debra Baker, MS1, Senait Teklehaimanot, MPH2, Rosetta Hassan, MD3, and Carol Guze, PhD4 Purpose: To describe the Hispanic and African-American population referred to our inner city Los Angeles Prenatal Diagnostic Center....
Participants who were aged 60 years or older, identified as black or African American; met the criteria of a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 24 or above, and had undergone a rs-fMRI scan were included in the study. Participants who had any neurodegenerative disorders, took medi...
e, Correlation statistics (adjusted R2) for the putative LOF ratio for genes related to hepatitis C (HCV, n = 190 direct genes, n = 1837 indirect genes), HIV(n = 724 direct genes, n = 1351 indirect genes), influenza in west African countries (CAM, MAL, FNB and BRN), and malaria ...