African Americans - Education
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Pilot testing of the PRAISEDD intervention among African American and low-income older adults.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is particularly high among African American (AA) older adults, and these individuals are least likely to have access to CVD prevention activities. The purpose of this ... Read more...

Biological, psychological and behavioral, and social variables influencing colorectal cancer screening in African Americans.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Provider recommendation of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is an important predictor of screening in African Americans. Little is known about influences of screening in African Americans without provider recommendations. OBJECTIVES: ... Read more...

A comparison of a spiritually based and non-spiritually based educational intervention for informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among church-attending African-American men.

29 Jun 2009 INTRODUCTION: Health communication interventions have been modestly effective for increasing informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among African-American men; however, knowledge and informed decision making is still questionable ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'African Americans - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Pilot testing of the PRAISEDD intervention among African American and low-income older adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Biological, psychological and behavioral, and social variables influencing colorectal cancer screening in African Americans. 30 Aug 2009
• A comparison of a spiritually based and non-spiritually based educational intervention for informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among church-attending African-American men. 29 Jun 2009
• Self-reported pain and utilization of pain treatment between minorities and nonminorities in the United States. 29 Jun 2009
• Breast cancer risk perception and lifestyle behaviors among White and Black women with a family history of the disease. 29 Jun 2009
• Application to graduate psychology programs by undergraduate students of color: the impact of a research training program. 29 Jun 2009
• The effect of prevention messages and self-efficacy skill building with inner-city women at risk for HIV infection. 29 Jun 2009
• Relationship of exposure to organ donation information to attitudes, beliefs, and donation decisions of next of kin. 30 May 2009
• The Well Woman Program: a community-based randomized trial to prevent sexually transmitted infections in low-income African American women. 30 May 2009
• Randomized controlled trial of SPIRIT: an effective approach to preparing African-American dialysis patients and families for end of life. 30 May 2009
• Mixed method approaches to understanding cancer-related dietary risk reduction among public housing residents. 13 May 2009
• Breast cancer survivorship program: testing for cross-cultural relevance. 29 Apr 2009
• Recursive processes in self-affirmation: intervening to close the minority achievement gap. 15 Apr 2009
• Missing persons: African Americans in dental hygiene. 30 Mar 2009
• Collective knowledge sharing as a social justice strategy: the difference it made in a service project about preterm birth disparity. 30 Mar 2009
• Heeding our words: complexities of research among low-literacy populations. 21 Mar 2009
• Lack of comprehension of common prostate cancer terms in an underserved population. 21 Mar 2009
• Mobile phone text messaging to promote healthy behaviors and weight loss maintenance: a feasibility study. 27 Feb 2009
• New mothers network: the provision of social support to single, low-income, African American mothers via e-mail messages. 8 Feb 2009
• The Pipeline program at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'African Americans'

Definition: Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the black groups of Africa.

Descriptor UI: D001741

Alternative terms: African Americans; Americans, African;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethnology; genetics;

Tree Number: M01.686.508.100.100; M01.686.754.100;

History Note: 76; was NEGROES 1963-75