Minority Groups - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Does self-report data on HIV primary care utilization agree with medical record data for socially marginalized populations in the United States?

29 Sep 2009 To test whether self-report data agree with medical record data in marginalized, HIV-infected populations, we collected information about HIV primary care visits over a 6-month period from both sources. Patients were drawn from a large study of ... Read more...

How does sexual minority stigma "get under the skin"? A psychological mediation framework.

30 Aug 2009 Sexual minorities are at increased risk for multiple mental health burdens compared with heterosexuals. The field has identified 2 distinct determinants of this risk, including group-specific minority stressors and general psychological processes ... Read more...

Development and validation of the eating stimulus index in low-income, minority women in early postpartum.

30 Aug 2009 Dietary modification to achieve weight loss during the postpartum period may be critical for prevention of obesity, particularly in low-income, minority women. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to develop and validate a measure to examine ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Minority Groups - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Does self-report data on HIV primary care utilization agree with medical record data for socially marginalized populations in the United States? 29 Sep 2009
• Reaching the neglected 95%. 30 Aug 2009
• How does sexual minority stigma "get under the skin"? A psychological mediation framework. 30 Aug 2009
• Development and validation of the eating stimulus index in low-income, minority women in early postpartum. 30 Aug 2009
• Recognition of depression in people of different cultures: a qualitative study. 25 Jul 2009
• Resilience and marginalized youth: making a case for personal and collective meaning-making as part of resilience research in public health. 8 Jul 2009
• Self-reported pain and utilization of pain treatment between minorities and nonminorities in the United States. 29 Jun 2009
• Binge drinking among youths and young adults in the United States: 1979-2006. 29 Jun 2009
• Multiculturalism and subjective happiness as mediated by cultural and relational variables. 29 Jun 2009
• Challenges in the neuropsychological assessment of ethnic minorities: summit proceedings. 29 Jun 2009
• Financial abuse in elderly Korean immigrants: mixed analysis of the role of culture on perception and help-seeking intention. 29 Jun 2009
• Strength in numbers or less is more? A matter of opinion and a question of taste. 7 Jun 2009
• Obesity in minority women: calories, commerce, and culture. 30 May 2009
• Why your memory may not be so bad after all. New data on how internalizing stereotypes affects boomers. 30 May 2009
• Response to 'The social determinants of psychosis in migrant and ethnic minority populations: a public health tragedy'. 27 May 2009
• Racial mixing and HIV risk among men who have sex with men. 27 May 2009
• Social ecology of tobacco surveillance data for sexual and gender minority populations. 17 May 2009
• Dietary choices of urban minority high school students. 29 Apr 2009
• Defense of tests prevents objective consideration of validity and fairness. 29 Apr 2009
• Neither colorblind nor oppositional: perceived minority status and trajectories of academic adjustment among Latinos in elite higher education. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Minority Groups'

Definition: A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group.

Descriptor UI: D008913

Alternative terms: Minority Groups; Group, Minority; Groups, Minority; Minority Group;

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

Tree Number: I01.880.371;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: IM; coord with specific minority group (IM) & geog