Minority Groups
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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...

HIV-infected adults from minority ethnic groups are willing to participate in research if asked.

29 Sep 2009 HIV-infected ethnic minorities are underrepresented in HIV research. We sought to better understand the reasons for the low participation rates. An anonymous 1-page survey was administered to HIV-infected patients attending primary care clinics at ... Read more...

Use of a brief food frequency questionnaire for estimating daily number of servings of fruits and vegetables in a minority adolescent population.

29 Sep 2009 The validity of the 5 A Day for Better Health Program food frequency questionnaire (5 A Day FFQ) for estimating fruit and vegetable consumption was examined in a sample of 156 African-American adolescents aged 10 to 14 years. To determine validity, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Minority Groups'

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
• HIV-infected adults from minority ethnic groups are willing to participate in research if asked. 29 Sep 2009
• The need for diversity in medical education: barriers to be broken. 29 Sep 2009
• Use of a brief food frequency questionnaire for estimating daily number of servings of fruits and vegetables in a minority adolescent population. 29 Sep 2009
• Navigating cultural competency: in preparation for an expected standard in 2010. 29 Sep 2009
• Disparities in epilepsy: report of a systematic review by the North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy. Sep 2009
• Program offers disadvantaged teens a gateway to health and science careers. 31 Aug 2009
• Reaching the neglected 95%. 30 Aug 2009
• [Genetic polymorphism of 17 Y-STR loci in four minority populations in Guangxi of China] 30 Aug 2009
• Racial disparities in access to transplantation: a tough nut to crack. 30 Aug 2009
• How does sexual minority stigma "get under the skin"? A psychological mediation framework. 30 Aug 2009
• The role of culture in the context of school-based BMI screening. 30 Aug 2009
• Not all minorities are underrepresented in academic surgery. 30 Aug 2009
• Improving the odds: dozens of states aim to help minorities and low-income residents receive better medical care and live healthier lives. 30 Aug 2009
• Development and validation of the eating stimulus index in low-income, minority women in early postpartum. 30 Aug 2009
• The worsening of ED on-call coverage in California: 6-year trend. 30 Aug 2009
• Encouraging minority scientists. 30 Aug 2009
• Issues and principles in service delivery to communicatively impaired minority bilingual adults in neurorehabilitation. 24 Aug 2009
• Getting to equal: strategies to understand and eliminate general and orthopaedic healthcare disparities. 3 Aug 2009
• Mental health first aid for Indigenous Australians: using Delphi consensus studies to develop guidelines for culturally appropriate responses to mental health problems. Aug 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