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Minority Health
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Definition of 'Minority Health'The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of members of minority groups. Common names: Minority Health; Health, Minority; Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
13 Sep 2009 
BACKGROUND: Adult childhood cancer survivors are at higher risk for developing late medical effects related to their cancer treatments. Health-promoting behaviors may reduce the risk of some late effects and the severity of others. This article ... Read more...
Survival disparities among African American women with invasive bladder cancer in Florida.
13 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The authors sought to understand the effect of patient sex, race, and socioeconomic status (SES) on outcomes for bladder cancer. METHOD: The Florida Cancer Data System and the Agency for Health Care Administration data sets (1998-2003) ... Read more...
13 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The objectives of this study were to confirm whether racial disparity exists with regard to outcome between black women and white women with ovarian cancer and to identify factors associated with the administration of adjuvant treatment ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Minority Health'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Design and recruitment of the Chicago Healthy Living Study: a study of health behaviors in a diverse cohort of adult childhood cancer survivors. 13 Sep 2009
- Survival disparities among African American women with invasive bladder cancer in Florida. 13 Sep 2009
- Race does not impact outcome for advanced ovarian cancer patients treated with cisplatin/paclitaxel: an analysis of Gynecologic Oncology Group trials. 13 Sep 2009
- Issues and principles in service delivery to communicatively impaired minority bilingual adults in neurorehabilitation. 24 Aug 2009
- CancerScope. ASCO plan to reduce US cancer disparities.
30 Jul 2009 - The primary care physician may have a more critical role in colorectal cancer screening in African Americans when compared to non-African Americans. 29 Jun 2009
- The sensitivity of the method used to detect atrial fibrillation in population studies affects group-specific prevalence estimates: ethnic and regional distribution of atrial fibrillation in the REGARDS study.
25 Jun 2009 - Engaging minority men at HIV risk in integrated mental health and drug treatment. 30 May 2009
- States address health disparities. 30 May 2009
- Segregation and disparities in health services use. 19 May 2009
- Racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes and appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy: impact of patient and provider factors. 19 May 2009
- BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in women of different ethnicities undergoing testing for hereditary breast-ovarian cancer. 13 May 2009
- Cancer disparities continue to rise for African Americans. 13 May 2009
- Insurance parity and outpatient care following a psychiatric hospitalization. 11 May 2009
- Acculturation and adolescent health: moving the field forward. 5 May 2009
- National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities. 29 Apr 2009
- Perceived racism in relation to weight change in the Black Women's Health Study. 9 Apr 2009
- The effect of question order on self-rated general health status in a multilingual survey context. 8 Apr 2009
- Discrepant comorbidity between minority and white suicides: a national multiple cause-of-death analysis. 16 Mar 2009
- The association between perceived social support and health among patients at a free urban clinic. 27 Feb 2009
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Technical information about 'Minority Health'
Definition: The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of members of minority groups.
Descriptor UI: D054525
Alternative terms: Minority Health; Health, Minority; Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000;
Allowable Qualifiers: economics; ethnology; ethics; history; legislation & jurisprudence;
Tree Number: N01.400.512;
History Note: 2008