Research/Journal Articles
August 25, 2019
Race Matters? Examining and Rethinking Race Portrayal in Pre-clinical Medical Education
This article addresses a pervasive and important challenge in health sciences education–how and why do we present a patient’s race when we know race is a social construct? Tsai J, Ucik L, Baldwin N, Hasslinger C, George P. Race Matters? Examining and Rethinking Race Portrayal in Preclinical Medical Education. Acad Med. 2016;91(7):916-920. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001232
Levels of Racism: A Theoretical Framework & a Gardener’s Tale
Dr. Camara Jones clearly describes and differentiates 3 levels of racism and their effects on health in this highly cited article: Jones CP. Levels of racism: a theoretic framework and a gardener’s tale. Am J Public Health. 2000;90(8):1212–1215. doi:10.2105/ajph.90.8.1212
August 23, 2019
Preparing Today’s Nurses: Social Determinants of Health and Nursing Education
Read the online article here.
Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Nursing Education, Research, & Policy
Mahony D, Jones EJ. Social determinants of health in nursing education, research, and health policy. Nursing science quarterly. 2013;26(3):280-284.
August 19, 2019
Religiosity and health: A global comparative study
Zimmer Z, Rojo F, Ofstedal MB, Chiu CT, Saito Y, Jagger C. Religiosity and health: A global comparative study. SSM Popul Health. 2018;7:006–6. Published 2018 Nov 15. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.11.006 Abstract: The objective of this paper is to understand global connections between indicators of religiosity and health and how these differ cross-nationally. Data are from World Values…
Racial discrimination, educational attainment, and biological dysregulation among midlife African American women
Allen AM, Thomas MD, Michaels EK, et al. Racial discrimination, educational attainment, and biological dysregulation among midlife African American women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019;99:225-235. Abstract: Objective: To examine the association between self-reported racial discrimination and allostatic load, and whether the association differs by socioeconomic position. Methods: We recruited a purposive cross-section of midlife (ages 30–50) African American…
Mediators of the relationship between race and allostatic load in African and White Americans
Tomfohr LM, Pung MA, Dimsdale JE. Mediators of the relationship between race and allostatic load in African and White Americans. Health Psychology. 2016;35(4):322-332. doi:10.1037/hea0000251 Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Allostatic load (AL) is a cumulative index of physiological dysregulation, which has been shown to predict cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. On average, African Americans (AA) have higher AL…
The protective role of ethnic identity for urban adolescent males facing multiple stressors
Williams JL, Aiyer SM, Durkee MI, Tolan PH. The Protective Role of Ethnic Identity for Urban Adolescent Males Facing Multiple Stressors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 2014;43(10):1728-1741. Abstract: Having a connection to one’s ethnic heritage is considered a protective factor in the face of discrimination; however, it is unclear whether the protective effects are persistent…
Discrimination, Racial Bias, and Telomere Length in African-American Men
Chae DH, Nuru-Jeter AM, Adler NE, et al. Discrimination, Racial Bias, and Telomere Length in African-American Men. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2014;46(2):103-111. Abstract: Background: Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is an indicator of general systemic aging, with shorter LTL being associated with several chronic diseases of aging and earlier mortality. Identifying factors related to LTL…
Supportive Family Environments Ameliorate the Link Between Racial Discrimination and Epigenetic Aging A Replication Across Two Longitudinal Cohorts
Brody GH, Miller GE, Yu T, Beach SR, Chen E. Supportive Family Environments Ameliorate the Link Between Racial Discrimination and Epigenetic Aging: A Replication Across Two Longitudinal Cohorts. Psychol Sci. 2016;27(4):530–541. doi:10.1177/0956797615626703 Abstract: This study tested the hypothesis that supportive family environments during adolescence buffer exposure to racial discrimination, reducing its impact on biological weathering and its…
Maternal and pediatric health and disease: integrating biopsychosocial models and epigenetics
Rubin LP. Maternal and pediatric health and disease: integrating biopsychosocial models and epigenetics. Pediatric Research. 2015;79:127. Abstract: The concepts of allostasis (stability through adaptation) and accumulated life stress (McEwen’s allostatic load) aim to understand childhood and adult outcomes. Chronic malnutrition, changes in social condition, and adverse early-life experiences may program phenotypes and contribute to long-lasting…
Discrimination, segregation, and chronic inflammation: Testing the weathering explanation for the poor health of Black Americans
Simons, R. L., Lei, M.-K., Beach, S. R. H., Barr, A. B., Simons, L. G., Gibbons, F. X., & Philibert, R. A. (2018). Discrimination, segregation, and chronic inflammation: Testing the weathering explanation for the poor health of Black Americans. Developmental Psychology, 54(10), 1993-2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000511 Abstract: Several studies have reported a relation between race-related stressors and…
August 16, 2019
Integrating Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Into a Research Course
See this recent publication on ways to integrate DEI into a research methods course: O’Connor R.(2019). Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Topics Into an Undergraduate Nursing Research Course. J Nurs Educ. 58(8) 494. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20190719-13.
August 13, 2019
Crip For A Day: The Unintended Negative Consequences of Disability Simulations
Nario-Redmond MR, Gospodinov D, Cobb A. Crip for a day: The unintended negative consequences of disability simulations. Rehabilitation Psychology. 2017; 62(3): 324-333. Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of disability simulations on mood, self-ascribed disability stereotypes, attitudes about interacting with disabled individuals, and behavioral intentions for improving campus accessibility. DESIGN: Experiment 1 evaluated disability-awareness simulations…
Levels Of Racism: A Theoretical Framework And A Gardener’s Tale
Jones CP. Levels of racism: a theoretic framework and a gardener’s tale. Am J Public Health. 2000;90(8):1212–1215. doi:10.2105/ajph.90.8.1212 Open access link here. Abstract: The author presents a theoretic framework for understanding racism on 3 levels: institutionalized, personally mediated, and internalized. This framework is useful for raising new hypotheses about the basis of race-associated differences in…
‘Catching’ Social Bias: Exposure to Biased Nonverbal Signals Creates Social Biases in Preschool Children
Skinner AL, Meltzoff AN, Olson KR. “Catching” Social Bias: Exposure to Biased Nonverbal Signals Creates Social Biases in Preschool Children. Psychological Science. 2016; 1-9. Abstract: Identifying the origins of social bias is critical to devising strategies to overcome prejudice. In two experiments, we tested the hypothesis that young children can catch novel social biases from…
August 12, 2019
Having At Least One Black Teacher Can Keep Black Kids In School
Papageorge, Nicholas W. “The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers.” Vol. 10630, 2017. Open Access available here. Abstract: Black primary-school students matched to a same-race teacher perform better on standardized tests and face more favorable teacher perceptions, yet little is known about the long-run, sustained impacts of student-teacher demographic match. We show that assigning a black…
Are Emily & Greg More Employable Than Lakisha & Jamal?
Bertrand M & Mullainathan S. Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination. The American Economic Review. 2004: 94(4); 991-1013. Abstract: We study race in the labor market by sending fictitious resumes to help-wanted ads in Boston and Chicago newspapers. To manipulate perceived race, resumes are…
August 5, 2019
Nursing Colonialism in America
See the 2017 Waite & Nardi article on colonialism in nursing: Waite R, Nardi D. Nursing colonialism in America: Implications for nursing leadership. Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. 2019;35(1):18-25.
Child Health Disparities: What Can a Clinician Do?
This 2015 article by Cheng et al. discusses what providers can do to address pediatric health disparities: Cheng TL, Emmanuel MA, Levy DJ, Jenkins RR. Child Health Disparities: What Can a Clinician Do? Pediatrics. 2015;136(5):961-968.
June 28, 2019
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