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Elizabeth Ayangunna, Gulzar Shah, Kingsley Kalu, Padmini Shankar and Bushra Shah
The use of the internet and supported apps is at historically unprecedented levels for the exchange of health information. The increasing use of the internet and social media platforms can affect patients? health behavior. This study aims to assess the v...
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Fan Zhang, Melissa Petersen, Leigh Johnson, James Hall, Raymond F. Palmer, Sid E. O?Bryant and on behalf of the Health and Aging Brain Study (HABS?HD) Study Team
The Health and Aging Brain Study?Health Disparities (HABS?HD) project seeks to understand the biological, social, and environmental factors that impact brain aging among diverse communities. A common issue for HABS?HD is missing data. It is impossible to...
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Haeok Lee, Deogwoon Kim, Andrew Jung and Wonjeong Chae
Background. Many older adults suffer from poor oral health, including tooth loss, and disparities among racial/ethnic and socially disadvantaged populations continue to exist. Methods. Data were obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination...
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Daniel Yonto, L. Michele Issel and Jean-Claude Thill
Spatial data analytics can detect patterns of clustering of events in small geographies across an urban region. This study presents and demonstrates a robust research design to study the longitudinal stability of spatial clustering with small case number...
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Chandra L. Jackson, Symielle A. Gaston, Rui Liu, Kenneth Mukamal and Eric B. Rimm
In the United States, racial minorities generally experience poorer cardiovascular health compared to whites, and differences in alcohol consumption and sleep could contribute to these disparities. With a nationally representative sample of 187,950 adult...
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Matthew H. E. M. Browning and Alessandro Rigolon
Examination of the greenspace—human health relationship operates in at least four dimensions: what is considered greenspace? which moderators and mediators are included? what outcomes are measured? and which units of analysis (e.g., individuals, ci...
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Lucie Vialard, Clara Squiban, Gilles Riveau, Emmanuel Hermann, Doudou Diop, Florence Fournet, Gérard Salem and Ellen E. Foley
This study contributes to the literature about the effects of space and place on health by introducing a socio-territorial approach to urban health disparities in West Africa. It explores how urban spaces, specifically neighbourhoods, are shaped by socia...
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Salman Bin Naeem, Mehreen Azam, Maged N. Kamel Boulos and Rubina Bhatti
(1) Aims and Objectives: Mobile health (mHealth) is increasingly becoming a favorite healthcare delivery solution in underserved areas around the globe. This study aims to identify the influence of technology?organization?environment (TOE) factors on mHe...
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Frances Heredia-Negron, Natalie Alamo-Rodriguez, Lenamari Oyola-Velazquez, Brenda Nieves, Kelvin Carrasquillo, Harry Hochheiser, Brian Fristensky, Istoni Daluz-Santana, Emma Fernandez-Repollet and Abiel Roche-Lima
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) facilitate the creation of revolutionary medical techniques. Unfortunately, biases in current AI and ML approaches are perpetuating minority health inequity. One of the strategies to solve this probl...
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Celina I. Valencia, Francine C. Gachupin, Yamilé Molina and Ken Batai
The objective of this article is to call for integrating biological pathways of social experiences in the concept model of cancer disparities and social determinants of health (SDH) fields. Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) populations exper...
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Maohua Liu, Siqi Luo and Xishihui Du
The unequal allocation of healthcare resources raises many fundamental problems, one of which is how to address inequity in population health. This paper focuses on disparities in public transport healthcare accessibility, with a special focus on an expa...
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Jerris R. Hedges, Karam F. A. Soliman, Gene D?Amour, Dong Liang, Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz, Kenira Thompson, Josefina Romaguera, Silvia E. Rabionet Sabater and Richard Yanagihara
On 30 October 2017, selected faculty and administrators from Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) grantee institutions gathered to share first-hand accounts of the devastating impact of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, which had interrupte...
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Brian K. Chen and Chun-Yuh Yang
The World is undergoing rapid urbanization, with 70% of the World population expected to live in urban areas by 2050. Nevertheless, nationally representative analysis of the health differences in the leading causes of avoidable mortality disaggregated by...
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Raymond Orr, Darren Calhoun, Carolyn Noonan, Ron Whitener, Jeff Henderson, Jack Goldberg and Patrica Nez Henderson
The consequences of starting smoking by age 18 are significant. Early smoking initiation is associated with higher tobacco dependence, increased difficulty in smoking cessation and more negative health outcomes. The purpose of this study is to examine ho...
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Joniqua Ceasar, Marlene H. Peters-Lawrence, Valerie Mitchell and Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley
Little is known about recruitment methods for racial/ethnic minority populations from resource-limited areas for community-based health and needs assessments, particularly assessments that incorporate mobile health (mHealth) technology for characterizing...
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Andrea Hricko, Glovioell Rowland, Sandrah Eckel, Angelo Logan, Maryam Taher and John Wilson
Global trade has increased nearly 100-fold since 1950, according to the World Trade Organization. Today, major changes in trade are occurring with the advent of mega-ships that can transport thousands more containers than cargo ships now in use. Because ...
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Lisa Ariellah Ward, Gulzar H. Shah, Jeffery A. Jones, Linda Kimsey and Hani Samawi
This paper examines the efficacy of telemedicine (TM) technology compared to traditional face-to-face (F2F) visits as an alternative healthcare delivery service for managing diabetes in populations residing in urban medically underserved areas (UMUPAs). ...
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Shervin Assari, Shanika Boyce, Cleopatra H. Caldwell, Mohsen Bazargan and Ron Mincy
Background: Based on the Minorities? Diminished Returns (MDRs) framework, indicators of high socioeconomic status, such as higher family income, show weaker protective effects on various developmental, behavioral, and health outcomes for Black than White...
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Souleymane Fall, Ehsan Abdalla, Joseph Quansah, Meghan J. Franklin and Timmera Whaley-Omidire
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented challenge to public health across the world and has further exposed health disparities and the vulnerability of marginal groups. Since the pandemic has exhibited marked regional differences, it is necessar...
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Claudia Costa, José António Tenedório and Paula Santana
Geographical accessibility to health care services is widely accepted as relevant to improve population health. However, measuring it is very complex, mainly when applied at administrative levels that go beyond the small-area level. This is the case in P...
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