 Health Status Disparities
"Health Status Disparities" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Variation in rates of disease occurrence and disabilities between population groups defined by socioeconomic characteristics such as age, ethnicity, economic resources, or gender and populations identified geographically or similar measures.
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D054624
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.240.425.675 N01.224.425.437 N06.850.505.400.425.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Status Disparities- Health Status Disparities
- Disparities, Health Status
- Disparity, Health Status
- Health Status Disparity
- Status Disparities, Health
- Status Disparity, Health
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| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2023 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2021 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2020 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2017 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2016 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | 2015 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2013 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2010 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2009 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Status Disparities" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Rasali DP, Lefler LL, Ford CL, Osei WD, Schaffzin KT. Ecological Impacts of Structural Racism on Health Disparity Through Its Determinants and Mediating Factors: A Case Study on Low Birthweight in Three Race/Ethnicity Groups in the United States. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 May 01; 22(5).
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Allen JL, Rogers LQ, Martin MY, Amick BC. The mediating role of physical activity on cognitive disparities in cancer survivors. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Apr 30; 9(3).
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Gomez Pomar E, Berryhill J, Bhattacharyya S. Evaluating maternal drug use disparities, risk factors and outcomes in Northeast Arkansas: a pre, during, and post-COVID-19 pandemic analysis. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 07; 25(1):509.
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Fine SL, Willis K, Lucas IL, Siebach KF, Glick JL, Valentine-Graves M, Winter S, Smith M, Waltz T, Herring GB, Hannah M, Wilcox HC, Sanchez T, Baral SD, Murray SM. Investigating mental health disparities in rural sexual and gender minority adults: protocol for the rural exploration and approaches to LGBTQ?+?Mental Health (REALM) prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 06; 25(1):487.
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Travis D, Nnawuba K, Vellanki S, Robinson S, Jensen H, Trikannad AK. Demographic analysis of survival trends in squamous cell carcinoma of the upper 1/3 of the esophagus: a population-based study. Dis Esophagus. 2025 Jan 07; 38(1).
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Cockrell HC, Shah NR, Krinock D, Siddiqui SM, Englum BR, Meckmongkol TT, Koo N, Murphy J, Richards MK, Martin K. Health Disparities Research: What Every Pediatric Surgeon Should Know. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Nov; 59(11):161636.
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Pilehvari A, Krukowski RA, You W, Wiseman KP, Wester AG, Cohn WF, Anderson RT, Little MA. Unveiling rural and Appalachian disparities in cigarette smoking through the social vulnerability index and other county-level characteristics. J Rural Health. 2025 01; 41(1):e12860.
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Brown CC, DuBois D. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy-Associated Death: The Critical Importance of Disaggregation by Cause of Death and Race/Ethnicity. Am J Public Health. 2024 07; 114(7):666-668.
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Padhi BK, Singh S, Gaidhane AM, Abu Serhan H, Khatib MN, Zahiruddin QS, Rustagi S, Sharma RK, Sharma D, Arora M, Satapathy P. Inequalities in cardiovascular disease among elderly Indians: A gender perspective analysis using LASI wave-I (2017-18). Curr Probl Cardiol. 2024 Jul; 49(7):102605.
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Swaminathan SS, Medeiros FA. Socioeconomic Disparities in Glaucoma Severity at Initial Diagnosis: A Nationwide Electronic Health Record Cohort Analysis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 07; 263:50-60.
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Aguilar DR, Berryhill J, Greer M, Gan-Kemp J, Bhattacharyya S. Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates in Arkansas and Associated Risk Factors. J Registry Manag. 2024; 51(4):158-166.
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Quint J, Matagi C, Kaholokula JK. The Hawai'i NHPI Data Disaggregation Imperative: Preventing Data Genocide Through Statewide Race and Ethnicity Standards. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2023 10; 82(10 Suppl 1):67-72.
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Mateos MV, Ailawadhi S, Costa LJ, Grant SJ, Kumar L, Mohty M, Aydin D, Usmani SZ. Global disparities in patients with multiple myeloma: a rapid evidence assessment. Blood Cancer J. 2023 07 18; 13(1):109.
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Korn AR, Walsh-Bailey C, Correa-Mendez M, DelNero P, Pilar M, Sandler B, Brownson RC, Emmons KM, Oh AY. Social determinants of health and US cancer screening interventions: A systematic review. CA Cancer J Clin. 2023 Sep-Oct; 73(5):461-479.
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Chauhan MZ, Elhusseiny AM, Rook BS, Samarah ES, Uwaydat SH, Sallam AB, Phillips PH. Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in Vision Care Access and Impairment Among United States Children. Ophthalmology. 2023 Jul; 130(7):772-775.
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Brown CC, Moore JE, Tilford JM. Rates Of Preterm Birth And Low Birthweight: An Analysis Of Racial And Ethnic Populations. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 02; 42(2):261-267.
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Tan ASL, Hinds JT, Smith PH, Antin T, Lee JP, Ostroff JS, Patten C, Rose SW, Sheffer CE, Fagan P. Incorporating Intersectionality as a Framework for Equity-Minded Tobacco Control Research: A Call for Collective Action Toward a Paradigm Shift. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 01 01; 25(1):73-76.
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Williams M, Richard-Davis G, Weickert V, Christensen L, Ward E, Schrager S. A review of African American women's experiences in menopause. Menopause. 2022 11 01; 29(11):1331-1337.
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Rezaeiahari M, Brown CC, Ali MM, Tilford JM, Magann EF. Identification of racial/ethnic disparities associated with severe maternal morbidity using the Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database (2013-2017). Birth. 2023 06; 50(2):339-348.
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Al Hadidi S, Schinke C, Thanendrarajan S, Zangari M, van Rhee F. Enrollment of Black Participants in Pivotal Clinical Trials Supporting US Food and Drug Administration Approval of Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T Cell Therapy for Hematological Malignant Neoplasms. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 04 01; 5(4):e228161.
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Sheffer CE, Williams JM, Erwin DO, Smith PH, Carl E, Ostroff JS. Tobacco-Related Disparities Viewed Through the Lens of Intersectionality. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 02 01; 24(2):285-288.
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Ariss RW, Minhas AMK, Issa R, Ahuja KR, Patel MM, Eltahawy EA, Michos ED, Fudim M, Nazir S. Demographic and Regional Trends of Mortality in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 1999 to 2019. Am J Cardiol. 2022 02 01; 164:7-13.
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Rezaeiahari M, Brown CC, Ali MM, Datta J, Tilford JM. Understanding racial disparities in severe maternal morbidity using Bayesian network analysis. PLoS One. 2021; 16(10):e0259258.
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McElfish PA, Rowland B, Porter A, Felix HC, Selig JP, Semingson J, Willis DE, Smith M, Riklon S, Alik E, Padilla-Ramos A, Jasso EY, Zohoori N. Use of Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships to Reduce COVID-19 Disparities Among Marshallese Pacific Islander and Latino Communities - Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas, April-December 2020. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 10 07; 18:E91.
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Pro G, Schumacher K, Hubach R, Zaller N, Giano Z, Camplain R, Camplain C, Haberstroh S, Baldwin JA, Wheeler DL. US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality. Rural Remote Health. 2021 07; 21(3):6596.
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Pro G, Gilbert PA, Baldwin JA, Brown CC, Young S, Zaller N. Multilevel modeling of county-level excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates in the US. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0253466.
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Willis DE, McElfish PA. Racial disparities in the COVID-19 response affecting the Marshall Islands diaspora, United States of America. Bull World Health Organ. 2021 09 01; 99(9):680-681.
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Shutze W, Gable D, Ogola G, Yasin T, Madhukar N, Kamma B, Alniemi Y, Eidt J. Sex, age, and other barriers for prosthetic referral following amputation and the impact on survival. J Vasc Surg. 2021 11; 74(5):1659-1667.
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Boutrous ML, Tian Y, Brown D, Freeman CA, Smeds MR. Area Deprivation Index Score is Associated with Lower Rates of Long Term Follow-up after Upper Extremity Vascular Injuries. Ann Vasc Surg. 2021 Aug; 75:102-108.
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Davis CM, Apter AJ, Casillas A, Foggs MB, Louisias M, Morris EC, Nanda A, Nelson MR, Ogbogu PU, Walker-McGill CL, Wang J, Perry TT. Health disparities in allergic and immunologic conditions in racial and ethnic underserved populations: A?Work Group Report of the AAAAI Committee on the Underserved. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 05; 147(5):1579-1593.
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McElfish PA, Willis DE, Bryant-Moore K, Rojo MO, Andersen JA, Kaminicki KF, James LP. Arkansans' Preferred COVID-19 Testing Locations. J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec; 12:21501327211004289.
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Center KE, Da Silva J, Hernandez AL, Vang K, Martin DW, Mazurek J, Lilo EA, Zimmerman NK, Krow-Lucal E, Campbell EM, Cowins JV, Walker C, Dominguez KL, Gallo B, Gunn JKL, McCormick D, Cochran C, Smith MR, Dillaha JA, James AE. Multidisciplinary Community-Based Investigation of a COVID-19 Outbreak Among Marshallese and Hispanic/Latino Communities - Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas, March-June 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Dec 04; 69(48):1807-1811.
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Matsui EC, Perry TT, Adamson AS. An Antiracist Framework for Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Research. Pediatrics. 2020 12; 146(6).
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Brown CC, Adams CE, George KE, Moore JE. Associations Between Comorbidities and Severe Maternal Morbidity. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 11; 136(5):892-901.
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Salah HM, Mehta JL. Hypothesis: Sex-Related Differences in ACE2 Activity May Contribute to Higher Mortality in Men Versus Women With COVID-19. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2021 03; 26(2):114-118.
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Ing CT, Ahn HJ, Kawakami R, Grandinetti A, Seto TB, Kaholokula JK. Ethnic and Gender Differences in 10-Year Coronary Heart Disease Risk: a Cross-Sectional Study in Hawai'i. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2021 Aug; 8(4):943-952.
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Serchen J, Doherty R, Atiq O, Hilden D. Racism and Health in the United States: A Policy Statement From the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2020 10 06; 173(7):556-557.
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Rosella LC, Kornas K, Watson T, Buajitti E, Bornbaum C, Henry D, Brown A. Association between the regional variation in premature mortality and immigration in Ontario, Canada. Can J Public Health. 2020 06; 111(3):322-332.
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Antonio MCK, Hishinuma ES, Ing CT, Hamagami F, Dillard A, Kekauoha BP, Solatorio C, Cassel K, Braun KL, Kaholokula JK. A Resilience Model of Adult Native Hawaiian Health Utilizing a Newly Multi-Dimensional Scale. Behav Med. 2020 Jul-Sep; 46(3-4):258-277.
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Fitzpatrick KM, Willis D. Chronic Disease, the Built Environment, and Unequal Health Risks in the 500 Largest U.S. Cities. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 04 24; 17(8).
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Hafez AY, Gonzalez M, Kulik MC, Vijayaraghavan M, Glantz SA. Uneven Access to Smoke-Free Laws and Policies and Its Effect on Health Equity in the United States: 2000-2019. Am J Public Health. 2019 11; 109(11):1568-1575.
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Fernandes GS, Parekh SM, Moses J, Fuller CW, Scammell B, Batt ME, Zhang W, Doherty M. Depressive symptoms and the general health of retired professional footballers compared with the general population in the UK: a case-control study. BMJ Open. 2019 09 08; 9(9):e030056.
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Lennon T, Gundacker C, Nugent M, Simpson P, Magallanes NK, West C, Willis E. Ancillary Benefit of Increased HPV Immunization Rates Following a CBPR Approach to Address Immunization Disparities in Younger Siblings. J Community Health. 2019 06; 44(3):544-551.
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Robinson GC, Norton PC. A Decade of Disproportionality: A State-Level Analysis of African American Students Enrolled in the Primary Disability Category of Speech or Language Impairment. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch. 2019 04 23; 50(2):267-282.
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Brown CC, Moore JE, Felix HC, Stewart MK, Bird TM, Lowery CL, Tilford JM. Association of State Medicaid Expansion Status With Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth. JAMA. 2019 04 23; 321(16):1598-1609.
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Avant ND, Gillespie GL. Pushing for health equity through structural competency and implicit bias education: A qualitative evaluation of a racial/ethnic health disparities elective course for pharmacy learners. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2019 04; 11(4):382-393.
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McElfish PA, Purvis RS, Riklon S, Yamada S. Compact of Free Association Migrants and Health Insurance Policies: Barriers and Solutions to Improve Health Equity. Inquiry. 2019 Jan-Dec; 56:46958019894784.
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Zullo SW, Maarouf M, Shi VY. Acne disparities in Native Americans. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Aug; 85(2):499-501.
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Sheffer CE, Webb Hooper M, Ostroff JS. Commentary: Educational and Clinical Training for Addressing Tobacco-Related Cancer Health Disparities. Ethn Dis. 2018; 28(3):187-192.
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McElfish PA, Moore R, Laelan M, Ayers BL. Using CBPR to address health disparities with the Marshallese community in Arkansas. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 May; 45(3):264-271.
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Ogunbayo GO, Bidwell K, Misumida N, Ha LD, Abdel-Latif A, Elayi CS, Smyth S, Messerli AW. Sex differences in the contemporary management of HIV patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction. Clin Cardiol. 2018 Apr; 41(4):488-493.
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Yeary KHK, Moore P, Turner J, Dawson L, Heo S, Greene P. Feasibility Test of a Community-Relevant Intervention Designed to Promote African American Participation in Translational, Breast Cancer Disparities Research: Know About Health Options for Women (Know HOW). J Cancer Educ. 2018 02; 33(1):29-36.
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McElfish PA, Moore R, Buron B, Hudson J, Long CR, Purvis RS, Schulz TK, Rowland B, Warmack TS. Integrating Interprofessional Education and Cultural Competency Training to Address Health Disparities. Teach Learn Med. 2018 Apr-Jun; 30(2):213-222.
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Ratnapradipa KL, Lian M, Jeffe DB, Davidson NO, Eberth JM, Pruitt SL, Schootman M. Patient, Hospital, and Geographic Disparities in Laparoscopic Surgery Use Among Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare Patients With Colon Cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2017 Sep; 60(9):905-913.
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Kaholokula JK, Look MA, Wills TA, de Silva M, Mabellos T, Seto TB, Ahn HJ, Sinclair KA, Buchwald D. Ka-HOLO Project: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a native cultural dance program for cardiovascular disease prevention in Native Hawaiians. BMC Public Health. 2017 Apr 17; 17(1):321.
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Thurman WA, Harrison T. Social Context and Value-Based Care: A Capabilities Approach for Addressing Health Disparities. Policy Polit Nurs Pract. 2017 Feb; 18(1):26-35.
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Khan AM, Urquia M, Kornas K, Henry D, Cheng SY, Bornbaum C, Rosella LC. Socioeconomic gradients in all-cause, premature and avoidable mortality among immigrants and long-term residents using linked death records in Ontario, Canada. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017 07; 71(7):625-632.
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Haynes TF, Cheney AM, Sullivan JG, Bryant K, Curran GM, Olson M, Cottoms N, Reaves C. Addressing Mental Health Needs: Perspectives of African Americans Living in the Rural South. Psychiatr Serv. 2017 Jun 01; 68(6):573-578.
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Turner J, Smith J, Bryant K, Haynes T, Stewart MK, Kuo DZ, Harris K, McCoy S, Lovelady N, Sullivan G, Yeary KH. Community Building Community: The Distinct Benefits of Community Partners Building Other Communities' Capacity to Conduct Health Research. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2017; 11(1):81-86.
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Yeary KH, Aitaoto N, Sparks K, Ritok-Lakien M, Hudson JS, Goulden P, Bing W, Riklon S, Rubon-Chutaro J, Mcelfish PA. Cultural Adaptation of Diabetes Self-Management Education for Marshallese Residing in the United States: Lessons Learned in Curriculum Development. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2017; 11(3):253-261.
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Chung J, Modrall JG, Knowles M, Xiang Q, Lavery LA, Timaran CH, Valentine RJ. Arteriographic Patterns of Atherosclerosis and the Association between Diabetes Mellitus and Ethnicity in Chronic Critical Limb Ischemia. Ann Vasc Surg. 2017 Apr; 40:198-205.
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McElfish PA, Rowland B, Long CR, Hudson J, Piel M, Buron B, Riklon S, Bing WI, Warmack TS. Diabetes and Hypertension in Marshallese Adults: Results from Faith-Based Health Screenings. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 Dec; 4(6):1042-1050.
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Schootman M, Chien L, Yun S, Pruitt SL. Explaining large mortality differences between adjacent counties: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2016 08 02; 16:681.
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Larney S, Zaller ND, Dumont DM, Willcock A, Degenhardt L. A systematic review and meta-analysis of racial and ethnic disparities in hepatitis C antibody prevalence in United States correctional populations. Ann Epidemiol. 2016 08; 26(8):570-578.e2.
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Chen D, Thomsen MR, Nayga RM, Bennett JL. Persistent disparities in obesity risk among public schoolchildren from childhood through adolescence. Prev Med. 2016 Aug; 89:207-210.
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McElfish PA. Marshallese COFA Migrants in Arkansas. J Ark Med Soc. 2016 May; 112(13):259-60, 262.
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Bockting W, Coleman E, Deutsch MB, Guillamon A, Meyer I, Meyer W, Reisner S, Sevelius J, Ettner R. Adult development and quality of life of transgender and gender nonconforming people. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2016 Apr; 23(2):188-97.
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Safer JD, Coleman E, Feldman J, Garofalo R, Hembree W, Radix A, Sevelius J. Barriers to healthcare for transgender individuals. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2016 Apr; 23(2):168-71.
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Bornstein MH, Putnick DL, Bradley RH, Deater-Deckard K, Lansford JE. GENDER IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: INTRODUCTION Monogr Soc Res Child Dev. 2016 03; 81(1):7-23.
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Thompson T, Rodebaugh TL, P?rez M, Struthers J, Sefko JA, Lian M, Schootman M, Jeffe DB. Influence of neighborhood-level factors on social support in early-stage breast cancer patients and controls. Soc Sci Med. 2016 May; 156:55-63.
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Walker JL, Harrison TC, Brown A, Thorpe RJ, Szanton SL. Factors associated with disability among middle-aged and older African American women with osteoarthritis. Disabil Health J. 2016 07; 9(3):510-7.
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Coulon SJ, Velasco-Gonzalez C, Scribner R, Park CL, Gomez R, Vargas A, Stender S, Zabaleta J, Clesi P, Chalew SA, Hempe JM. Racial differences in neighborhood disadvantage, inflammation and metabolic control in black and white pediatric type 1 diabetes patients. Pediatr Diabetes. 2017 03; 18(2):120-127.
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Kaholokula JK, Look M, Mabellos T, Zhang G, de Silva M, Yoshimura S, Solatorio C, Wills T, Seto TB, Sinclair KA. Cultural Dance Program Improves Hypertension Management for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: a Pilot Randomized Trial. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 02; 4(1):35-46.
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McElfish PA, Kohler P, Smith C, Warmack S, Buron B, Hudson J, Bridges M, Purvis R, Rubon-Chutaro J. Community-Driven Research Agenda to Reduce Health Disparities. Clin Transl Sci. 2015 Dec; 8(6):690-5.
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Operario D, Lee JH, Kuo C, Zaller N. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HIV and STIs in the United States--National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2012. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2015 Dec; 29(12):635-8.
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Operario D, Gamarel KE, Grin BM, Lee JH, Kahler CW, Marshall BD, van den Berg JJ, Zaller ND. Sexual Minority Health Disparities in Adult Men and Women in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001-2010. Am J Public Health. 2015 Oct; 105(10):e27-34.
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Tong EK, Fagan P, Cooper L, Canto M, Carroll W, Foster-Bey J, H?bert JR, Lopez-Class M, Ma GX, Nez Henderson P, P?rez-Stable EJ, Santos L, Smith JH, Tan Y, Tsoh J, Chu K. Working to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities from Tobacco: A Review of the National Cancer Institute's Community Networks Program. Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Aug; 17(8):908-23.
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