News tagged with ethnic minority
Discrimination hurts, but how much?
It's tough being a teen. Are you in or are you out? Are you hanging with the right crowd? Are you dressing and talking and acting the right way? For adolescents who are ethnic minorities, on top of this quest to "fit in" ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2010 |
not rated yet |
3
|
Stress during pregnancy may increase offspring's risk of asthma
Stress during pregnancy may raise the risk of asthma in offspring, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. The researchers investigated differences in immune function ...
Mar 18, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
|
What makes an accent in a foreign language lighter
The more empathy one has for another, the lighter the accent will be when speaking in a second language. This is the conclusion of a new study carried out at the University of Haifa by Dr. Raphiq Ibrahim and Dr. Mark Leikin ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 10, 2009 |
3 / 5 (5) |
1
Extremes in sleep duration are related to increases in abdominal fat in minority young adults
A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that African-American and Hispanic young adults with short or long sleep durations had greater increases in belly fat over a five-year period compared with those who re ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
|
Women use strategies to overcome discrimination in large law firms
(Phys.org) -- Women and people from ethnic minorities have to employ special strategies to overcome institutional discrimination when working in large law firms.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2012 |
1.5 / 5 (2) |
0
Study shows simple writing assignment improves minority student grades
In a follow-up to a 2006 study, a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher and his colleagues found that an in-class writing assignment designed to reinforce students' sense of identity and personal integrity increased ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 16, 2009 |
3.3 / 5 (4) |
0
Bullying victims often suffer academically, particularly high achieving blacks and Latinos
Victims of bullying often suffer academically, and this is particularly true for high achieving black and Latino students, according to new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
Govt announces plan to reduce health disparities
(AP) -- From cradle to grave, minority populations tend to suffer poorer health and get poorer health care than white Americans. In a first-of-its-kind report, the government is recommending steps to reduce ...
Apr 08, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
People with no religious affiliation have less favorable views of the US
A study by Ryotaro Uemura, sociology doctoral student at Indiana University Bloomington, found that people who had no religious affiliation have significantly less favorable views of the U.S. However, to be an ethnic minority ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2010 |
4.4 / 5 (8) |
114
Obesity linked to income, education; not sprawl
(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity is more prevalent in areas with lower educational attainment and certain ethnic profiles than in areas of suburban sprawl, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Feb 07, 2011 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
At-risk children who can self-regulate behavior have higher test scores than their peers
A study that will be published in a forthcoming journal adds to the mounting evidence that self-regulation - or children's ability to control their behavior and impulses - is directly related to academic performance.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 27, 2010 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Quitting menthol cigarettes may be harder for some smokers
Menthol cigarettes may be harder to quit, particularly for some teens and African-Americans, who have the highest menthol cigarette use, according to a study by a team of researchers.
Dec 21, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Even neighborhoods with higher-educated ethnic minorities arouse resistance
The resistance towards ethnically mixed neighborhoods decreases if higher-educated people from ethnic minorities live there. Yet even then a large proportion of the autochthonous Dutch population still prefer to avoid neighbourhoods ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 09, 2012 |
5 / 5 (2) |
1
Same-ethnicity mentors boost students' commitment to STEM careers
Youths from African American, Native American, and Latino backgrounds are underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (known as STEM subjects). Although having a mentor of the same ethnicity ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
Obesity in adolescence significantly associated with increased risk of severe obesity in adulthood
An analysis of nationally representative data suggests that being obese in adolescence increases the risk of being severely obese in adulthood, with the risk higher in women, and highest for black women, according to a study ...
Nov 09, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
