News tagged with ethnic minority
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
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
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
Ireland's ethnic minorities want more self-expression in St. Patrick's parades
Those members of Ireland's ethnic minorities who participated in last year's St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin want to be able to express their own cultures more fully in future events.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2010 |
1.7 / 5 (6) |
1
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
Blacks, Hispanics Less Likely Eligible for Medicare Prescription Help
Medicare’s Part D prescription medication management program, also known as Medication Therapy Management, could be off limits to some of the patients who need it most — older African-Americans and Hispanics — a new study ...
May 21, 2010 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
How does ethnicity affect asthma prevalence?
A study of UK schoolchildren has revealed that Black Africans, Indians and Bangladeshis have a similar or lower prevalence of asthma than White children, while Black Caribbean and Mixed Black Caribbean/White boys are more ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 24, 2010 |
3 / 5 (2) |
0
Inequities exist in disease burden, health care and access for minority children
Minority children in the U.S. face a pervasive gap in the quality and extent of health care received compared to Caucasians, according to a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics written by a UT Southwestern Medical ...
Mar 29, 2010 |
3 / 5 (2) |
0
Possible crimes against humanity by Burmese military in Chin State, Burma
The health impacts of human rights violations in Chin State, home to the Chin ethnic minority in Burma, are substantial and the indirect health outcomes of human rights violations probably dwarf the mortality from direct ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
3 / 5 (2) |
0
Unrelated and mismatched cord blood transplantation can still help children with deadly conditions
An unrelated cord blood transplant, even from a mismatched donor, can be effective in treating children with a host of life-threatening diseases and disorders including cancer, sickle cell anemia, and other genetic diseases, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 13, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
I totally empathize with you ... sometimes: Effects of empathy on ethnic group interactions
Increased empathy toward minority group members is one way to reduce prejudice and promote more positive inter-group relationships. When individuals take on the perspective of someone from a different group, a number of processes ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Research: No race disparities in risk of AIDS and death in HIV patients
Kaiser Permanente researchers found no disparities by race or ethnicity in risk of AIDS and death among HIV-infected patients in a setting of similar access to care. This is despite lower Anti-Retroviral Therapy adherence ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Antidepressant use increasing in the United States
A marked and broad expansion in antidepressant treatment occurred among Americans older than 6 years between 1996 and 2005, although treatment rates remain low among racial and ethnic minorities, according to a report in ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 03, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
US asthma researchers more open than UK scientists to the inclusion of ethnic minorities
New findings reveal a large gap between US and UK researchers in terms of policy, attitudes, practices and experiences in relation to including ethnic minorities in asthma research. The study, published this week in the open ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
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
