News tagged with minority women
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.
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Apr 13, 2012 |
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Minority women still most underrepresented in science despite progress
Thirty-five years after a landmark report documented minority women as the most underrepresented individuals in science, engineering, medicine and dentistry, dramatic improvements have occurred for women of color, but serious ...
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Mar 27, 2012 |
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Race matters when recruiting, retaining undergraduate women engineers
Attempts to recruit and retain more women in undergraduate engineering programs often lump all female students into a single group. At best, minority women as a group may receive special attention.
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Jul 19, 2011 |
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During pregnancy, minority women have higher depression risk
A new study finds that African-American and Asian/Pacific Islander women have double the risk that others do of becoming depressed before giving birth, after adjusting for socioeconomic risk factors.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Colorectal cancer screening can be expanded by offering it during mammography visits
Offering colorectal cancer screening to poor minority women during mammography visits can effectively expand screening in this otherwise underserved population, although lack of medical insurance remains a significant barrier. ...
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Healthiest pregnant women feel a strong sense of community
(PhysOrg.com) -- It takes a village to keep a pregnant woman at her healthiest, a new University of Michigan study shows.
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Minority women least likely to gain access to a doctor, study says
One in three South Asian, West Asian or Arab women — one of the fastest growing segments of Canada's population — say they have trouble accessing a doctor to address an urgent health concern or to monitor health problems. ...
Mar 30, 2010 |
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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 |
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Study shows US lags behind in transit safety programs for female riders
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by UCLA professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris documents the gap between women's transit safety needs and programs in the U.S. that respond to them.
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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Smoking rates significantly higher among homosexual men, women
(PhysOrg.com) -- Men and women who are gay or lesbian are more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to smoke, according to findings from a review study carried out by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Employee involvement programs key to workplace diversity
A new study by a University of Arizona professor shows employee involvement programs that executives adopt to increase efficiency also end up improving their record on diversity.
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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Black women have double the risk of pregnancy complications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Black Caribbean and black African women in the UK have twice as much risk of experiencing severe pregnancy complications than white women, according to University of Oxford research.
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Psychological headwind keeps women, minorities from sprinting ahead of their peers, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Let's say a white student and a black student both score 1020 on their SATs. They're performing right around the national average, so based on their scores it stands to reason they're both typical students ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Study finds high level of medical mistrust among minority women impacts quality of health care
Nearly 70 percent of minority women agree that health-care organizations sometimes deceive or mislead patients, one of the key findings of a Michigan State University study that researchers say can prevent women from getting ...
Feb 05, 2009 |
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