Objectives There is a notable lack of research on the risk factors for multimorbidity, which
has become more common over recent decades. Black Americans experience …

Background. Few studies examine psychosocial factors influencing the adoption of healthy
behaviors among hypertensive patients. The effect of discrimination on health behaviors …

Background Accruing evidence supports the hypothesis that psychosocial factors are related
to cardiovascular disease. However, a limited number of studies have investigated the …

Objective Racial discrimination has been associated with unhealthy behaviors, but the
mechanisms responsible for these associations are not understood and may be related to …

Background I investigate the association of perceived discrimination based both on race and
other attributes such as age, gender, and insurance status on self-reported health access …

Asian Indians (AI) have a high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The study
investigated associations between discrimination and (1) cardiovascular risk and (2) self …

Self-reported experiences of “everyday” discrimination have been linked to indices of
cardiovascular disease and overall mortality and findings have been particularly …

African Americans have a higher risk of hypertension compared with other racial or ethnic
groups in the United States. One possible explanation for this disparity is discrimination. Few …

BACKGROUND: Social determinants of health contribute to disparate cardiovascular
outcomes, yet they have not been operationalized into the current paradigm of …

Americans continue to experience disparate health outcomes, including those associated
with cardiovascular disease (CVD). These outcome differentials correlate with (1) the quality …