[HTML][HTML] Abandon “race.” Focus on racism

P Braveman, T Parker Dominguez - Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The concept of “race” emerged in the 1600s with the trans-Atlantic slave trade, justifying
slavery; it has been used to justify exploitation, denigration and decimation. Since then …

Structural racism and immigrant health in the United States

S Misra, SC Kwon, AF Abraído-Lanza… - Health Education & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Immigration has been historically and contemporarily racialized in the United States.
Although each immigrant group has unique histories, current patterns, and specific …

Factors associated with racial/ethnic group–based medical mistrust and perspectives on COVID-19 vaccine trial participation and vaccine uptake in the US

HS Thompson, M Manning, J Mitchell, S Kim… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The impact of COVID-19 in the US has been far-reaching and devastating,
especially in Black populations. Vaccination is a critical part of controlling community …

Lack of Arab or Middle Eastern and North African health data undermines assessment of health disparities

GH Awad, NN Abuelezam… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Collection of race and ethnicity data has been controversial in the United States, and the
identification of legally recognized race and ethnic categories has shifted over time as a …

Beyond Black vs White: racial/ethnic disparities in chronic pain including Hispanic, Asian, Native American, and multiracial US adults

A Zajacova, H Grol-Prokopczyk, R Fillingim - Pain, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Previous literature on race/ethnicity and pain has rarely included all major US racial groups
or examined the sensitivity of findings to different pain operationalizations. Using data from …

The contested whiteness of Arab identity in the United States: implications for health disparities research

S Abboud, P Chebli, E Rabelais - American Journal of …, 2019 - ajph.aphapublications.org
In response to the Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities'(NIMHD) new health
disparities research framework, we call on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to …

Cognitive limitations among middle eastern and North African immigrants

TB Kindratt, FJ Dallo, LB Zahodne… - Journal of aging and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To estimate and compare the prevalence of cognitive limitations among Middle
Eastern and North African (MENA) immigrants compared to US-and foreign-born non …

[HTML][HTML] Depression and anxiety symptoms among Arab/Middle Eastern American college students: Modifying roles of religiosity and discrimination

NN Abuelezam, SK Lipson, S Abelson, GH Awad… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction We examine mental health outcomes in a national sample of Arab/Middle
Eastern college students using the Healthy Minds Study (HMS) from 2015–2018 and assess …

[HTML][HTML] The burden of Cardiovascular diseases in Jordan: a longitudinal analysis from the global burden of disease study, 1990–2019

YA Al-Ajlouni, O Al Ta'ani, G Shamaileh, Y Nagi… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality
worldwide. While countries in the Arab world continue to lack public health data and be …

[HTML][HTML] A national survey assessing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Arab Americans

S Abouhala, A Hamidaddin, M Taye, DJ Glass… - Journal of Racial and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Arab Americans' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic have
been largely undocumented. Disparities in vaccine hesitancy between non-Hispanic Whites …