Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important predictor of a range of health and illness
outcomes. Research seeking to identify the extent to which this often‐reported effect is due …

Models of health behavior provide the conceptual bases for most of the breast cancer
screening intervention studies. These models were not designed for and have not been …

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to examine the experience of primary care by
racial and ethnic groups and identify aspects of primary care where significant disparities in …

Indigenous people who have been dispossessed of their lands and resources bear a
disproportionate burden of health problems. Programmes aimed at improving their health …

Little is known about pathways by which socioeconomic status (SES) translates into
individual differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Because the …

The purpose of this article is to present colonizing images of African American women and
describe how colonizing images and diagnostic labels function together to serve as …

This study examined central adiposity, as measured by waist circumference (WC), in relation
to mental-stress induced systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and heart rate …

Shallow declines in nocturnal compared with diurnal blood pressure (BP dipping) have
been associated with cardiovascular disease. In US samples, Blacks demonstrate less BP …

The author discusses the need for interpreter services for delivering effective healthcare in a
country such as Canada, which is made up of people from diverse ethnocultural and …

Hispanics will constitute a growing part of the older population well into the 21st century.
Accompanying this growth, we can expect that challenges associated with a large bilingual …