In the past century, dramatic shifts in demographics, globalization and urbanization have
facilitated the rapid spread and transmission of infectious diseases across continents and …

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United
States and African Americans (AA) have a disproportionately greater burden of CVD as …

Purpose: To assess the public's trust in health information sources (ie, government health
agencies, doctors, family/friends, charitable organizations, and religious …

As the older population in the United States is becoming more racially and ethnically
diverse, it is important to understand the characteristics, the potential, and the needs of this …

The emerging era of precision medicine (PM) holds great promise for patient care by
considering individual, environmental, and lifestyle factors to optimize treatment. Context is …

Research on reproductive justice has mainly, but not exclusively, appeared in academic
literature in the context of grassroots social justice movements and as a theoretical …

Problem: Rules for protecting human subjects, in place federally since 1974, have focused
primarily on guarding against placing research subjects at social, physical, or psychological …

Objective Religion is believed to be an important sociocultural influence in the US, but little
is known about how religiosity shapes the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine decision in …

The COVID-19 pandemic, with its disproportionate health and social-economic effects on the
African American community, mandates bold new models to ensure that vulnerable …

Black churches are instrumental in reducing chronic diseases, yet there is a paucity of
literature regarding the association of Black churches and pre-diabetes among African …