[HTML][HTML] Poverty and obesity: the role of energy density and energy costs

A Drewnowski, SE Specter - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2004 - Elsevier
Many health disparities in the United States are linked to inequalities in education and
income. This review focuses on the relation between obesity and diet quality, dietary energy …

Risk factors for functional status decline in community-living elderly people: a systematic literature review

AE Stuck, JM Walthert, T Nikolaus, CJ Büla… - Social science & …, 1999 - Elsevier
To lay the groundwork for devising, improving and implementing strategies to prevent or
delay the onset of disability in the elderly, we conducted a systematic literature review of …

Epidemiology and sociodemographics of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis among US adults with Medicaid coverage, 2000–2004

CH Feldman, LT Hiraki, J Liu, MA Fischer… - Arthritis & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN) disproportionately
affect individuals who are members of racial/ethnic minority groups and individuals of lower …

Functional fitness normative scores for community-residing older adults, ages 60-94.

RE Rikli, CJ Jones - Journal of Aging & Physical Activity, 1999 - search.ebscohost.com
This article describes a nationwide study conducted to develop normative performance data
for community-residing older adults. The physical parameters assessed are strength …

US disparities in health: descriptions, causes, and mechanisms

NE Adler, DH Rehkopf - Annu. Rev. Public Health, 2008 - annualreviews.org
Eliminating health disparities is a fundamental, though not always explicit, goal of public
health research and practice. There is a burgeoning literature in this area, but a number of …

Effect of socioeconomic disparities on incidence of dementia among biracial older adults: prospective study

K Yaffe, C Falvey, TB Harris, A Newman, S Satterfield… - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Objective To examine whether observed differences in dementia rates between black and
white older people living in the community could be explained by measures of …

Can cultural competency reduce racial and ethnic health disparities? A review and conceptual model

C Brach, I Fraserirector - Medical care research and review, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
This article develops a conceptual model of cultural competency's potential to reduce racial
and ethnic health disparities, using the cultural competency and disparities literature to lay …

[PDF][PDF] Socioeconomic position

JW Lynch, GA Kaplan - 2000 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
The relationship between the socioeconom-ic position of individuals and populations and
their health is well established—the socioeconomically better-off doing better on most …

Influences on adolescent eating patterns: the importance of family meals

TM Videon, CK Manning - Journal of adolescent health, 2003 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To provide national estimates of the frequency and determinants of adolescents'
consumption of fruits, vegetables, and dairy foods. METHODS: Analyses were based on …

Issues of race, ethnicity, and culture in caregiving research: A 20-year review (1980–2000)

P Dilworth-Anderson, IC Williams… - The Gerontologist, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Purpose: The goals of this review are to synthesize what is known about caregiving among
diverse groups and to identify gaps in knowledge to guide future research on caregiving …