3-month prevalence of unwanted sexual contact victimization in a national sample of college students: differences by race, gender identity, and sexual identity by Lisa Fedina, Anna E. Bender, Meggie Royer, Louise Ashwell, Richard Tolman, Todd I. Herrenkohl

“…Several subgroups reported exceedingly high rates of USCV, including Black students who identified as transgender women (35.7%) and American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students who identified as trans men (55.6%) or genderqueer/gender non-conforming (41.7%). …”
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Metabolic shift toward ketosis in asocial cavefish increases social-like affinity by Motoko Iwashita, Amity Tran, Marianne Garcia, Jia Cashon, Devanne Burbano, Vanessa Salgado, Malia Hasegawa, Rhoada Balmilero-Unciano, Kaylah Politan, Miki Wong, Ryan W. Y. Lee, Masato Yoshizawa

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Dual burden of malnutrition in US Affiliated Pacific jurisdictions in the Children’s Healthy Living Program by Rachel Novotny, Fenfang Li, Rachael Leon Guerrero, Patricia Coleman, Aifili J. Tufa, Andrea Bersamin, Jonathan Deenik, Lynne R Wilkens

“…Stunting at birth differed by race (p = 0.0001) with highest prevalence among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders (10.7%). Prevalence of stunting at birth was different by jurisdiction income level with 27.5% in lower middle income jurisdictions (LMIJ), and 22.2% in UMIJ, and 5.5% in higher than high income jurisdictions (HIJ) at 5.5% (p < 0.0001). …”
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Maternal cardiovascular-related single nucleotide polymorphisms, genes, and pathways associated with early-onset preeclampsia. by Paula Benny, Kelly Yamasato, Breck Yunits, Xun Zhu, Travers Ching, Lana X Garmire, Marla J Berry, Dena Towner

“…<h4>Results</h4>The early-onset preeclampsia group included 45% Filipino, 26% White, 16% other Asian, and 13% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders, which did not differ from the control group. …”
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Exploring Online Health Reviews to Monitor COVID-19 Public Health Responses in Alabama State Department of Corrections: Case Example by Pamela Valera, David Carmona, Sarah Malarkey, Noah Sinangil, Madelyn Owens, Asia Lefebre

“…For race, 29% (n=6) self-identified as Black or African American, 24% (n=5) Asian, 24% (n=5) White, 5% (n=1) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, and 19% (n=4) Other. In addition, 5 respondents self-identified as returning citizens. …”
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Racial and Gender Diversity Among Students and Faculty in EHAC-Accredited Environmental Health Sciences Programs: Trend Analysis from 2009 to 2021 by Jo Anne G Balanay, Leslie D Mitchell, Stephanie L Richards

“…Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander are consistently the most underrepresented racial groups in both undergraduate and graduate students and faculty. …”
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Reported sources of health inequities in Indigenous Peoples with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review of quantitative studies by Tania Huria, Suzanne G. Pitama, Lutz Beckert, Jaquelyne Hughes, Nathan Monk, Cameron Lacey, Suetonia C. Palmer

“…Eligible studies were quantitative analyses (case series, case-control, cross-sectional or cohort study) including the following Indigenous Peoples: Māori, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Métis, First Nations Peoples of Canada, First Nations Peoples of the United States of America, Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan. In the first cycle of coding, a descriptive synthesis of the study research aims, methods and outcomes was used to categorise findings inductively based on similarity in meaning using the David R Williams framework headings and subheadings. …”
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specificity: an R package for analysis of feature specificity to environmental and higher dimensional variables, applied to microbiome species data by John L. Darcy, Anthony S. Amend, Sean O. I. Swift, Pacifica S. Sommers, Catherine A. Lozupone

“…We found that many fungi within the leaves of native Hawaiian plants had strong specificity to rainfall and elevation, even though these variables showed minimal importance in a previous analysis of fungal beta-diversity. …”
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Race/ethnicity differences in risk and protective factors for marijuana use among U.S. adolescents by Meen Hye Lee, Yeoun Soo Kim-Godwin, Hyungjo Hur

“…A total of 68,263 adolescents (aged 12 to 17 years) were divided into seven subgroups by race/ethnicity (White, Hispanic, Black, Asian, Native American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (NH/PI), and mixed race). …”
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Dietary intake and visceral adiposity in older adults: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype study by Melissa A. Merritt, Unhee Lim, Johanna W. Lampe, Tanyaporn Kaenkumchorn, Carol J. Boushey, Lynne R. Wilkens, John A. Shepherd, Thomas Ernst, Loïc Le Marchand

“…Methods The cross‐sectional Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study included n = 395 White, n = 274 Black, n = 269 Native Hawaiian, n = 425 Japanese American and n = 358 Latino participants (mean age = 69 years ± 3 SD). …”
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Racial/ethnic differences in health-related quality of life among Hawaii adult population by Eunjung Lim, James Davis, Chathura Siriwardhana, Lovedhi Aggarwal, Allen Hixon, John J. Chen

“…Results Among Hawaii adults, 30.4% were White, 20.9% Japanese, 16.8% Filipino, 14.6% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI), 5.9% Chinese, 5.2% Hispanics, and 6.2% Other. …”
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Changes in Cancer Mortality by Race and Ethnicity Following the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in California by Maria Elena Martinez, Maria Elena Martinez, Scarlett L. Gomez, Scarlett L. Gomez, Alison J. Canchola, Debora L. Oh, James D. Murphy, James D. Murphy, Winta Mehtsun, Winta Mehtsun, K. Robin Yabroff, Matthew P. Banegas, Matthew P. Banegas

“…Hazard rate ratios (HRR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using multivariable Cox regression to estimate risk of cancer-specific death pre- (2007-2010) and post-ACA (2014-2017) and by race/ethnicity [American Indian/Alaska Natives (AIAN); Asian American; Hispanic; Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (NHPI); non-Hispanic Black (NHB); non-Hispanic white (NHW)]. …”
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Health care utilization among women of reproductive age living in public housing: Associations across six public housing sites in San Francisco by Irene E. Headen, Leslie Dubbin, Alison J. Canchola, Ellen Kersten, Irene H. Yen

“…Public housing was consistently associated with health care utilization among the combined Asian, Alaskan Native/Native American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Other (AANHPI/Other) group. …”
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Circulating 27-hydroxycholesterol, lipids, and steroid hormones in breast cancer risk: a nested case–control study of the Multiethnic Cohort Study by Mindy C. DeRouen, Juan Yang, Yuqing Li, Adrian A. Franke, Anne N. Tome, Kami K. White, Brenda Y. Hernandez, Yurii Shvetsov, Veronica Setiawan, Anna H. Wu, Lynne R. Wilkens, Loïc Le Marchand, Lenora W. M. Loo, Iona Cheng

“…Methods In a nested case–control study of 1470 breast cancer cases and 1470 matched controls within the Multiethnic Cohort Study, we examined associations of pre-diagnostic circulating 27HC with breast cancer risk among African American, Japanese American, Native Hawaiian, Latino, and non-Latino White postmenopausal females. …”
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For us by us: Instituting mentorship models that credit minoritized medical faculty expertise and lived experience by Eraka P. Bath, Eraka P. Bath, Kathleen Brown, Kathleen Brown, Christina Harris, Christina Harris, Alma Guerrero, Alma Guerrero, Daniel Kozman, Daniel Kozman, Daniel Kozman, Charles C. Flippen, Charles C. Flippen, Isla Garraway, Isla Garraway, Karol Watson, Karol Watson, Langston Holly, Langston Holly, Sarah M. Godoy, Keith Norris, Keith Norris, Gail Wyatt, Gail Wyatt

“…The woefully low proportion of scientists and clinicians underrepresented in medicine (UIM), including members of African-American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian/Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander communities, is well characterized and documented. …”
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Where Do We Stand Today on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities? An Analysis of Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty From a 2011–2017 National Database by Olohirere T. Ezomo, MPH, Daniel Sun, MD, Christian Gronbeck, BS, Melvyn A. Harrington, MD, Mohamad J. Halawi, MD

“…Five minority groups (non-Hispanic black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander) were compared with non-Hispanic whites. …”
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Concerning trends in allopathic medical school faculty rank for Indigenous people: 2014–2016 by Erik Brodt, Amanda Bruegl, Erin K. Thayer, M. Patrice Eiff, Kelly Gonzales, Carlos Crespo, Dove Spector, Martina Kamaka, Dee-Ann Carpenter, Patricia A. Carney

“…Indigenous faculty members, defined as American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN), Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (NHPI), represented the smallest percentage of faculty at 0.11% and 0.18%, respectively. …”
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Sociodemographic factors associated with HPV awareness/knowledge and cervical cancer screening behaviors among caregivers in the U.S by Jiyeong Kim, Melanie S. Dove, Julie H. T. Dang

“…Caregivers who were older, racial minorities (Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, Multiple races), and less educated showed lower HPV awareness (Heard of HPV) than their counterparts. …”
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Positive and negative aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic among a diverse sample of US adults: an exploratory mixed-methods analysis of online survey data by Stephanie A Ponce, Alexis Green, Paula D. Strassle, Anna María Nápoles

“…Methods The COVID-19’s Unequal Racial Burden (CURB) survey was a nationally representative, online survey of 5,500 American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Latino (English- and Spanish-speaking), Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, White, and multiracial adults living in the U.S. …”
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Relative predictive value of sociodemographic factors for chronic diseases among All of Us participants: a descriptive analysis by Ansley J. Kunnath, Daniel E. Sack, Consuelo H. Wilkins

“…Participants who identified as Asian, Middle Eastern/North African, and White were the most likely to report annual incomes greater than $200,000, advanced degrees, and employer or union insurance, while participants who identified as Black, Hispanic, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander were the most likely to report annual incomes less than $10,000, less than a high school education, and Medicaid insurance. …”
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