Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): Briefing on Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing Toward a Unified Future Thursday, July 18, 2019

“…Researchers estimate that 265 people die every day from racial health disparities in the United States. This is the equivalent of a 747 Jet crashing on a daily basis. …”
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Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation: Creating Public Sentiment

“…Board members realized that persistent health disparities such as infant mortality, widening wealth divides, and seemingly intractable educational achievement gaps are actually the consequences of structured racism. …”
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Interferon Epsilon Signaling Confers Attenuated Zika Replication in Human Vaginal Epithelial Cells by James W. Mungin, Xin Chen, Bindong Liu

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The Myth of the Genetically Sick African by Joseph L Graves

“…Utilizing the perspectives of evolutionary medicine is a prerequisite for an effective intervention in health disparity and finally dispelling the myth of the genetically sick African.…”
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“Die Another Day”: A qualitative analysis of Hmong experiences with kidney stones. by Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera

“…In order to ultimately redress this health disparity, a conference of Hmong and non-Hmong health care providers decided that we needed to first understand the pertinent social, cultural, economic, and biological factors contributing to the disparity. …”
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Differentially expressed transcripts and dysregulated signaling pathways and networks in African American breast cancer. by Paul A Stewart, Jennifer Luks, Mark D Roycik, Qing-Xiang Amy Sang, Jinfeng Zhang

“…To better understand the driving biological factors of this health disparity, we performed a comprehensive differential gene expression analysis, including subtype- and stage-specific analysis, using the breast cancer data in the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). …”
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Community-academic partnerships to embrace and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion in translational science: Evidence of successful community engagement by Joy P. Nanda, Roger S. Clark, Jennifer Ayana Harrison, Pamela Ouyang, Cyd Lacanienta, Cheryl Himmelfarb, The CRAC Editorial Contributors

“…It has nurtured over a decade of partnership among community and academic stakeholders toward addressing health disparity, health equity, structural racism, and discrimination. …”
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Addressing the disparities: the approach to the African American patient with multiple myeloma by Manisha Bhutani, Brandon J. Blue, Craig Cole, Ashraf Z. Badros, Saad Z. Usmani, Ajay K. Nooka, Leon Bernal-Mizrachi, Joseph Mikhael

“…This review by a group of experts committed to health disparity in multiple myeloma provides a snapshot of disparities at both biologic and non-biologic levels, barriers to clinical care, and best practices to ensure that African American patients receive the best care available.…”
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The Effects of APOE and ABCA7 on Cognitive Function and Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in African Americans: A Focused Mini Review by Chelsie N. Berg, Neha Sinha, Mark A. Gluck

“…However, the underlying causes of this health disparity are due to a multitude of environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors that are not yet fully understood. …”
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Intimate Partner Violence in Same-Sex Relationships: Are We Aware of the Implications? by Anindya Kar, Nabagata Das, Matt Broadway-Horner, Praveen Kumar

“…In the last decade, crucial missing links have been established, and researchers tried to connect the dots of this severe health disparity. This intersectionality has found the impact of race, gender, class, physical ability, and legal framework of IPV in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) relationships. …”
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Psychosocial Impact of Cancer in Low-Income Rural/Urban Women: Phase I by Peg Lyons

“…However, many differences exist that negatively impact and contribute to health disparity and an unequal distribution of cancer burden.…”
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An analysis of Singaporean adults' physical activities through a Bourdieusian lens by Lee, Ming Xuan, Lim, Coco En Li, Lim, Wei Bin

“…Despite having only one significant result, our study serves as a starting point for future research to delve into the various domains of physical activity and its relationship with social class capitals, revealing important ways that can aid policymakers to improve health disparity between individuals of different social classes.…”
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Review on Portable Dental Services in Different Regions of America as an Example for Pakistan to Increase Overall Oral Healthcare by Fahad Khan, Aisha Aziz, Mudassir Hussain, Shazia Iqbal, Maraia Saleem

“…Methods: A literature review was conducted to identify mobile delivery methods of oral healthcare, the basic aim of which was to address the increasing oral health disparity concern. Forty one articles met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Chlamydial and gonorrheal neglected sexually transmitted diseases among Pacific Islanders of the Western Pacific Region-A narrative review and call to action. by Isabella Catherine Auchus, Mike Kama, Redwan Al-Karim Bhuiyan, Joelle Brown, Deborah Dean

“…These neglected sexually transmitted infections represent a significant burden and health disparity. Robust epidemiologic research is needed to identify modifiable risk factors for designing interventions and control strategies. …”
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Diabetes mellitus and the Aboriginal diabetic initiative in Canada: An update review by Lawrence Leung

“…Among the Aboriginal population of Canada (which includes the First Nations, Inuit and Metis), diabetes mellitus contribute significantly to their higher morbidity and increased health disparity when compared to the non-Aboriginal Canadians. …”
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Community-engaged research in translational science: Innovations to improve health in Appalachia by Scott D. Rhodes, Parissa J. Ballard, Keena R. Moore, Karen Klein, Isaiah Randall, Michael Lischke, Aaron T. Vissman, Eugene J. Lengerich, Stephanie S. Daniel, Joseph A. Skelton

“…Health disparities between Appalachia and the rest of the country are widening. …”
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Perceived Susceptibility and Prevention Attitudes of African-American College Students’ toward Type 2 Diabetes by Chauneva Glenn Jones, Torhonda C. Lee, Ivette A. Lopez

“…Whereas type 2 diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the general United States, it is the fourth leading cause of death for African Americans. This health disparity remains a serious and costly public health issue. …”
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The health issue in orang asli community by Mohd. Rosman, Muhammad Harith Wafi, Chua, Lay Yong, Azman, Muhammad Umais, Mohd. Ishar, Mohamad Izzuan

“…Compared to non - aboriginal communities, the health of the aboriginal people is lagging, health disparity is still obvious. Since the 1950s, the Malaysian Government has tried to carry development and improve the qualit y of life in Orang Asli communities, along with non - government agencies, but the health status compared to other aboriginal people groups are still lower. …”

Oral microbiota, co-evolution, and implications for health and disease: The case of indigenous peoples by Mariana Marcano-Ruiz, Thaynara Lima, Gustavo Medina Tavares, Maria Thereza Schmitt Mesquita, Luana da Silva Kaingang, Lavínia Schüler-Faccini, Maria Cátira Bortolini

“…Finally, we remember that oral health is not exempt from health disparity trends in some populations, such as Native Americans, when compared with non-Indigenous people.…”
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Measuring multi-dimensional disparity index: A case of Nepal. by Prakash C Bhattarai, Milan Shrestha, Prakash Kumar Paudel

“…The MDI in this study includes six dimensions and 34 indicators composited with dimension-wise indices like Economy Disparity Index [ECODI], Educational Disparity Index [EDUDI], Health Disparity Index [HDI], Geography and Climatic Vulnerability Index [GCVI], Living Standard Disparity Index [LSDI], and Demography Disparity Index [DDI]. …”
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