Weight Associated with Diabetes Risk Differs by Ethnicity
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Black and Asian adults may be at risk for developing…
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Planned Health Clinic Excites South Dallas Neighborhood
The new South Dallas clinic being built for Parkland Memorial Hospital represents more than an…
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How Will Dallas Combat Its Food Deserts?
If you don’t know the phrase “food desert,” then you should head over to the…
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Food Deserts Aren’t the Problem
A dozen recently and currently incarcerated women gathered in a classroom across the street from…
Read More »November 2013
Beyond ABC: Assessing Children’s Health in Dallas County 2013
We began in 1913 as the “Dallas Baby Camp” housed in four donated tents. Today,…
Read More »September 2012
Disparities In Healthcare Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Groups
Each year since 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has reported on…
Read More »December 2010
Fact Sheet: Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity
Below are the facts that outline racial and ethnic health care disparities in the United…
Read More »March 2009
Neighborhoods and Cumulative Biological Risk Profiles by Race/Ethnicity in a National Sample of U.S. Adults
Purpose To examine race/ethnic-specific patterns of association between neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES) and a cumulative…
Read More »June 2006
Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Disparities in Healthcare
In spite of significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of most chronic diseases, there…
Read More »July 2005
Race, Ethnicity, and the Health of Americans
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Americans are in general healthier than ever before…
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