Distribution of colorectal cancer in young African Americans: implications for the choice of screening test
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DOI: 10.1007/s00384-019-03338-7
Abstract: We recently reported on a left-sided predominance of colorectal cancers in the young (under age 50). Given the predilection of young African Americans for the disease, we wondered if there may be a difference in… read more here.
Keywords: young african; african americans; colon; biology ... See more keywords
Uterine fibroid incidence and growth in an ultrasound-based, prospective study of young African-Americans.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.02.016
Abstract: BACKGROUND Uterine fibroids are common. Symptoms are debilitating for many, leading to high medical and societal costs. Indirect data suggest that compared to white women, African-Americans develop fibroids at least ten years earlier on average,… read more here.
Keywords: incidence; young african; fibroid incidence; african americans ... See more keywords
Disrupting an imposed racial identity or performing the model minority? The pursuit of postsecondary education by young African immigrant men in Southern Ontario, Canada
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DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2018.1497965
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines how young African immigrant men in Southern Ontario cope with the dominant racial identity at school in an effort to improve their academic performance and access postsecondary education (PSE). Critical race… read more here.
Keywords: african immigrant; young african; men southern; education ... See more keywords
mHealth versus face-to-face: study protocol for a randomized trial to test a gender-focused intervention for young African American women at risk for HIV in North Carolina
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5796-8
Abstract: BackgroundDisparities in the prevalence of HIV persist in the southern United States, and young African American women have a disproportionate burden of HIV as compared with young women of other racial/ethnic backgrounds. As a result,… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; young african; study; face ... See more keywords
Prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in young African children
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DOI: 10.1186/s12916-021-01985-8
Abstract: Children living in sub-Saharan Africa have a high burden of rickets and infectious diseases, conditions that are linked to vitamin D deficiency. However, data on the vitamin D status of young African children and its… read more here.
Keywords: young african; prevalence; deficiency young; deficiency ... See more keywords
Experiencing Physical Disability: Young African Women in Lesotho
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DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.14.4.10
Abstract: The article unwraps notions related to young African women’s lifeworld experiences of physical disability. The study is positioned in the broad context of the theoretical frameworks of phenomenology, existential sociology, the social construction of reality,… read more here.
Keywords: young african; disability; physical disability; experiencing physical ... See more keywords