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Peer Coaching May Help Support Blood Pressure Control

October 31, 2024

Oct. 31, 2024: In rural Southeastern U.S., more than half of Black adults have been diagnosed with hypertension. Researchers investigated community-based support interventions to help patients in this region manage their blood pressure.

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Underserved rural populations

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RESPOND Study Team Perseveres to Recruit Largest Cohort of African American Men for Prostate Cancer Research

July 10, 2024

More than 12,000 African American men volunteered for the RESPOND study. Learn how this multi-state effort recruited the cohort at an unlikely time and the potential for their contributions to benefit future studies.

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Cancer

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Rumination Following Discrimination Can Lead to Depression, Anxiety in Black Youth, Study Shows

June 27, 2024

The likelihood that Black children will experience racial discrimination increases with age. Researchers studied the interplay between mental health, discrimination, age and rumination in Black pre- and early-adolescents.

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NIH and Prostate Cancer Foundation launch large study on aggressive prostate cancer in African American men

March 7, 2024

The largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with higher burden and aggressive prostate cancer in African American men has begun. The $26.5 million...

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Cancer

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Lived Experiences of Racism and Patient-Clinician Communication Among Black Adults With Serious Illnesses

November 27, 2023

Nov. 27, 2023: An NIMHD study revealed experiences of racial discrimination from health care workers that increased medical mistrust and poor patient-clinician communication.

Black or African American

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Firearm-Related Deaths Increased Among Youth in 2020, Greatest Toll on Black Youth

October 10, 2023

Oct. 10, 2023: Study examining data on youth of all racial and ethnic groups in 2020 and on only Black and White youths from 1999 to 2020 shows firearm deaths widen and disparities grow, with Black youth disproportionately impacted.

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Culturally Specific Interventions Can Increase Tobacco Cessation Among Black/African American Quitline Enrollees

August 31, 2023

Aug. 31, 2023: Studies show that Black/African American adults who smoke show interest in quitline services and report high motivation to quit but experience less success with these services than other groups. A recent study found a culturally specific intervention more effective.

Black or African American

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New NIMHD Funding to Help Institutions Build Research Capacity through Endowments

August 1, 2023

Aug. 1, 2023: John Lewis Research Endowment Program grants awarded to six institutional endowments to expand minority health and health disparities research infrastructure and training.

Black or African American

General/Not-specified

Cardiovascular

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NIMHD Science Leader Receives Honors for Work Advancing the Science of Minority Health and Health Disparities

May 24, 2023

Dr. Monica Webb Hooper, Deputy Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently received two accolades for her...

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NIH-Funded Study Highlights the Financial Toll of Health Disparities in the United States

May 16, 2023

May 16, 2023: Ground-breaking study provides national and state-level estimates of the economic burden of health disparities by race and ethnicity and educational levels. Video release: The Staggering...

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Peer Coaching May Help Support Blood Pressure Control

RESPOND Study Team Perseveres to Recruit Largest Cohort of African American Men for Prostate Cancer Research

Rumination Following Discrimination Can Lead to Depression, Anxiety in Black Youth, Study Shows

NIH and Prostate Cancer Foundation launch large study on aggressive prostate cancer in African American men

Lived Experiences of Racism and Patient-Clinician Communication Among Black Adults With Serious Illnesses

Firearm-Related Deaths Increased Among Youth in 2020, Greatest Toll on Black Youth

Culturally Specific Interventions Can Increase Tobacco Cessation Among Black/African American Quitline Enrollees

New NIMHD Funding to Help Institutions Build Research Capacity through Endowments

NIMHD Science Leader Receives Honors for Work Advancing the Science of Minority Health and Health Disparities

NIH-Funded Study Highlights the Financial Toll of Health Disparities in the United States

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