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VUMC receives $10 million to study childhood obesity interventions in rural and minority communities in Tennessee and Louisiana | VUMC Reporter
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by Christina Echegaray
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $10 million, five-year research funding award from the Patient-Centere...
Explaining COVID-19 related mortality disparities in American Indians and Alaska Natives
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals are more likely to die with COVID-19 than other groups, but there is limited empirical eviden...
Using Culturally Adapted Theater Outreach to Promote Cancer Screening Among Medically Underserved Minority Communities
Black, Hispanic, and Asian individuals, the three largest US racial/ethnic minorities, continue to suffer disproportionately from breast, cervical,...
Pharmacist-Led Hypertension Management in a Minority Patient Population
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Nearly half of adults in America have hypertension (HTN), and only about one in four adults have their blood pressure (BP) under contr...
Uptake of diabetes follow-up checks by minority community groups: a rapid review of the evidence for the CYMELL study
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Type 2 diabetes is a public health priority for the UK. A growing body of evidence has indicated ethnic and socioeconomi...
Study suggests racism heightens stroke risk in Black women
Racism increases the risk of a stroke in American Black women, according to the largest follow-up study on the health of Black women in the U.S.
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