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Dr. Ricky Camplain uses community-engaged methods to understand determinants of health for Native American and Alaska Native individuals who are incarcerated.
Study finds home-based, phone intervention improved uptake of recommended medical treatment for heart failure in Navajo (Diné) Nation.
Dr. Joseph Hoover describes how community partners are coming together to study and clean unregulated solid waste dumping sites near Tribal Nations.
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Addressing minority health and health disparities requires innovative approaches. Learn how 2 multi-disciplinary and -generational NIH ScHARe research teams are breaking down the “black box of AI” to explain how Big Data and AI are advancing their research.
Immigrant Health is Interpersonal
Clinical psychologist and researcher Dr. Amanda Venta discusses helping the Latinx children and adolescents who arrive at the U.S.-border alone, including their stories of adversity and resilience, in this blog post marking Suicide Prevention Week.
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Drs. Henna Budhwani and Lisa Hightow-Weidman assembled a team of diverse scholars and community partners to create an intervention addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black young adults in the southern United States.
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Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
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Trust in many national institutions is at historic lows, but there are ways to improve it. In The Pew Charitable Trusts' Trend magazine, NIMHD Deputy Director, Dr. Monica Webb Hooper, explores the roots of distrust in science and health care, offering recommendations for how leaders can help restore confidence.
MoreResearchers say the adverse effects of historical redlining put racial and ethnic minority populations on a path toward developing diabetes. Learn what their research reveals about the current-day drivers.
MoreNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a risk factor for liver cancer, disproportionately affects Hispanics/Latinos of Mexican descent. Birthplace and healthy diets – corn tortillas, produce, beans, poultry – may be protective.
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