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Low-income middle-aged African-American women with high blood pressure very commonly suffer from depression and should be better screened for this serious mental health condition, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The researchers found that in a sample of over 300 low-income, African-American women, aged 40-75, with uncontrolled hypertension, nearly 60 percent screened positively for a diagnosis of depression based on a standard clinical questionnaire about depressive symptoms.
The results appeared February 10 in
JAMA Psychiatry. Our findings suggest that low-income, middle-aged African-American women with hypertension really should be screened for depression symptoms, says study senior author Darrell Gaskin, PhD, William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions in the Bloomberg School s Department of Health Policy and M
Under the new guiding principles, study authors should:
Describe clearly why racial and ethnic populations were included in the study and how they were classified (self-identified classifications similar to the 2020 U.S. Census preferred when available)
Form diverse and inclusive study teams and cite their scholarship
Contextualize discussion of results within conceptual frameworks and models (i.e., identifying contributing factors and strategies for eradicating systemic barriers; examining social determinants of health; considering how next-step policies, interventions, and implementation science may promote more equitable health outcomes)
Avoid generalized genetic explanations for racial and ethnic disparities unless the conceptual model specifically focuses on genetic data and addresses heterogeneous heritage and genetic admixture
Wed, 02/10/2021
LAWRENCE – The Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research & Treatment at the University of Kansas will kick off its spring seminar series featuring a talk on community-responsive interventions for addictive behaviors.
Monica Webb Hooper from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities will offer the talk at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 19. Free registration for the virtual presentation, which will be held via Zoom, is available here.
Hooper is a renowned translational behavioral scientist and clinical health psychologist. Her area of research focuses on the effect of smoking and tobacco use on racial and ethnic minorities. She has focused on developing culture-based and community responsive interventions for chronic illness and health behavior.
(
ThyBlackMan.com) Now that COVID 19 has gotten the Nation’s attention, the questions about racial disparities have also started. The news media started highlighting the percentage of
African Americans that have caught and died from the virus and started speculating why the African American rate is higher than other racial groups. The public health community has been aware of health disparities since 1985.
The real question now is, what will we learn from the pandemic about the diagnosis, treatment, and mitigation, of the virus and other factors related to Black health. Then what will be the solution for the future? The answers should provide health care to Black Americans and that African Americans are employed in all facets of delivering that care.
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