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FEBRUARY QUESTION 

A national survey to determine  awareness about risk factors and prevention of heart disease and stroke found that women got most of their information on these topics from what source?

 

Email your response to nwosu@etsu.edu by 4:30 pm on February 9.  A prize will be awarded to one winner, selected at random among those who submit the correct answer. 

 

Answer to the January Question:  Surveillance by the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program has documented racial and ethnic gaps for birth defects.  Larger gaps were  found between rate of birth defects for US born and foreign born African-American mothers (28/1000 for US born vs. 16.8 for foreign born) and between US born and foreign born Asian mothers (12/1000 for US born vs. 19.8 for foreign born).  When looking at birth defects by race alone, the gaps were much smaller (17.5/1000 for Blacks, 16.2/1000 for Whites, 15.2 for Latina/Hispanics, 12.9 for Asians.  California Birth Defects Monitoring Program Discoveries & Data Center

 

 

Did You Know?

¨ Past STD  diagnosis among adolescents is associated with increased knowledge about STDs but not with increased use of condoms. 

 

¨ African-Americans had the highest death rate from residential fires in 2003 of any racial or ethnic group: 2.2/100,000.

 

¨ Treatment for alcohol-related problems for some Hispanic populations is more often sought in faith based environments, than in clinics.

 

¨ Low income immigrants from Chinese, Vietnamese, and Hmong share some common health beliefs, including savoring the importance of fresh (not frozen) fruits and vegetables.

Health Links on Diversity

Article of the Month

James DC  Factors influencing food choices, dietary intake and nutrition-related attitudes among African Americans: application of a culturally sensitive model.  Ethn Health 2004; 9 (4): 349—67.
This study used focus groups to explore how culture impacts the nutrition and attitudes toward food choices of a group of African Americans in Florida, and identified which segments of the population would be most amenable to targeted nutrition education programs.  Data was collected from focus groups, and analyzed using the PEN-3 model that uses culture as the central reason for health behavior.  There was a common feeling that healthy eating required giving up their cultural heritage of soul food and conforming to the culture of the American majority.  Barriers to healthy eating were lack of sense of urgency, the cultural symbolism of certain foods, poor taste of healthy foods, expense, and lack of information.  Those segments of the population most amenable to changing their diets were women, men with health problems, young adults, the elderly, and those diagnosed with a serious disease. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

assessed annually for three years.  The research took an ecological approach simultaneously studying multiple individual, family, and community risk and protective factors focused on occurrence of two types of abuse: severe physical assault and assault of child self-esteem. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The listing below represents just a few of the resources available to promote knowledge, awareness and discussions on diversity in health care among ETSU students, faculty and staff.  

 

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FEBRUARY

2007

America’s African-American Heritage

 

Voices of the Struggle:

The Civil Rights Movement 1945—65

 

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