Testing for measurement invariance across gender in the 12-item CES-D: An investigation among a nationally representative sample of African Americans.

Given that African Americans have been victimized by the abuses of individual police officers as well as by discriminatory public policies such as “stop-and-frisk,” it is no surprise that considerable alienation seems to characterize the contemporary relationship between African Americans and the legal institutions that govern them. But have those attitudes poisoned more general views of legal institutions such as the U.S. Supreme Court? Using a nationally-representative sample of African Americans, we assess whether blacks generalize from their experiences with local authorities to perceptions of legal system fairness, and further to institutional support for the high bench. While we find that perceptions of legal system fairness have not undermined Supreme Court legitimacy, all of the relationships we consider are found to be conditional upon the nature of group attachments.

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The relationship between socioeconomic position and depression among a US nationally representative sample of African Americans

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ◽

10.1007/s00127-011-0348-x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 373-381 ◽

Cited By ~ 90

Author(s):

Darrell L. Hudson ◽

H. W. Neighbors ◽

A. T. Geronimus ◽

J. S. Jackson

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Socioeconomic Position ◽

Representative Sample ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

The Relationship

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Oral Health Outreach Programs - Can they Address the Disparities in Access to Dental Care?

Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry ◽

10.5005/johcd-10-1-14 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 14-19

Author(s):

M Razdan ◽

HB Degenholtz ◽

RW Rubin

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

African Americans ◽

Dental Care ◽

Patient Population ◽

Representative Sample ◽

Dental Students ◽

Outreach Programs ◽

Dental Patients ◽

Access To Dental Care ◽

Nationally Representative

ABSTRACT Objective This study examines the potential of an oral health outreach program (SCOPE) in addressing disparities in access to dental care. Material & Method The extent to which underserved communities represent SCOPE's patient population and the type and quantity of care delivered were examined. Work records of fourth year dental students were analyzed to compute the proportion of under-18, elderly, African-Americans, Hispanics, those on public insurance, and uninsured individuals in the program'spatient population. Results The insurance-mix of SCOPE'spatients was compared with the nationally representative sample of dental patients. Compared with the local communities and the nationally representative sample of dental patients; African-Americans, Hispanics, the uninsured, those on state insurance and children were over-represented in SCOPE's patient population. Conclusion Oral health outreach programs run by academic dental institutions have the potential to address disparities in access to dental care. Rotating dental students through community-based clinics increases the availability of inexpensive dental professionals in the community.

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