scholarly journals Housing Stability, Residential Transience, and HIV Testing Among Low-Income Urban African Americans

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 430-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. Dolwick Grieb ◽  
Melissa Davey-Rothwell ◽  
Carl A. Latkin
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Housing Stability

scholarly journals Collecting data by telephone from low-income African Americans

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 195-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy T. Artinian ◽  
Doris Denison ◽  
Cheryl K. Nordstrom
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Low Income

Factors Influencing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Low-Income African Americans in Tennessee

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 673-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kushal Patel ◽  
Margaret Hargreaves ◽  
Jianguo Liu ◽  
Donna Kenerson ◽  
Rachel Neal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Colorectal Cancer Screening ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Factors Influencing

scholarly journals Incentives and barriers to HIV testing in men who have sex with men in a metropolitan area in Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valéria Freire Gonçalves ◽  
Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr ◽  
Rosa Salani Mota ◽  
Raimunda Hermelinda Maia Macena ◽  
Rosa Lívia de Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Respondent Driven Sampling ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sex With Men

Abstract: This study aimed to identify incentives and barriers to HIV testing in men who have sex with men (MSM). This was a cross-sectional study of MSM who had lived at least three months in greater metropolitan Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil, 2010. The study recruited 391 men ≥ 18 years of age who reported sexual relations with men in the previous six months, using Respondent Driven Sampling. Personal network and socio-demographic data were collected and HIV testing was offered, analyzed with RDSAT 6.0 and Stata 11.0. The majority were young (40.3%), had 5 to 11 years of schooling (57.3%), were single (85.1%), had low income (37.6%), and 58.1% had tested for HIV some time in life. Incentive to test: certainty of not being infected (34.1%) and the exposure to national campaign Fique Sabendo [Know your Status] (34%). Barriers: trust in partner(s) (21%) and fear of discrimination if tested positive (20.3%). Policies should be developed to ensure test confidentiality and communication campaigns focusing on information gaps and encouragement for testing.

Racist Events and Ethnic Identity in Low Income, African Americans

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1365-1380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissa Sherry ◽  
Keith Wood ◽  
Emily B. Jackson ◽  
Nadine Kaslow
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Low Income

Differential DNA Methylation and Cardiometabolic Risk in African American Mother-Adolescent Dyads

2021 ◽  
pp. 109980042110390
Author(s):  
Amanda Elswick Gentry ◽  
Jo Robins ◽  
Mat Makowski ◽  
Wendy Kliewer
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Dna Methylation ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Background: Cardiovascular disease disproportionately affects African Americans as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Among African Americans, compared to other racial groups, cardiovascular disease onset occurs at an earlier age due to a higher prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors, particularly obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Emerging evidence suggests that heritable epigenetic processes are related to increased cardiovascular disease risk, but this is largely unexplored in adolescents or across generations. Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional descriptive pilot study in low-income African American mother-adolescent dyads, we examined associations between DNA methylation and the cardiometabolic indicators of body mass index, waist circumference, and insulin resistance. Results: Four adjacent cytosine and guanine nucleotides (CpG) sites were significantly differentially methylated and associated with C-reactive protein (CRP), 62 with waist circumference, and none to insulin resistance in models for both mothers and adolescents. Conclusion: Further study of the relations among psychological and environmental stressors, indicators of cardiovascular disease, risk, and epigenetic factors will improve understanding of cardiovascular disease risk so that preventive measures can be instituted earlier and more effectively. To our knowledge this work is the first to examine DNA methylation and cardiometabolic risk outcomes in mother-adolescent dyads.

scholarly journals Africultural Coping Systems Inventory: Psychometrics in a Clinical Sample of African American Women

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 457-481
Author(s):  
Natalie N. Watson-Singleton ◽  
Devon LoParo ◽  
Yara Mekawi ◽  
Joya N. Hampton-Anderson ◽  
Nadine J. Kaslow
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
General Factor ◽  
American Women ◽  
Structure Reliability ◽  
Clinical Counseling

The Africultural Coping Systems Inventory (ACSI) assesses African Americans’ culturally relevant stress coping strategies. Although its factor structure, reliability, and validity of the scores have been examined across ethnic groups of African descent, psychometric properties have not been investigated in an African American clinical sample. Thus, it is unclear if the ACSI is useful for research with African Americans with distress. To assess the ACSI’s psychometrics, we used data from 193 low-income African American women who in the past year encountered interpersonal trauma and attempted suicide. We tested four models: one-factor, four-factor, four-factor hierarchical, and bifactor. None of the models were optimal, suggesting possible revisions to ACSI items. Yet the bifactor model provided a better fit than other models with items loading onto a general factor and onto specific factors. Internal consistency of the scores was above the recommended criterion (i.e., .70), and the ACSI general factor was related to depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation (but not alcohol abuse), providing some support for its concurrent validity. Future directions, limitations, and clinical-counseling implications are discussed.

Attitudes towards male partner HIV testing among low-income, minority pregnant women and their partners

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 100513
Author(s):  
Lynn M. Yee ◽  
Karolina Leziak ◽  
Jenise Jackson ◽  
Emily S. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Male Partner
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