ethnicity

Ethnic conflict stoked by government economic intervention, not globalization

harminka — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:02:57 -0500

Economic globalization and liberalization have been blamed for numerous social ills over the last two decades, including a sharp rise in interethnic violence in countries all over the world. Not so, say the results of a study conducted by researchers from McGill University and published in the current issue of the journal International Studies Quarterly.

Racial discrimination has different mental health effects on Asians

harminka — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:27:55 -0500

The first national study of Asians living in the United States shows that for some individuals, strong ties to their ethnicity can guard against the negative effects of racism. For others, strong ties to ethnicity can actually make the negative effects of discrimination worse. And the mental health effects of such discrimination may shift over a lifetime as Asian-Americans continue to examine their ethnic ties, say researchers.

Ethnic identity expressed in clothing is good for adolescents' mental health

harminka — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:18:59 -0500

Young people who dress according to the customs of their own ethnic group are less likely to have subsequent mental health problems than those who don't, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Widespread care disparities in Medi-Cal program

harminka — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:12:33 -0500

In the first external analysis of the California Department of Health Service's Medi-Cal Managed Care program, researchers from the UCLA Department of Family Medicine found widespread health care disparities based on ethnicity, race and language throughout the system.

Minorities, whites get equal care in hospitals

harminka — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:35:45 -0500

A University of Maryland study of whether people receive different quality of hospital care because of their race or ethnicity found that when whites and minorities are admitted to a hospital for the same reason, they receive the same quality care in that hospital.

Student Facebook use predicted by race, ethnicity, education

harminka — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:58:52 -0600

New research from Northwestern University finds that college students’ choice of social networking sites -- including Facebook, MySpace and Xanga -- is related to their race, ethnicity and parents’ education.

Our Urban Spaces in Peril

aboey — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:42:52 -0600

Urban space is being colonized and gentrified by invisible forces such as urbanism and white domination according to a new Wiley-Blackwell publication –“Cities of Whiteness”.

Ideal weight varies across cultures

harminka — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:51:15 -0500

Different cultures have different standards and norms for appropriate body size and shape, which can effect how children perceive their body image.

Children of immigrants form ethnic identity at early age

harminka — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:05:02 -0500

A study of more than 400 children of first-generation immigrants is among the first longitudinal studies to demonstrate that one’s ethnic identity forms prior to adolescence. Furthermore, the three-year study found that a child’s positive sense of ethnic identity is associated with the desire to socialize with children of different racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Umpires likely to favor pitchers of same race, ethnicity

harminka — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:14:19 -0500

Umpires for Major League Baseball are more likely to call strikes in favor of pitchers who share their race or ethnicity, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.

Ethnicity plays role in neonatal deaths

harminka — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:00:54 -0500

Researchers have uncovered ethnic differences in the risk of neonatal mortality and morbidity (disease) in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Of grave concern is the noted elevation in mortality rate in the NICU among infants of South Asian (East Indian) origin, which is over three times that of Caucasian infants.

African-American Girls Consume Fewer Micronutrients than Caucasian Girls

harminka — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:42:55 -0500

African-American adolescent and teenage girls consume less vitamin A and D, calcium and magnesium compared to Caucasian girls, according to researchers at St. Joseph College, Wesleyan University and other institutions.