Browsing by Subject "Black Americans"

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    Black Americans' perceptions of Alzheimer's disease, a healthy brain, and strategies for brain health promotion
    (Elsevier, 2024-04-19) Eliacin, Johanne; Polsinelli, Angelina; Cameron, Kenzie A.; Saykin, Andrew J.; Wang, Sophia; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Objectives: Lack of awareness of Alzheimer's disease (AD) among Black Americans may undermine their ability to identify potential AD risk. We examined Black Americans' perceptions and knowledge of AD, and views of a healthy brain, which may contribute to the development of effective and culturally sensitive strategies to address racial disparities in AD. Methods: We conducted a mixed-methods study, integrating a cross-sectional survey of 258 older (>55 years) Black participants and qualitative interviews with a sub-sample of N = 29. Both data sets were integrated to inform the results. Results: Participants endorsed having little knowledge of AD. While most participants reported practicing a healthy lifestyle to promote a healthy brain, the range of activities listed were limited. Participants made several suggestions to increase AD awareness, which includes using AD educational materials containing information that would benefit the whole family, not only older adults. Outreach approaches that address both individual behaviors and structural factors were also encouraged. Conclusion: Our findings identify ongoing needs to improve AD awareness among traditionally under-represented groups. Innovation: The study utilized novel approaches to examine participants' perspectives of AD that included a diverse sample of research naïve participants, and integrated exploration of participants' views of AD and brain health.
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    Ethical Approaches to Vaccine Allocation and Administration in Carceral Settings, With a Focus on Youth
    (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2022-10) Enujioke, Sharon C.; Knopf, Amelia S.; Aalsma, Matthew C.; School of Nursing
    COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted Americans in carceral settings and secure facilities. A disproportionate number of persons who are confined to carceral settings and secure facilities are members of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups who experience a significant burden of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. The pandemic-related disparities experienced by minoritized and detained adult populations have received national attention, but the burden of COVID-19 risk among justice-involved youth has been largely absent from these national conversations. With more than 40,000 youth in carceral settings, their COVID-19 risks and prevention needs warrant specific consideration, especially as vaccine distribution programs expand. Youth have been assigned a lower priority status in most state vaccine allocation plans, but youth in carceral settings are at increased risk compared with their peers, raising important questions about how to ethically allocate and administer vaccines to them. In this article we examine ethical issues that arise in the health care of minors in carceral settings and identify an ethical model that could be used to reconsider the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines.
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