Research & Studies

Study Finds That Minority Elders Are Healthier in Ethnically Dense Communities

A study by scholars in the schools of public health at Yale and Columbia finds that Black and Hispanic seniors have lower rates of heart disease and cancer in neighborhoods with high concentrations of minorities compared to seniors in more racially mixed neighborhoods.

High Schools With Large Minority Populations Are Less Likely to Have Student Media Outlets

A study by the Center for Scholastic Journalism at Kent State University found that schools with no media outlets had an average student body where minorities made up 56 percent of the student body.

University of Illinois Chicago Study Finds Racial Disparity in Workers Compensation Settlements

The racial disparity in workers' averaged $6,000 more for non-Hispanic Whites compared to Black or Hispanic workers.

Colleges That Are Successful in Graduating Low-Income Students

At Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, 71 percent of the Pell Grant students entering college in 2005 went on to earn their degree within six years. The overall graduation rate for 2005 entering students at FAU was 43 percent.

American Cancer Society Examines Trends in Death Rates From HIV by Race and Level of Education

The use of antiretroviral drugs has had a significant impact on death rates for all racial and ethnic groups, with the largest decreases for Blacks and other minorities.

Report Finds Black Youth Are Exposed to More Alcohol Advertising Than Other Young Americans

A new report published by the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, finds that Black youths see more alcohol-related advertising on television and in magazines than other young Americans.

Scholars Seek to Determine Why So Few Black Men Pursue Careers in Information Technology

The Penn State researchers will interview Black men who are studying in IT disciplines to determine "the experiences that put them on their trajectory towards information technology."

A Racial Disparity in Exposure to Harmful Background TV Noise

A new scholarly study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Iowa, has found that Black children in the United States are exposed to far more background television noise than other children.

Survey Finds That Black Youth Are Not Interested in STEM Careers

A survey conducted by Harris Interactive for the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia found that 61 percent of all Black high school students are not interested in pursuing a career in heath care or the sciences.

Oregon State Study Finds Communication Is Key in Preventing STDs Among Black Teens

Research at Oregon State University has found that educational and informational programs directed at Black youths can have a significant impact in preventing sexually transmitted diseases.

Duke University Study Examines African Americans’ Adherence to the DASH Diet

Researchers at Duke University have found that African Americans are less likely than Whites to adopt or adhere to a dietary program aimed at preventing and managing high blood pressure.

Study Seeks to Identify Early Warning Signs of Dementia Among African Americans

Ishan Williams, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, is conducting research on whether vascular problems among African Americans are leading to increased rates of cognitive impairment.

Using Hip-Hop to Attract Black Students to the Chemical Sciences

Sabrina Collins of the College of Wooster and her colleagues developed a Powerpoint presentation that uses hip-hop concepts to make chemistry more appealing to minority students.

Study Finds Babies Begin to Classify Faces by Race at an Early Age

Infants as young as three months begin to classify facial images by race and gender and show a preference for those that they see most often in their daily lives.

New Study Explores the Impact on Poor Black Women of the High Incarceration Rate of Men

Beth Richie, of the University of Illinois at Chicago, has written a new book focusing on the impact on women in poverty neighborhoods of high incarceration rates among Black men.

Research Finds That Blacks Are Less Likely Than Whites to Receive Special Pacemakers

For patients who experienced chronic heart failure, Blacks are less likely than Whites to be outfitted with a special pacemaker that has been shown to prolong survival rates and ease symptoms.

University Study Finds Many Blacks in Alabama Lack Access to Eye Care Practitioners

African Americans in Alabama are twice as likely as Whites to suffer from vision impairment and eye disease, particularly cataracts, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy.

Georgetown University Study Examines Racial Health Disparity in the Aftermath of Strokes

African Americans who survive an intracranial hemorrhage, a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain, are far more likely to have high blood pressure a year after their stroke than White Americans.

Money Is a Major Factor in Why Black Students Drop Out of College

A third of Black men and a quarter of Black women who dropped out of college, did so because of financial concerns.

The Impact of Affirmative Action Bans on the Graduate School Enrollments of Minorities

A study published by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, finds that in states that have banned the consideration of race in graduate school admissions, enrollments of minority students are down 12 percent overall.
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