Health Diversity Journal Articles

• Clinical Course of Adrenal Myelolipoma Find out more about the clinical course of adrenal myelolipoma and learn in which patients adrenalectomy should be considered.
  Clinical Endocrinology, July 21, 2020
• Reaching the Hispanic Community About COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 has disproportionately affected Hispanic communities in the United States. How can existing resources be leveraged to better serve this community in the face of COVID-19?
  Preventing Chronic Disease, July 16, 2020
• Cognitive Development After Prenatal Opioid Exposure This study examined cognitive and language development of children prenatally exposed to opioids. Does prenatal opioid exposure affect boys and girls differently?
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, July 15, 2020
• Sex and Gender Observations and Implications for COVID-19 What sex- and gender-specific factors may influence disease severity and outcomes of COVID-19, and what are the implications for managing these patients?
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, July 02, 2020
• Risk Factors for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Widespread Pain This review demonstrates a wide variety of risk factors for fibromyalgia, strongly suggesting that there are multiple etiological routes into fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain.
  Pain, June 29, 2020
• Risk Factors for Liver Injury in Non-ICU COVID-19 Patients What factors might influence the development of liver injury in non-ICU hospitalized COVID-19 patients?
  Liver International, June 26, 2020
• Theater as a Tool for Understanding Medication Experiences This article describes the conception and implementation of a theatrical performance, based on realistic stories of patients' medication experiences, which proved to be an effective educational tool.
  American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, June 24, 2020
• Burnout Among Family Physicians by Gender and Age How does gender influence how physicians experience burnout? This policy brief summarizes the data on family physician burnout based on gender and age.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, June 11, 2020
• Barriers to Health Care Among Adults With Minoritized Identity How do barriers to health care differ among adults with varying self-reported minoritized racial/ethnic and sexual social identities?
  American Journal of Public Health, June 08, 2020
• Women's Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out? Recent statistics indicate that women family physicians have a higher rate of burnout than their male colleagues. What might be the basis of this difference, and what needs to be done to mitigate it?
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, June 04, 2020
• Abdominal Adiposity and Mortality in Colorectal Cancer Is excess abdominal adipose tissue linked to a higher risk of mortality in colon cancer?
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute, June 01, 2020
• Risk Factors for CVD in Adults With T1D Certain factors may be associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes. What are they?
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, May 29, 2020
• Sex Differences in Outcomes for Third-Line ART Do women presenting for third-line ART experience different outcomes than men? A new study examines the gender disparities that may exist.
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, May 29, 2020
• PrEP Use Among Male Sex Partners of HIV-Positive Men Do the male sexual partners of HIV-positive men routinely take PrEP to reduce the risk of becoming infected?
  AIDS, May 26, 2020
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Risk of Gout Is there an association between OSA and gout? A new study investigates the possible link.
  Arthritis Research & Therapy, May 26, 2020
• Transition of Substance-Induced Psychoses to Schizophrenia What proportion of people with substance-induced psychoses transition to schizophrenia? What might be potential moderators for risk?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, May 20, 2020
• Trouble Sleeping and Depression Among US Women Aged 20-30 Are young women with sleep problems more likely to have depression than those without? This report examined the relationship between sleep disturbances and depression among US women aged 20 to 30.
  Preventing Chronic Disease, May 15, 2020
• Adverse Childhood Events and High-Intensity Binge Drinking This study examined the impact of adverse childhood experiences as underlying contributing factors to high-intensity binge drinking; that is, two or more times the binge drinking threshold.
  Alcohol and Alcoholism, May 12, 2020
• What Keeps Patients Out of Clinical Trials? Clinical trials are key to advancing cancer research, yet patient participation remains low. What factors may account for this?
  Journal of Oncology Practice, May 07, 2020
• Exploring Experiences of Racial Minorities in Pharmacy School This study explored the social and academic experiences of underrepresented racial minorities in a predominantly White pharmacy school. How did lack of diversity impact them personally?
  American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, May 07, 2020