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Naicker, Ramona – Education for Information, 2022
Racial bias in research impacts a study's relevancy, validity and reliability, though presently this aspect is not addressed in critical appraisal tools, and consequently appraisers may not take racial bias into account when assessing a paper's quality. Drawing on critical race theory (CRT) tenets that racism is ubiquitous and race a social…
Descriptors: Racism, Critical Race Theory, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Groups
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Schein, Jerome D.; Miller, Maurice H. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2008
The severity of deafness can obscure the presence of other disabilities that may accompany genetic anomalies, such as occur in Alport and Usher syndromes. Recent advances in genetics have heightened attention to various disabilities and dysfunctions that may coexist with deafness. Failure to recognize these additional disabilities when they occur…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Deafness, Health Conditions, Caregivers
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Whitfield, Keith E.; McClearn, Gerald – American Psychologist, 2005
Understanding the origins of racial health disparities is currently a central focus of health-oriented funding agencies and the health policy community. In particular, the role of genetics in the origin of racial health disparities is receiving growing attention and has been susceptible to considerable misinterpretation. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Race, Health Conditions, Genetics, Environment