Purpose: This study was to investigate the factors associated with preventable hospitalization due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) in children with autism. Methods: Using secondary data from the U.S. Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), multivariable regression analyses were conducted to determine the potential effect of race and…

This dissertation investigated the development of stereotypes surrounding public school children in Brazil, primarily focusing on poor students of Afro descent. It explored how these stereotypes have influenced education policymaking and examined the efforts of Darcy Ribeiro and Paulo Freire to challenge these prevailing notions. Employing…

The 46th annual conference of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) was held online in March 2022. This year's conference theme is "Adult Education for the Human Condition: Global Issues and Trauma-Informed Learning." The proceedings are comprised of the following papers: (1) Man-Environment Interaction in the Rainforests and…

Black women in the United States experience a high incidence of serious health problems and, as a group, receive insufficient and inadequate medical care. The death rate for black women suffering from breast cancer has increased substantially since 1950. Also of great concern is the high incidence of cervical cancer in low income black women…

Blacks have made enormous progress since the beginning of this century in improving their health and survival rates. In years of survival they are overtaking the more favored whites, but this has been accomplished largely by similar reductions of death rates at each age and from most causes. (Author)

In recent years, sickle cell screening programs have been initiated by community groups, health centers, hospitals, medical schools, health departments, school systems, city and State governments, various branches of the Federal Government, fraternal and social clubs, and other organizations. Problems have resulted from mass sickle cell screening,…

Comparisons are used in this paper to identify improvements in mortality and morbidity experiences over time, to identify new environmental hazards, and to emphasize the potential for improvement. The comparisons are presented in the full belief that racial variations are fundamentally socioeconomic variations. Efforts are also made to identify…

Overviews vital statistics data, emphasizing differences in health status between the Black and White populations with respect to specific diseases and mortality. Discusses major causes of death among US Blacks. (GC)

The author's interest in this subject comes about from observation of an increase in ischemic heart disease in American blacks in the past decade. (GC)

The special problems and implications associated with genetic screening of blacks in the U.S. are discussed. (Author/AM)

The association between sociodemographic characteristics, symptomatology, and travel patterns of medical patients are examined via comparative analysis of non-white and white patients in terms of length of journey to health services. (JC)

A school nurse shares her discoveries on diagnosing ailments in children with black skin. (JD)

The first national estimates on a variety of health indicators for the Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations of the United States are presented in this report, which consists largely of statistical tables containing data from the National Health Interview Surveys of 1978, 1979, and 1980. The primary focus of the report, however, is on four…