After more than a century of research and debate, the scientific community has yet to reach
agreement on the principal causes of racialized disparities in population health. This debate …

Although the literature on the differences between Black people and White people in terms
of differences in major depressive disorder and related self-reported symptoms is robust …

Purpose Numerous investigations have sought to understand why Black Americans have a
lower prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) than white Americans, yet fewer have …

How might the science of men's health progress if research on marginalized or subordinated
men is moved from the margins of the literature to the center? This commentary seeks to …

Each year, millions of dollars are spent on research and public health interventions targeted
toward reducing health disparities primarily among the “Black/African Americans” …

Immigrants typically have more favorable health outcomes than their US-born counterparts
of the same race-ethnicity. However, little is known about how race-ethnicity and region of …

Background: Research suggests that intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with
childhood maltreatment and violence exposure within the neighborhood context. This study …

One of the central issues in the study of race and ethnicity is ontology. That is, after decades
of scientific inquiry, we continue to debate definitions for race and ethnicity. Broadly …

Objective This study used the stress process model to test the mediating effects of personal
mastery and moderating effects of church-based social support on the relationship between …

Reproductive health outcomes are indicators of larger social processes and researchers
have long documented inequalities in these outcomes among Blacks and Whites in the …