▪ Abstract Is living in a relatively poor community bad for your health; is living in a relatively
affluent community good for your health; or is it only your own socioeconomic position that …

The built environment is a significant determinant of human health. Globally, the growing
prevalence of preventable cancers suggests a need to understand how features of the built …

Background: Previous studies have found that African-American women are more likely than
white women to have late-stage breast cancer at diagnosis and shortened survival …

Do the socioeconomic characteristics of a community affect one's health? This research
examines whether the socioeconomic characteristics of communities are associated with the …

Abstract Background: African-Americans are more likely than Caucasians to be diagnosed
at an advanced stage of colorectal, lung, breast, cervical, and prostate cancers. This study …

Emphasizing the importance of social context and cultural construction, Social and
Behavioral Foundations of Public Health examines current issues in health from a social and …

BACKGROUND Concern has been raised over the disproportionate cancer mortality among
minority and low‐income persons. The current study examined differences in disease stage …

BACKGROUND Few studies have addressed the issue of whether delays in the interval
between medical consultation and the diagnosis and treatment of breast carcinoma are …

Background: Recent studies suggest differences in quality and timeliness of care received
may be major contributing sources to the racial disparity in breast cancer detection and …

We tested whether inner-city women were at significantly increased risk of late-stage cancer
diagnosis because they resided in extremely poor and socially isolated neighborhoods or in …