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New Research from Sociologists Finds the Racial and Educational Preferences of Internet Daters

By Guest PostNovember 12, 2013Culture, Technologyamherst, asian men, black dater, black women, college degree, cyberspace, demographic, educational preference, formation of relationships, internet dater, jennifer lundquist, ken hou lin, mate selection, new research, online dating, racial, sociologist, university of massachusetts, white dater

Study of nearly one million dating website users shows opportunities for white daters, hurdles for blacks

AMHERST, Mass. – New research from sociologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found specific racial patterns in the outreach and response habits of heterosexual men and women using online dating sites.

In a study published in the upcoming issue of the American Journal of Sociology, vol. 119, no. 1, UMass Amherst doctoral recipient Ken-Hou Lin and associate professor Jennifer Lundquist tracked the racial and educational characteristics of almost one million online daters searching for relationships from the 20 largest cities in the U.S. They then analyzed the inquiries sent and received by each dater, in order to gain an understanding of how members of each race interact with one another in an online dating setting. (more…)

Among Indian immigrants, religious practice and obesity may be linked, study shows

By Guest PostJuly 26, 2013Culture, Healthasian indians, body weight, california, dataset, diabetes, ethnic groups, heart disease, hinduism, hindus, independent factor, indian ancestry, indian immigrants, insulin resistance, islam, marjorie kagawa singer, martin f shapiro, mitchell d wong, muslims, nazleen bharmal, obesity, racial, ramadan, religious practice, sikhism, sikhs, united states

Asian Indians are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States, and roughly half a million people of Indian ancestry live in California — more than any other state. Individuals from this group are strongly predisposed to obesity-related conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, due in large part to physical inactivity, diets low in fruit and vegetables, and insulin resistance.

Among other racial and ethnic groups, research has shown that religious practices and religiosity have been associated with obesity and greater body weight, but no one had studied this potential link among Indians. (more…)

Women and HIV: A story of racial and ethnic health disparities

By Guest PostJuly 7, 2013Culture, Healthafrican american, aids, american women, behavioral, causes of death, cira, cultural factor, culture, discrimination, ethnic health disparities, hiv, hiv acquisition, hiv epidemic, hiv infection, hiv risk, intimate partner violence, ipv, known risk factors, latina women, lisa rosenthal, negative, non caucasian women, prep access, racial, sarah k calabrese, sexual experience, sexual partnership, sexual risk taking, sexual self concept, sexual stereotypes, sexually transmitted infections, society, stigma, stis, story, theory, united states, women

The history of women with HIV/AIDS in the United States is really a story of racial and ethnic health disparities.

Overall, the rate of American women contracting the disease relative to men has climbed from 8 percent in the 1980s to 25 percent today. But most of this burden is in underserved communities: one in 32 African-American women will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, as will one in 106 Latina women. Meanwhile, one in 526 Caucasian and Asian women will contract the virus. Death rates are also higher for African-American and Latina women, making it one of the leading causes of death for those groups. (more…)

Racial and economic gap in awareness of lifesaving HPV vaccine

By Guest PostJune 4, 2013Healthabigail shrader, anal cancer, anees chagpar, asco, asians, awareness, cervical cancer, cervical cancer rates, Chicago, data, economic gap, hispanics, hpv, hpv awareness, hpv infection, hpv vaccination, human papilloma virus, lifesaving hpv vaccine, oral cancers, racial, sexual organs, sexually transmitted virus

There are worrisome racial, economic, educational, and gender gaps in awareness about the lifesaving vaccine for human papilloma virus (HPV), a Yale Cancer Center study has found. The study is being presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago.

HPV is a primarily sexually transmitted virus most widely known for causing cervical cancer, but it can also cause anal cancer, certain oral cancers, and cancers of the sexual organs of both women and men. (more…)

Taking Race Out of the Equation in Measuring Women’s Risk of Osteoporosis and Fractures

By Guest PostOctober 20, 2012Healthafrican american, age, arun karlamangla, background, bone fracture, bone health, bone size, carolyn crandall, caucasian, chinese heritage, data, ethnic, ethnicity, ethnicity information, gail greendale, hip fracture, jane cauley, japanese, mei hua huang, michelle danielson, mixed, national database, new method, osteoporosis, pittsburgh, race, racial, racial line, racial mixture, risk, shinya ishii, ucla, university, women

For women of mixed racial or ethnic backgrounds, a new method for measuring bone health may improve the odds of correctly diagnosing their risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures, according to a UCLA-led study.

Currently, assessing osteoporosis and the risk of fractures from small accidents like falls requires a bone density scan. But because these scans don’t provide other relevant fracture-related information, such as bone size and the amount of force a bone is subjected to during a fall, each patient’s bone density is examined against a national database of people with the same age and race or ethnicity. (more…)

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New Research from Sociologists Finds the Racial and Educational Preferences of Internet Daters

Among Indian immigrants, religious practice and obesity may be linked, study shows

Women and HIV: A story of racial and ethnic health disparities

Racial and economic gap in awareness of lifesaving HPV vaccine

Taking Race Out of the Equation in Measuring Women’s Risk of Osteoporosis and Fractures