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Acculturation and Stereotype Threat: Advance Care Planning among Hospitalized Hispanic Patients
Ethnic minorities, especially Hispanics, are less likely than Whites to engage in advance care planning.
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Applying for the 2024-2025 CeASES-ADRD Pilot Award
Applications are due November 20, 2023.
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Seminar Series – Adriana Corredor-Waldron
Adriana Corredor-Waldron is an economist studying health disparities and mental health in the United States. She is an Assistant Professor of Economics at North Carolina State University.
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Reduced Racial Disparity in Receipt of Optimal Locoregional Treatment for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
More Black women received radiation therapy following breast-conserving surgery
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Applying to be a USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Scientist
Since 2012, the Schaeffer Center has received $6.1 million in funding from the NIH to fund pilot projects by junior scholars focused on addressing disparities. This year we are seeking junior scientists concentrating on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in minority populations.
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Intensive Lifestyle Counseling and Education by Health Specialists Associated With Higher Employment Rate Among People With Type 2 Diabetes
USC Schaeffer Center research finds intensive lifestyle intervention for people with type 2 diabetes – including weekly counseling on diet and exercise – is associated with increased employment. Researchers say the results suggest the potential of better chronic disease management for improving long-term labor market outcomes.
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Blood Pressure Medication and Dementia Prevention: The Promising Link
SC Schaeffer Center researchers have turned to real-world data to probe the relationship between antihypertensive use and dementia risk in the U.S. population and among minoritized populations who are at the highest risk of dementia.
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Citizenship status and cost-related nonadherence in the United States, 2017–2021
Noncitizens experience a high burden of cost-related barriers to prescription medications.
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Cross-Sectional Study Examining Household Factors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity in Low-Income Children in L.A.
Food insecure households with low head-of-household education, and at least one household member with type 2 diabetes, had the highest risk of SARS-CoV-2.
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Assessment of Medical and Public Assistance Expenditures and Employment Among US Adults With Cancer Diagnoses
History of cancer was associated with increased likelihood of disability, higher medical spending, and decreased likelihood of employment.
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