Hmong (Forever) on the Margins: Crypto-Separatism and the Making of Ethnic Difference

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-116
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Difference

scholarly journals The Tenuous Attachments of Working-Class Men

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Edin ◽  
Timothy Nelson ◽  
Andrew Cherlin ◽  
Robert Francis
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Child Support ◽  
Ethnic Difference ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
White Men ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Diverse Groups

In this essay, we explore how working-class men describe their attachments to work, family, and religion. We draw upon in-depth, life history interviews conducted in four metropolitan areas with racially and ethnically diverse groups of working-class men with a high school diploma but no four-year college degree. Between 2000 and 2013, we deployed heterogeneous sampling techniques in the black and white working-class neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts; Charleston, South Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; and the Philadelphia/Camden area of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We screened to ensure that each respondent had at least one minor child, making sure to include a subset potentially subject to a child support order (because they were not married to, or living with, their child's mother). We interviewed roughly even numbers of black and white men in each site for a total of 107 respondents. Our approach allows us to explore complex questions in a rich and granular way that allows unanticipated results to emerge. These working-class men showed both a detachment from institutions and an engagement with more autonomous forms of work, childrearing, and spirituality, often with an emphasis on generativity, by which we mean a desire to guide and nurture the next generation. We also discuss the extent to which this autonomous and generative self is also a haphazard self, which may be aligned with counterproductive behaviors. And we look at racial and ethnic difference in perceptions of social standing.

scholarly journals Cystatin C Trajectories Among Middle-Aged and Older Americans

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 514-515
Author(s):  
Erfei Zhao ◽  
Eileen Crimmins ◽  
Jennifer Ailshire ◽  
Jung Ki Kim ◽  
Qiao Wu
Keyword(s):  
Cystatin C ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Ethnic Difference ◽  
Socioeconomic Differences ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Growth Curve Models ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Retirement Study ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Deterioration in kidney functioning is associated with aging and is a major risk factor for mortality and other poor health outcomes. Medicare expenses for poor kidney functioning are about 100 billion dollars every year. High Cystatin-C is an indicator of poor kidney functioning. We do not know if cystatin-C increases gradually as an individual ages. We use the Health and Retirement Study 2006/2008 Biomarker sample with follow-up for 8 years to examine this. Demographic and socioeconomic differences in trajectories of Cystatin-C trajectories were examined for 22,984 participants aged 50 and older. Growth curve models reveal that, although Cystatin-C increases with age (beta=0.025, p<0.001), the annual increase varies by age (60-69 = 0.005, 70-79 = 0.013, 80+ = 0.017, p<0.001), controlling for other socioeconomic variables. Cystatin-C increases faster for males than females. Cystatin-C of non-Hispanic Whites is lower than non-Hispanic Blacks but higher than Hispanics; there is no racial/ethnic difference in change over time. People who spent fewer years in school have higher Cystatin-C, and college graduates have slower growth in Cystatin-C compared to people who did not graduate from high school. These novel findings highlight the disparities in the process of kidney aging among older Americans.

scholarly journals From Ethnic Difference to Ethnic Similarity

2009 ◽  
Vol 129 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-211
Author(s):  
Kiichiro TSUTANI ◽  
Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Difference ◽  
Ethnic Similarity

Ethnic difference in drug metabolism: debrisoquine 4-hydroxylation in Caucasians and Orientals

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 1142-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Kalow ◽  
S. V. Otton ◽  
D. Kadar ◽  
L. Endrenyi ◽  
T. Inaba
Keyword(s):  
Drug Metabolism ◽  
Ethnic Difference ◽  
Ethnic Origin

The extent to which debrisoquine (D) is metabolized to 4-hydroxydebrisoquine (4OHD) was found to be influenced by the ethnic origin of the subjects. Following ingestion of 20 mg of debrisoquine sulfate, Orientals excreted, on the average, significantly more D and less 4OHD in 0- to 8-h urine than Caucasians; however, the sums of D + 4OHD did not differ.

6: RACE/ETHNIC DIFFERENCE IN CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A LARGE, MULTISITE PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE RCT

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 88-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
JoAnne Natale ◽  
Jill Joseph ◽  
Ruth Lebet ◽  
Judith Ascenzi ◽  
David Wypij ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Ethnic Difference ◽  
Pediatric Critical Care

scholarly journals Racial and Ethnic Difference in Falls Among Older Adults: Results from the California Health Interview Survey

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona C. Kwon ◽  
Benjamin H. Han ◽  
Julie A. Kranick ◽  
Laura C. Wyatt ◽  
Caroline S. Blaum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Ethnic Difference ◽  
California Health Interview Survey ◽  
Health Interview Survey ◽  
Health Interview ◽  
Interview Survey

Abstract 16688: Trans-Satellite Wireless 12 Lead ECG Transmission From the Ambulance to the Primary PCI Facility as Part of Nationwide Primary PCI Program for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 130 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdurrazzak Gehani ◽  
Jassim Al Suwaidi ◽  
Omer Tamimi ◽  
Salah Arafa ◽  
Awad Al Qahtani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Hospital Mortality ◽  
Ethnic Difference ◽  
Primary Pci ◽  
Emergency Rooms ◽  
Total Delay ◽  
St Elevation ◽  
Door To Balloon ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Heart Hospital

Introduction: Time is recognized as a crucial factor in the success of Primary PCI (PPCI). We have installed a “Nationwide” Trans-Satellite Wireless ECG Transfer (W-ECG) which enables swift identification of STEMI and direct transfer to the PPCI facility in Heart Hospital (HH). It also initiates PPCI staff to be ready even before patient arrives, and eliminates delays in Emergency rooms. Methods: Of 510 patients who had PPCI for STEMI, 282 (55%) were transferred directly to the Heart Hospital (HH). These were compared with 228 patients (45%) who went to other hospitals first (OH) before transfer to the HH. Age was similar 50.2 vs 50 years and there was no Ethnic difference (73% Asians and 26% Arabs) in both groups. We compared the two with regard to achieving the optimal Door to Balloon Time (DBT) of 90min for PPCI facility (HH), versus 120min for the OH group, as per guidelines. Results: The DBT was 53±23min for HH group vs 104±55min in OH group (p<0.001). However, while 88% achieved <90min in HH group, only 70% achieved <120min in OH group, p<0.001. Furthermore, Out of Hospital Delay ( OHD i.e delay from symptoms until arrival to hospital) was also different. Patients who had W-ECG arrived faster to HH and thus had shorter OHD (198±183min) than those using own transport to HH (287±276min). Although OHD was longer in HH group (216±212) than OH group (201±172min), the combined OHD+DBT= (Total delay from symptoms to Balloon) was still shorter in HH (W-ECG) group (269min) than similar group going to OH (305min), thus saving 36 vital minutes. Although initial TIMI-0 flow was similar (HH 46% vs OH 44%), TIMI-III flow was achieved more often in HH (97%) than in OH group (92%). Peak Troponin (ng/ml) was also higher in OH group (71251) vs (6576) in HH, p<0.05. While Ejection fraction was similar (HH 45% vs OH 43%), in-hospital mortality was higher in OH group (3.5%) vs (2.5%) in HH, p=0.05. Length of stay was also longer in OH (4.3±4.7) compared to 3.4±3.1 in HH group, p=0.005. Conclusion: Trans-satellite wireless ECG from the ambulance to Primary PCI facility results in significantly shorter DBT, total symptoms to balloon time, and length of stay, as well lower peak Troponin and a trend towards lower in-hospital mortality. Continued study and wider use will further confirm the impact of this technology.

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