Unveiling inequalities: Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in diabetes: Findings from the 2007-2020 NHANES data among U.S. adults by Yangyang Deng, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Breanna Rogers, Lu Hu, Ram Jagannathan, Kosuke Tamura

“…Males among non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and other adults and females from low and middle-SES families had a higher prevalence of diabetes. Conclusion: Minority groups, middle and older-aged adults, males from minority groups, and females from low SES had a greater prevalence of diabetes. …”
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Diversity Assessment of Some Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Genotypes Cultivated in Northern Ghana Using Morphological and Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers by Raphael Adu-Gyamfi, Ruth Prempeh, Issahaku Zakaria

“…Using morphological traits the accessions clustered into two major groups and two minor groups and variation among accessions were 10-61%. …”
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Beyond the rainbow: Attitudes of Brazilian consumers regarding homoaffective advertisements by Estela Maria Hoffmann, Maria José Barbosa de Souza, Melanie Morrison, Todd Morrison

“…Although there is societal pressure to accept diversity, negative attitudes towards minority groups such as gay men and lesbian women, especially in Brazil, remain widespread. …”
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Ethnic minority immigrants and their British descendants in the UK labour market: an investigation of Black African and Black Caribbean current employment status in the UK by Scott Foster, Ben George

“…Our findings show that factors such as lack of recognition of foreign qualifications, UK work experience and skills, unequal opportunity for career progression, racism and inadequate social networks contribute to persistent employment disadvantages of these ethnic minority groups. Second-generation ethnic minorities have made progress in the labour market, but ethnic penalties remain.…”
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Stories less told. Behind-the-scenes of feminist narrative research in Brazil by Naomi Orton, Liana Biar

“…The urgency of such an approach has only been heightened by the more recent rise of Brazil’s extreme right — whose unabating force continues to unravel the hard-won rights of minority groups. In an environment where the very meaning of “progress” is hotly contested, researchers have further taken an “undisciplined” approach to proceedings, shoring up detailed microanalysis with methodological tools derived from across the humanities and social sciences in order to communicate the validity of their research to a wider audience. …”
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President Erdogan’s Discourse on the Kurdish Issue by Ayşe İrem Aycan Özer

“…The second significant contribution of this study is that organized minority groups have an independent agency; their actions significantly contributed to changing the regime of ethnicity.…”
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Do higher educated people feel happier?-Evidence of Han and minority nationalities from China. by Yuanyuan Wang, Zhenyi Hu, Jiameng Yuan, Kun Zhang

“…However, in the Han population, education may weaken the sense of fairness, and thus reduce happiness to some extent; This phenomenon has not been verified in ethnic minority groups. This study not only expands the literature on the relationship between education and subjective well-being, but also has important policy implications, providing a strong empirical basis for formulating more accurate education policies, improving the happiness of ethnic minority residents, and enhancing national cohesion.…”
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Immigrant parents’ experiences and perspectives on the early childhood education stages in Nordic contexts by Samah M. Migdad, Kjersti Lea, Martin M. Sjøen

“…The review reveals a predominance of host-country researchers, the majority being female, with minority groups underrepresented, which could potentially lead to biases. …”
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Health related surveys: sampling weights by Ari Samaranayaka, Robin Turner, Claire Cameron

“…Examples of circumstances where simple random samples are not possible include, but are not limited to: instances where we are not able to list the people in the population (non-availability of a sampling frame that includes everyone), which is needed to choose people at random; when participation of individuals who have been sampled are di-erent between its subgroups; and when the number of people selected from minority groups is too small.…”
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A Review of “Access to Care” Issues in Aortic Stenosis Patients: A Negative Report Card by Adam M. Reisman, MD, Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH

“…Despite the presence of diagnostic echocardiograms, many patients with aortic stenosis are never clinically recognized, and the rate of mismanagement worsens among underrepresented minority groups and women. Regarding the treatment of clinically recognized aortic stenosis, only about half of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis actually undergo aortic valve replacement within 2 ​years of diagnosis. …”
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Epidemiological trends and healthcare disparities in onychomycosis: An analysis of the All of Us research program. by Aditya K Gupta, Vasiliki Economopoulos, Tong Wang, Vincent Piguet

“…The AoU program gathers survey, and electronic health records from participants in the United States with the aim of increasing the representation of minorities groups in health research under the framework of precision medicine. …”
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A literature review of climate-smart landscapes as a tool in soil- water management in Sub-Saharan Africa by Turyasingura, Benson, Tumwesigye, Wycliffe, Atuhaire, Abraham, Tumushabe, Jennifer Turyatemba, Akatwijuka, , Rogers

“…On equitable climate-smart landscapes, it was found that multi-stakeholder participation in landscape management is an iterative and changing process that can assist in addressing and resolving disputes as well as facilitating fair negotiation procedures for underrepresented and minority groups. Proper planning and the implementation of a comprehensive planning framework that links various planning activities and decision-making processes are required for landscape approaches to be successful. …”
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National Unity Based on the Malay-Islamic State of Malaysia: Highlights of the Study by Muhamad Zuhaili Saiman

“…It is commonly characterized as a pluralistic country, wherein minority groups preserve their distinct identities despite coexisting within the larger framework of the majority Malay society. …”
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Osteoporosis Screening Disparities among Ethnic and Racial Minorities: A Systematic Review by Anoush Calikyan, Jillian Silverberg, Katherine M. McLeod

“…Of the 16 articles reviewed, 14 identified significant disparities between racial minority and majority groups and determined that the eligible patients in racial minority groups were less likely to be referred to DXA screening. …”
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Sociodemographic factors associated with acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine and clinical trials in Uganda: a cross-sectional study in western Uganda by Isaac, Echoru, Patricia, Decanar Ajambo, Emmanuel, Keirania, Edmund E. M, Bukenya

“…Conclusion: There was a low level of vaccine acceptance and clinical trial interest in western Uganda. Minority groups in the study i.e., Muslims, students, primary school leavers, un-married rural dwellers among others showed more interest in vaccination and clinical trials. …”
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Unpacking the Mood States of Children and Youth in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from the “See Us, Hear Us 2.0” Study by Nahin Shakurun, Tamara Hinz, Daniel A. Adeyinka, Nazeem Muhajarine

“…Factors such as older children, hybrid learning, disrupted activities, and increased screen time worsened moods. The ethnic minority groups (BIPOC) living in mid-sized cities/towns experienced more negative moods compared to Whites residing in cities. …”
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Assessing machine learning for fair prediction of ADHD in school pupils using a retrospective cohort study of linked education and healthcare data by Johnny Downs, Robert Stewart, Alice Wickersham, Sumithra Velupillai, Lucile Ter-Minassian, Natalia Viani, Lauren Cross

“…Introducing ‘fairness weighting’ attenuates some sociodemographic biases which would otherwise underestimate ADHD risk within minority groups.…”
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Towards health justice: Implementing structural competency in women’s healthcare education by Daina Charnelle Fougang, Charles Mpofu, Dianne Wepa

“…Introduction: The World Health Organization advocates for preparing medical students to address health disparities experienced by minority groups. The persistent disparities in women’s health outcomes, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities, highlight critical gaps in current medical education approaches. …”
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Clinicians’ Views on the Need for Cultural Adaptation of Intervention for Children with ADHD from the Ultraorthodox Community by Anat Golos, Risa Mor, Orit Fisher, Adi Finkelstein

“…The recent literature has indicated the efficacy of the Cognitive-Functional intervention (Cog-Fun) for children with ADHD among the general Israeli population, yet no studies to date have examined the necessity of cultural adaptations for minority groups. The current study examines the necessity of adapting the intervention protocol and process to the Ultraorthodox (UO) population, as perceived by occupational therapists. …”
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Research priorities for preterm lung health research across the lifespan: a community priority setting partnership by Anne McKenzie, Shannon J Simpson, Naomi R Hemy, Amber Bates, Belinda Frank

“…Participants identified the following top 10: (1) lifelong impacts; (2) interventions, treatments or supports; (3) ongoing lung health follow-up; (4) diagnostic tools, resources and education for primary healthcare providers; (5) resources to inform and empower families; (6) relationship to physical health and developmental issues; (7) preventing and/or treating lung infections; (8) additional supports, resources and research for minority groups; (9) impact on mental well-being; and (10) likelihood of asthma diagnosis.Conclusion Priorities identified through the PSP will be invaluable in informing future research into prematurity-associated lung disease.…”
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