African Americans

December 25, 2024

Association between cannabis use and clinical outcomes in patients with solid malignancies receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors

Abstract Background: Cannabis (CAN) use has risen significantly over the last few decades. CAN has potent immunosuppressive properties, which could…

March 24, 2022

Psychosocial and behavioral factors affecting inflammation among pregnant African American women☆

Abstract African American women are reported to have greater inflammation compared with women from other racial groups. Higher inflammation during…

December 11, 2020

COVID-19 surveillance and Black American substance use disorder: An examination of data and policy

Abstract Research has cited structural racism as a determinate of black Americans’ susceptibility to COVID-19. Using the flu surveillance system…

August 11, 2020

Tobacco and marijuana use and their association with serum prostate-specific antigen levels among African American men in Chicago

Abstract AA men are under-represented in PSA research, a biomarker of prostate cancer aggresiveness. Cigarette smoking was associated with an…

July 10, 2019

Development and initial psychometric evaluation of the computer-based prostate Cancer screening decision aid acceptance scale for African-American men

Abstract Background: To reliably evaluate the acceptance and use of computer-based prostate cancer decision aids (CBDAs) for African-American men, culturally…

October 2, 2016

Black–White Disparities in Criminal Justice Referrals to Drug Treatment: Addressing Treatment Need or Expanding the Diagnostic Net?

Abstract Slightly more than half of admissions to U.S. publicly-funded treatment for marijuana use are referred by the criminal justice…