Study finds ethnic differences in metabolic syndrome among Americans

AP Worldstream;  February 24, 2003 ;     432 words ......among black American men, a study of ethnic differences found. Metabolic syndrome affects...and 24.3 percent for whites. The ethnic differences remained even after factors including...accompanying editorial said. Reasons for the ethnic differences are not well understood, but the...

Ethnic differences in longitudinal patterns and consequences of narcotics...

Journal of Drug Issues;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......literature points to the importance of ethnic differences in drug-use patterns, treatment utilization...have examined various aspects of ethnic differences with respect to patterns of narcotics...Weisman et al. 1989) that compared ethnic differences in Minnesota Multiphasic ...

Gender and ethnic differences in career goal attainment

The Career Development Quarterly;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......data. The authors found gender and ethnic differences in perceptions of barriers to career...framework for understanding gender and ethnic differences regarding barriers to and facilitators...The SCCT suggests that gender and ethnic differences in perceived barriers and ...

Ethnic Differences in C-Reactive Protein Concentrations

Clinical Chemistry;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......data exist regarding the ethnic differences in C-reactive protein (CRP...for much but not all of the ethnic differences in CRP concentrations. Further study is needed of these ethnic differences and their implications for...

Searching for a better understanding of race and ethnic differences in...

Criminal Justice Ethics;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Crime: Assessing Race and Ethnic Differences Cambridge, UK: Cambridge...2003, pp. 448. Racial and ethnic differences in violence and other...Crime: Assessing Race and Ethnic Differences. (2) The rich selection...

Leader calls on Rwandans to put aside ethnic differences

AP Online;  July 4, 1998 ;     393 words ......04-1998 KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) _ Rwandans must set aside ethnic differences and use their brains _ not bullets _ to rebuild the nation...a lack of will that was holding Rwanda back, and said ethnic differences that had led to violence should be forgotten for the benefit...

Ethnic Differences in Predictors of Hearing Protection Behavior Between...

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......is to determine whether there are ethnic differences in predictors of hearing protection...regression with interaction terms. Ethnic differences in scale or individual item scores...revealed few studies that examined ethnic differences in health-seeking behaviors such...

Ethnic Differences in Birth Outcomes in England*

Fiscal Studies;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Millennium Cohort Study to look at ethnic differences in birth outcomes for a cohort of...life, so understanding sources of ethnic differences in these outcomes and identifying...Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) to look at ethnic differences in outcomes of children at birth...

Racial/Ethnic Differences in High School Students' Academic Performance:...

Journal of Comparative Family Studies;  June 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......noted the potential influence of ethnic differences in cultural values, particularly...approach, others have proposed that ethnic differences in cultural values and beliefs may...consideration of how the influence of ethnic differences (e.g., parenting styles, family size...

Love outshines racial and ethnic differences; Originally published in the...

The Christian Science Monitor;  October 10, 2003 ;     619 words ...As a child, I didn't notice racial and ethnic differences, dialects, or skin colors. They didn't even enter my mind. This easygoing approach stayed with me until I met my future husband...

Gender and Ethnic Differences Among Psychological, Social, and...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2001 ;     505 words ......this study was to examine gender and ethnic differences in psychological, social, and environmental...variables studied, 4 gender and 16 ethnic differences were found. Of the psychological...social variables, but there were three ethnic differences. Mexican Americans reported more...

The influence of religious and ethnic differences on marital intimacy:...

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...The influence of religious and ethnic differences on marital intimacy was examined...that the verv process of negotiating ethnic differences leads to greater mutual understanding...socioeconomic status, religious and ethnic differences may still prevail as powerful and...

Labour Supply and Wages Among Nuclear and Extended Households: The...

Journal of Development Studies;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......home production opportunities in extended households dilute labour market effort and...individuals in developing world extended households exhibit different labour market...differential behaviour in nuclear and extended households is that extended households provide...

Self-Regulation of Learning and Academic Delay of Gratification: Gender...

The Journal of Secondary Gifted Education;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......students. The study examined gender and ethnic differences in the relationships between academic...suggested the presence of gender and ethnic differences in motivation, use of cognitive strategies...to determine whether gender and ethnic differences exist with respect to students' ...

Jordan's queen confronts nation's ethnic differences

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 9, 2001 ;     463 words ......do Palestinian family in Kuwait, she is doing what she can to raise living standards in hopes that it can help bridge ethnic differences that persist three decades after a near civil war between Palestinians and native Jordanians. But some Palestinians say...