OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Ethnicity & Disease is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Financial Well-Being Among US Adults with Vascular Conditions: Differential Impacts Among Blacks and Hispanics	26
Parkinson’s Disease Inequities in Daily Cognitive Activities: An Intersectional Approach	16
Mental Health, Self-Care, and Engagement in Care among Black Women Living with HIV	16
Diabetes in Mayan Populations: Monitoring of Glycosylated Hemoglobin	16
Decolonizing a Wretched Healthcare System: The African Public Health Practitioner Case	16
Knowledge Sharing to Reduce Toxin Exposure Risks from Harmful Algal Blooms: Global Networks and Political Barriers	14
Black Feminism and Womanism: A Narrative Review of the Weight Loss Literature	14
Exploring Associations between Race/Ethnicity and Glaucoma Prevalence in a Multicenter Brazilian Study: The ELSA-Brasil	12
Commentary on Metabolic Health Disparities Affecting the Rio Grande Valley Mexican American Population: Seeking Answers Using Animal Models	10
Association of Diabetic Retinopathy with Chronic Kidney Disease Progression in Latinos with Type 2 Diabetes	10
The Association Between NRMN STAR Grantsmanship Self-Efficacy and Grant Submission	8
Advancing Inclusive Research: Establishing Collaborative Strategies to Improve Diversity in Clinical Trials	8
Understanding Core Community Needs for School-Based Asthma Programming: A Qualitative Assessment in Colorado Communities	7
“They Don’t Care If We Live or Die”: A Qualitative Analysis Examining the US Immigration System’s Treatment of Undocumented Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes and Barriers among Unvaccinated Residents in Rural Northern/Central Illinois	7
Suicide Ideation and the Association of Chronic Disease among American Indians	7
Racial Disparities in Health Care Use in Gentrifying Neighborhoods	6
Acculturation, Perceptions about Seeking Mental Health Care, and Utilization of Mental Health Services among US-based South Asians	6
Supporting Underserved Communities for Health Care: US Immigrants’ Experiences with Social Support	6
The Role of Financial Strain and Educational Attainment on Smoking Abstinence of African Americans and Whites Who Smoke	6
Electronic Health Literacy among Linguistically Diverse Patients in the Los Angeles County Safety Net Health System	5
A Qualitative Analysis on Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs and Issues During COVID-19 Using a Reproductive Justice Framework	5
Perceived Religious Influence on Health Is Associated with Beneficial Health Behaviors in Members of Predominantly Black Churches	5
Neck Circumference Cut-Off for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Nigeria	5
Mental Health and Cognitive Performance Among Older People Living with HIV in Georgia	4

A Community-Engaged Process for Adapting a Cardiovascular Health Intervention for Persons with Serious Mental Illness	4
Risk and Protective Factors for Cost-Related Nonadherence Among Middle East and North African (MENA ) Adults	4
Psychological Factors and Prevalence of Diabetes and Prediabetes in a United States–Mexico Border Community	4
“I Have Come Because I See You Care About Me”: Recruiting Older Black Americans for Genomic Research	4
Best Practice Recommendations for Integrating Health Equity into Pragmatic Clinical Trials for Dementia Care	4
Maternal and Infant Health Inequities, Reproductive Justice and COVID Addressed in RACE Series	4
The Prevalence of Multimorbidity among Foreign-born Adults in the United States	4
Central Blood Pressure and Subclinical Atherosclerotic Risk in Young Hispanic American Women	4
Navigating Access to Cancer Care: Identifying Barriers to Precision Cancer Medicine	4
Use of Zip Code Based Aggregate Indicators to Assess Race Disparities in COVID-19	3
Neighborhood Food Environment Associated with Cardiometabolic Health among Predominately Low-income, Urban, Black Women	3
Associations between Structural Racism, Environmental Burden, and Cancer Rates: An Ecological Study of US Counties	3
Developing a Social Determinants of Health Needs Assessment for Colorado Kids (SNACK) Tool for a School-Based Asthma Program: Findings from a Pilot Study	3
Assessing Representativeness of Seriously Ill Patient Survey Responders in a Pragmatic Clinical Trial	3
Everyday Violence: Immigration Enforcement, COVID-19, and Depression among Undocumented Young Adults in California	3
Tiwala, Gaining Trust to Recruit Filipino American Families: CARE -T2D Study	3
Peer-Led Focus Groups Identify Barriers to Healthy Lifestyle in African American Adolescents from Baltimore City	3
Community-Academic Partnerships for Health Research: An Iterative and Transparent Process of Patient Engagement Before the Research Begins	2
COVID-19 Case-Fatality Rates in Michigan Are Higher for Arab Americans Compared With Non-Hispanic White Individuals for the Oldest Age Groups	2
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19: Rate Ratios Provide an Incomplete Picture of US Trends, April 2020–March 2021	2
Exploring the Lived Experience of Food Insecure African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes Living in the Inner City	2
Let Us Just Ask People What They Think: Community Perceptions and Recommendations about Coronavirus Vaccination	2
Occurrence of Comorbid Metabolic and Depressive Symptoms across Sociodemographic Categories in the United States	2
Neighborhood-level Asian American Populations, Social Determinants of Health, and Health Outcomes in 500 US Cities	2
Glucometabolic State Transitions: The Jackson Heart Study	2
An Equity-Based Scoring System for Evaluating Surveillance-Related Harm in Public Health Crises	2
Using COVID-19 Surveillance Systems to Identify and Monitor Disparities: Best Practices and Recommendations	2
Generation 1.5: Years in the United States and Other Factors Affecting Smoking Behaviors Among Asian Americans	2
Implementation Research at NHLBI: Methodological and Design Challenges and Lessons Learned from the DECIPHeR Initiative	2
Advancing Health Infrastructure to Address Mental Health Disorders among People Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa	2
Associations of Major Lifetime and Everyday Discrimination with Cognitive Function among Middle-Aged and Older Adults	2
Barriers and Facilitators to Improving Cardiovascular Health in Churches with Predominantly Black Congregations	2
Perceived Susceptibility to Chronic Kidney Disease and Hypertension Self-Management among Black and White Live Kidney Donors	2
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Emotional Reactions to the Flint Water Crisis among Michigan Women in Communities Outside of Flint	2
Community and Healthcare Perspectives on Implementing Hypertension Interventions for a Multiethnic Safety-Net Population	2
Community Engagement in Implementation Science: the Impact of Community Engagement Activities in the DECIPHeR Alliance	2
The Association Between Educational Attainment and Mortality: Examining Absolute and Relative Effects by Race/Ethnicity	1
Poverty, Comorbidity, and Ethnicity: COVID-19 Outcomes in a Safety Net Health System	1
Examining the Role of Family History of US Enslavement in Health Care System Distrust Today	1
Prevalence and Correlates of HIV-Associated Health Behaviors in a Population-Based Sample of Puerto Rican Adults, 2019	1
Attitudes about COVID-19 Testing among Black Adults in the United States	1
The Use of Navigators to Increase Patient Portal Enrollment among Patients in a Federally Qualified Health Care System	1
Accuracy of Perceived Breast Cancer Risk in Black and White Women with an Elevated Risk	1
Richard S. Cooper, MD in Memoriam	1
Key Principles Underlying a Research-Practice Alignment in a Federally Qualified Health Center	1
Barely Tweeting and Rarely About Racism: Assessing US State Health Department Twitter Use During the COVID -19 Vaccine Rollout	1
Factors Associated with Anticoagulation Initiation for New Atrial Fibrillation in an Urban Emergency Department	1
Rapid Assessment of COVID Evidence (RACE): Continuing Health Equity Research Beyond the Series	1
Training Underrepresented Early-Career Faculty in Cardiovascular Health Research during COVID -19: Structural Inequities and Health Disparity	1
MiQuit: A Study Protocol to Link Low-Income Smokers to a State Tobacco Quitline	1

Diurnal Cortisol Slope and Nighttime Blood Pressure: A Study in European Americans and African Americans	1
Social Engagement and Mental Health Symptoms Across Asian American Ethnic Groups During the COVID-19 Pandemic	1
Planning the Implementation of a Multilevel Blood Pressure Control Intervention in Chicago: Community and Clinical Perspectives	1
Sleep as a Predictor of Health-Related Quality of Life among Economically Disadvantaged Black Older Adults	1
A Pilot Study Examining Stress and Obesity among Employees at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU): Does Job Satisfaction Matter?	1
Racial Disparities in Foot Examination among People with Diabetes in Brazil: A Nationwide Survey, 2019	1
Commentary: Public Health Surveillance and Health Equity: Cause for Concern	1