Disparities in hypertension among black Caribbean populations: A scoping review by the U.S. Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research Group (USCAHDR)

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bidulescu, Aurelian ^a   Francis, Damian K ^b   Ferguson, Trevor S ^b   Bennett, Nadia R ^b   Hennis, Anselm J M ^c   Wilks, Rainford ^b   Harris, Eon N ^c   MacLeish, Marlene ^d   Sullivan, Louis W ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Sullivan Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HYPERTENSION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORBIDITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY; RESEARCH WORK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST AFRICAN; BLACK PERSON; CARIBBEAN; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CAUCASUS; NORTHERN CAUCASUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WEST AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84960082189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0229-0     Document Type: Article

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