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Body: Exercise
	Brown, Helen, African American Women's Hair Issues and Engagement in Physical Activity Focus Groups: Executive Summary
		AARP Public Policy Institute, November 2009, Free http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/health/aahair.pdf Brown reports that hair issues often prevent African-American women from engaging in physical activities that would benefit their health.
	Saint Onge, Jarron M., and Krueger, Patrick M., "Education and Racial-Ethnic Differences in Types of Exercise in the United States", Journal of Health and Social Behavior, June 2011 (Vol. 52, No. 2)
		http://hsb.sagepub.com/content/52/2/197.abstract Saint Onge and Krueger find that whites disproportionately undertake facility-based exercise (such as golf and tennis), blacks tend toward team and fitness activities, and Mexican Americans gravitate toward team sports.
	Yan, Tingjian, et al, "Do Sedentary Older Adults Benefit From Community-Based Exercise? Results From the Active Start Program", Gerontologist, December 2009 (Vol. 49, No. 6)
		http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/6/847 The authors suggest that a community-based physical activity program benefits sedentary, racially, and ethnically diverse older adults by coupling a behavioral change support group and fitness classes.
Body: Physical illness / health / wellness
	Bloom, Barbara, and Cohen, Robin A., Young Adults Seeking Medical Care: Do Race and Ethnicity Matter?
		U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 2011 (NCHS Brief #55), Free http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db55.htm Bloom and Cohen found that young Hispanic Americans are much less likely to have health insurance than their black or anglo peers, but that among the uninsured, non-Hispanic white young people are more likely to have unmet medical needs.
	Spencer, S. Melinda, et al, "Racial Differences in Self-Rated Health at Similar Levels of Physical Functioning: An Examination of Health Pessimism in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study", Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psy-chological Sciences and Social Sciences, January 2009 (Vol. 64, No. 1)
		http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/64B/1/87, Free The authors confirm and expand on previous reports that African Americans tend to self-report distinctly lower quality of health than white people do, given the same levels of objective health and socio-economic status.
Body: Medicine
	Journal of General Internal Medicine, November 2009 (Vol. 24, No. 3)
		http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=52289 This special supplement presents nine articles dealing with issues relating to medical care for Hispanic-Americans
Body: Death and dying
	"Life Expectancy and Years Free of Activity Limitations, by Race and Sex --- United States, 2006", Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 1, 2011 (Vol. 60, No. 2)
		http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6012a7.htm?s_cid=mm6012a7_w%ED%AF%80%ED%B2%84, Free This stiudy shows both the total life expectancy and the number of years without significant limitations on activity. The difference, which is the number of years of disability, is greatest for black females and least for white males.
	United States Life Tables by Hispanic Origin
		U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, October 2010, Free http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02_152.pdf This report shows, based on data collected in 2006, that U.S. Hispanics have a life expectancy at birth of 80.6 years, which, despite their lower average socio-economic status, beats the life expectancy of non-Hispanic white Americans (78.1 years).
Body: Caregiving
	Goins, R. Turner, et al, "Adult Caregiving Among American Indians: The Role of Cultural Factors", Gerontologist, June 2011 (Vol. 51, No. 3)
		http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/51/3/310.abstract The authors' findings indicate that greater cultural identity and engagement in traditional healing practices are related to caregiving in American Indian populations.
	Rozario, Philip A., and DeRienzis, Daniel , "Familism Beliefs and Psychological Distress Among African American Women Caregivers", Gerontologist, December 2008 (Vol. 48)
		http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/6/772 Rosario and DeRienzis find that although familism (relying on traditionally accepted family role as-signments) is culturally and socially popular, traditional beliefs in the care-giving role can lead to negative psychological consequences for African American women caregivers.
	Williams, Sharon Wallace, "Predictors of Satisfaction for African-American and White Family Caregivers of Adult Care Home Residents", Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2008 (Vol. 27, No. 5)
		http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/5/568 This study examines satisfaction with care for African-American and white family caregivers of assisted living (adult care and family care homes) residents, finding that predictors of satisfaction differ by race.
Body: Other / general / not specified
	Choi, Sunha, "Longitudinal Changes in Access to Health Care by Immigrant Status Among Older Adults: The Importance of Health Insurance as a Mediator", Gerontologist, April 2011 (Vol. 51, No. 2)
		http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/51/2/156.abstract Choi finds that recent immigrants are less likely to have Medicare and private insurance over time; this is related to lower probabilities of having a usual source of care (an indirect relationship), though there is no direct relationship between immigrant status and having a usual source of care.