OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Ethnicity & Health is 2. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 cases in US counties: roles of racial/ethnic density and residential segregation	55
Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States: a county-level analysis as of November 2020	53
The impact of COVID-19 among Black women: evaluating perspectives and sources of information	52
Testing three explanations for stigmatization of people of Asian descent during COVID-19: maladaptive coping, biased media use, or racial prejudice?	50
Confronting COVID-19 in under-resourced, African American neighborhoods: a qualitative study examining community member and stakeholders’ perceptions	46
‘Essential and undervalued: health disparities of African American women in the COVID-19 era’	35
Exploring a rural Latino community’s perception of the COVID-19 pandemic	34
Race, ethnicity and COVID-19 vaccination: a qualitative study of UK healthcare staff	34
Coronavirus stigmatization and psychological distress among Asians in the United States	28
Medical mistrust among women with intersecting marginalized identities: a scoping review	20
Psychosocial determinants of colorectal Cancer screening uptake among African-American men: understanding the role of masculine role norms, medical mistrust, and normative support	18
Decision-making, barriers, and facilitators regarding cervical cancer screening participation among Turkish and Moroccan women in the Netherlands: a focus group study	17
Social isolation in Asian Americans: risks associated with socio-demographic, health, and immigration factors	17
Sexual and reproductive health knowledge, perceptions and experiences of women in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study	17
Association of lifestyle behaviors with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and advanced fibrosis detected by transient elastography among Hispanic/Latinos adults in the U.S.	16
Stress and perceived discrimination among the Arab population in Israel: the mediation role of the perceived COVID-19 threat and trust in the healthcare system	15
Adverse childhood experiences and mental health conditions among multiracial adolescents	14
What do women want? Migrant and refugee women’s preferences for the delivery of sexual and reproductive healthcare and information	14
Enhancing patient participation of older migrant cancer patients: needs, barriers, and eHealth	14
Socioeconomic status and colorectal cancer screening behaviors in a vulnerable multiethnic population	13
Engagement of Latino immigrant men who have sex with men for HIV prevention through eHealth: preferences across social media platforms	12
Exploring the impact of cultural beliefs in the self-management of type 2 diabetes among Black sub-Saharan Africans in the UK – a qualitative study informed by the PEN-3 cultural model	11
Gendered racism, anxiety, and depression: the mediating roles of gendered racialized stress and social isolation	11
The association between Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, health access, and mental health: the role of discrimination, medical mistrust, and stigma	11
‘They should walk with you’: the perspectives of African Americans living with hypertension and their family members on disease self-management	10

Psychological distress across intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, and marital status during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Intersectional invisibility experiences of low-income African-American women in healthcare encounters	9
Empiric evidence of ethnic disparities in coronavirus positivity in Washington State	9
Social determinants of hypertension and diabetes among African immigrants: the African immigrants health study	9
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of migrants and refugees settled in Spain	9
Associations between perceived racial discrimination, racial residential segregation, and cancer screening adherence among low-income African Americans: a multilevel, cross-sectional analysis	8
Crisis at the intersection of four countries: healthcare access for displaced persons in the Lake Chad Basin region	8
Is HPV vaccine awareness associated with HPV knowledge level? Findings from HINTS data across racial/ethnic groups in the US	8
Perceptions of COVID-19-related risk and mortality among ethnically diverse healthcare professionals in the UK	8
Resilience and diabetes self-management among African-American men receiving primary care at an urban safety-net hospital: a cross-sectional survey	8
Health care utilization among Middle Eastern, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian immigrants in the United States: an application of Andersen’s behavioral model	8
Clinical and cost-effectiveness of telehealth for Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people: a scoping review	8
Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and obesity parameters with blood pressure: fitness and fatness in youth Latin-American ethnic minority	7
Acculturation and leisure-time physical activity among Asian American adults in the United States	7
Impact of pre-migration assets and pre-migration trauma on acculturative stress among recent Latinx immigrant young adults	7
The influence of Latino cultural values on the perceived caregiver role of family members with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias	7
Actions needed to promote health equity and the mental health of Canada’s Black refugees	7
‘Diabetes doesn’t matter as long as we’re keeping traditions alive’: a qualitative study exploring the knowledge and awareness of Type 2 diabetes and related risk factors amongst the young Punjabi Sik	7
US public charge policy and Latinx immigrants’ thoughts about health and healthcare utilization	7
The impact of cultural stress and gender norms on alcohol use severity among Latino immigrant men	7
Psychosocial factors related to Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Young African American Women: a systematic review	6
‘He is just getting old, you know’: the role of cultural and health beliefs in shaping the help-seeking process of family members caring for persons with dementia in Vietnam	6
SNAP participation moderates the association between household food insecurity and HbA1c among Cambodian Americans with depression	6
Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Indian tribal population: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Black women’s experiences with professional accompaniment at prenatal appointments	6
Disparities in awareness of the HPV vaccine and HPV-associated cancers among racial/ethnic minority populations: 2018 HINTS	6
Community perspectives of barriers indigenous women face in accessing maternal health care services in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh	6
Black mothers’ birthing experiences: in search of birthing justice	5
Association between race/color and incidence of hypertension in the ELSA-Brasil population: investigating the mediation of racial discrimination and socioeconomic position	5
Interventions to prevent or manage obesity in Māori and Pacific adults: a systematic review and narrative synthesis	5
Conceptualising mental illness among University students of African, Caribbean and similar ethnic heritage in the United Kingdom	5
Racial differences in the association of accelerated aging with future cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: the coronary artery risk development in young adults study, 2007–2018	5
Trust in physicians, health insurance, and health care utilization among Chinese older immigrants	5
Dementia literacy of racially minoritized people in a Chinese society: a qualitative study among South Asian migrants in Hong Kong	5
Racial and ethnic disparities in cervical and breast cancer screenings by nativity and length of U.S. residence	5
Arthritis, physical function, and disability among older Mexican Americans over 23 years of follow-up	5
Experiences of midlife and older African American men living with type 2 diabetes	5
Cardiovascular disease risk factors and health behaviors of ultra-Orthodox Jewish women in Israel: a comparison study	5
‘The only way out’: how self-care is conceptualized by Black women	5
HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening promotion among Black individuals: social ecological perspectives from key informants interviews	5
Ethnicity, nativity, and the effects of stereotypes on cardiovascular health among people of African ancestry in the United States: internal versus external sources of racism	4
Cancer screening educational interventions in rural and farmworker communities: a systematic literature review	4
‘It absolutely needs to move out of that structure’: Māori with bipolar disorder identify structural barriers and propose solutions to reform the New Zealand mental health system	4
Stakeholders’ perspectives on system-level barriers to and facilitators of HPV vaccination among Hispanic migrant farmworkers	4
The role of stress responses on engagement in dietary and physical activity behaviors among Latino adults living with prediabetes	4
The intersection of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status: inequalities in breast and cervical cancer mortality in 20,665,005 adult women from the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort	4
Systematic review of randomised controlled trials on interventions aimed at promoting colorectal cancer screening amongst ethnic minorities	4
Planning and implementing a targeted polio vaccination campaign for Somali mobile populations in Northeastern Kenya based on migration and settlement patterns	4
Associations between physical activity and functional limitations in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander middle-aged and older adults in the United States	3
Racial differences in persistence to secondary prevention medication regimens after ischemic stroke	3

Social networks, perceived social support, and HbA1c in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in urban Ghana	3
Acculturative stress, stigma, and mental health challenges: emic perspectives from Somali young adults in San Diego county’s ‘Little Mogadishu’	3
Perspectives of culturally and linguistically diverse families in the management of children with type 1 diabetes in Western Australia	3
Post-immigration factors affecting retention in HIV care and viral suppression in Latin American and Caribbean immigrant populations in the United States: a systematic review	3
Concurrent sexual partnerships and HIV testing among heterosexual Black men in Ontario, Canada: findings from the weSpeak study	3
Moderate physical activity and healthy eating habits among older African American women with diabetes and hypertension: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators	3
Mobile health technology for hypertension management with Hmong and Latino adults: mixed-methods community-based participatory research	3
Predicting adoption of colorectal cancer screening among Korean Americans using a decision tree model	3
First-generation Nigerian mothers living in the UK and their experience of postnatal depression: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	3
Perceptions of electronic cigarettes among ethno-culturally diverse Latino adults in four US urban centers	3
Diverse demands and resources among racially/ethnically diverse caregivers	3
The impact of racial discrimination on the health of Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review	3
Physical health conditions of the Amish and intervening social mechanisms: an exhaustive narrative review	3
Exploring physical activity experiences, barriers, and facilitators among individuals of South Asian heritage living with and beyond cancer	3
Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions on cognitive function among non-demented African American and Latino older adults in the USA: a scoping review	3
Qualitative assessment of attitudes toward cervical cancer (CC) screening and HPV self-sampling among African American (AA) and Sub Saharan African Immigrant (SAI) women	3
Caregiver strain among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic male caregivers with self-reported chronic health conditions	3
Physical and mental health quality of life among underserved African American and Latino older adults	2
Individual, interpersonal, and organisational factors associated with discrimination in medical decisions affecting people with a migration background with mental health problems: the case of general	2
Understanding the types of racism and its effect on mental health among Muslim women in Victoria	2
Gender, race/skin colour and incidence of hypertension in ELSA-Brasil: an intersectional approach	2
‘We are suffering. Nothing is changing.’ Black mother's experiences, communication, and support in the neonatal intensive care unit in the United States: A Qualitative Study	2
Perceived racial discrimination and mental distress in older Korean Americans: the moderating role of ethnic resources	2
Association of physical activity levels and brain white matter in older Latino adults	2
The impact of ethnicity on chronic hepatitis B infection course and outcome: big data analysis from Israel	2
Racial/ethnic differences in social support and health among Asian American and non-Hispanic White midlife women: Results from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)	2
Cancer incidence in indigenous populations of Western Amazon, Brazil	2
Ethnic heterogeneity in body composition patterning and CVD risk factors: a multi-ethnic study of Asian Indian Tribes	2
Depression impairment among young adult college students: exploring the racial paradox	2
Superwoman schema: uncovering repercussions of coping strategies used among Black women at high risk for HIV	2
Race-specific associations between psychological distress and obesity: the role of social cohesion	2
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) knowledge in Korean Americans: identifying knowledge gaps and misconceptions and examining predictors of AD knowledge	2
Physical activity amongst culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia: a scoping review	2
‘I worked until my body was broken’: an ethnomedical model of chronic pain among North Korean refugee women	2
Perceptions and experiences of prostate cancer patients in a public tertiary hospital in urban South Africa	2
Vaccine perceptions among Black adults with long COVID	2
Perceptions, experiences, and preferences for partner services among Black and Latino men who have sex with men and transwomen in North Carolina	2