Balancing environmental and genetic factors for alcoholism in the black community: implications for social work practice [0.03%]
非洲裔美国人中酒精成瘾的环境与遗传因素及其在社会工作实践中的启示
Cudore L Snell,Julie Guyot
Cudore L Snell
This article discusses the importance and relevance of balancing environmental and genetic factors for understanding alcoholism in the Black community. Studies are reviewed and myths dispelled to highlight the need for addressing the histor...
The confluence of human genomics, environment, and determinants of health-related quality of life among African American hemodialysis patients [0.03%]
美国非洲裔血液透析患者基因组、环境和健康相关生活质量决定因素的汇聚效应研究
Claudie J Thomas
Claudie J Thomas
The intersection of human genome sequencing, environmental factors that lend to further understanding of the etiology of complex diseases, and components that constitute the health-related quality of life for African American hemodialysis p...
Brenda J Norman,Sheila D Miller
Brenda J Norman
Sickle cell disease is one of the most common genetic blood disorders in the United States that affects 1 in every 375 African Americans. Sickle cell disease is an inherited condition caused by abnormal hemoglobin in the red blood cells. Th...
An education model for integrating genetics and genomics into social work practice [0.03%]
遗传学和基因组学在社会工作实践中的整合教育模式
Sheridan Quarless Kingsberry,Elijah Mickel,Stephen G Wartel et al.
Sheridan Quarless Kingsberry et al.
Findings from the Human Genome Project (HGP) suggest that tremendous opportunities exist for increased life expectancies and improved quality of life. The findings also raise enormous concerns about ethical, legal, and psychosocial implicat...
African Americans and genetic research, risk versus benefit: implications for the profession of social work [0.03%]
非洲裔美国人与基因研究:风险和效益及对社会工作专业的启示
Norma Gray Jones,Jesse J Harris
Norma Gray Jones
The Human Genome Project was a 13-year study with great potential for improving the health of the current generation and extending the life of future generations. Genetic research, though showing potential for good, may also result in socie...
Human genomics: challenges for African Americans and policy implications for direct social work practice [0.03%]
人类基因组学:非洲裔美国人的挑战以及直接社会工作实务中的政策含义
Louise M Walton
Louise M Walton
Recent advancements in the scientific study of the human genome may benefit African Americans through increased knowledge of the causes and cures for diseases that disproportionately affect them. Other potential benefits are far reaching an...
Cultural competency, human genomics, and the elimination of health disparities [0.03%]
文化素养、人类基因组和消除健康差异
Pat Matthews-Juarez,Paul D Juarez
Pat Matthews-Juarez
It is unclear what impact human genomics research will have on the nation's efforts to close the gap in health disparities between and among racial/ethnic and disadvantaged groups. The literature suggests that understanding socio-economic a...
Marlene Saunders
Marlene Saunders
Having mapped the human genome, the Human Genome Project maintains that certain genes can be linked to specific diseases and certain forms of human behavior. This breakthrough, it is hoped, will lead to the effective treatment, even the eli...
Elijah Mickel,Sheila D Miller
Elijah Mickel
The integration of the human genome with the African personality should be viewed as an interdependent whole. The African personality, for purposes of this article, comprises Black experiences, Negritude, and an Africa-centered axiology and...
Human genome. Introduction [0.03%]
人类基因组。概述
Sheila D Miller
Sheila D Miller