Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

observational 2026

Profiling Sociodemographic Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes of Women with Endometrial Cancer in Puerto Rico: The Central Role of Obesity and Obstetric Features

doi:10.1007/s40615-024-02267-8 ·PMID:39833653

INTRODUCTION: Incidence of endometrial cancer (EC) in Hispanic/Latina (H/L) women are higher compared to other race/ethnicities in the United States. EC is the third most common cancer and the fourth cause of cancer-related deaths in Puerto…

qualitative 2025

Black Women's Response to the Dismissal and Normalization of their Chronic Pelvic Pain

doi:10.1007/s40615-025-02765-3 ·PMID:41359263

BACKGROUND: Female Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP) is a common, complex, and multifactorial disease that is associated with a number of non-gynecologic and gynecologic conditions. The physical symptoms associated with CPP can contribute to emotio…

observational 2025

Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Rates of Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Evaluation of Endometriosis in Adolescents with Pelvic Pain: a Retrospective Cohort Study

doi:10.1007/s40615-025-02763-5 ·PMID:41326947

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis often presents in adolescence as chronic pelvic pain (CPP) or dysmenorrhea. Research in adults demonstrates non-White race is associated with delayed surgical diagnosis of endometriosis; however, inequity in adolesc…

observational 2018

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Pregnancy Rates Following Intrauterine Insemination with a Focus on American Indians

doi:10.1007/s40615-017-0456-8 ·PMID:29318510

BACKGROUND: No research exists on American Indian pregnancy rates following infertility treatment. Most racial/ethnic fertility research has focused on pregnancy following in vitro fertilization, with only rare studies looking at intrauteri…