Tag: study
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The Latehomecomer Study Guide
Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Kao Kalia Yang’s The Latehomecomer. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world’s best literature guides. Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong … Read Full Article
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Case Study — Community Collaboration During COVID-19: Reaching Hmong and Latino Residents in a Rural Setting
In rural north central Wisconsin, messaging about the COVID-19 pandemic was not consistently reaching the Hmong and Latino communities. A group of local and state organizations are working together to … Read Full Article
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UW Health focuses on diversity for COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial
As UW Health and the University of Wisconsin begin scheduling participants for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine study, experts and leaders are focused on equity and inclusion to ensure a diverse … Read Full Article
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UW Health, UW-Madison: Focus on diversity for COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial
As UW Health and the University of Wisconsin begin scheduling participants for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine study, experts and leaders are focused on equity and inclusion to ensure a diverse … Read Full Article
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Study gauges specific site stomach cancer risks among ethnic groups
Non-white Americans, especially Asian Americans, are at disproportionately higher risk for gastric cancer compared to non-Hispanic white Americans. A new study breaks down this risk according to … Read Full Article
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Race divides Minnesota parents’ views on schools reopening
State education study shows doubts in Black, Latinx, and Asian communities about the safety of sending kids back to school during the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Article
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Finding City’s Most Integrated Neighborhoods
The city’s rank was up from second in 2000, even as its Brookings-defined “segregation index” improved. The study found that 79.8 percent of the area’s Black residents would need to relocate to fully … Read Full Article
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Asian American voter numbers are growing, but they often don’t get the info they need
Asian Americans are the fastest-growing group of the nation’s eligible voters, a study shows. Six out of 10 Asians in the U.S. will be able to vote in November’s presidential election. Of those voters … Read Full Article
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Study reveals rich genetic diversity of Vietnam
In a new paper, Dang Liu, Mark Stoneking and colleagues have analyzed newly generated genome-wide SNP data for the Kinh and 21 additional ethnic groups in Vietnam, encompassing all five major language … Read Full Article
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MN-based study: Intensive mental health therapy can help heal refugees fleeing war
The center also employs Karen workers. Hmong mental healthNew generation pushes concerns into the light Making such a study ethical is another challenge. Three independent ethical review boards … Read Full Article
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The Education Data Portal: Making federal data accessible to study ‘small’ student populations
They do not tell us everything we want to know about students and schools. And they group students into broad categories such as “Asian” or “Hispanic” that don’t allow analysts to understand the … Read Full Article
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UC violates civil rights of disadvantaged students by requiring SAT for admission, lawsuits say
One study found that SAT test scores were lower in high schools with high percentages of students of Hmong and Filipino backgrounds compared to those with Chinese Americans. “These tests are a barrier … Read Full Article
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University of California violates civil rights of disadvantaged applicants by requiring SAT, lawsuits say
One study found that SAT test scores were lower in high schools with high percentages of students of Hmong and Filipino backgrounds compared to those with Chinese Americans. “These tests are a barrier … Read Full Article
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Blastomycosis outbreaks help researchers discover different treatment options
The outbreak in Marathon County in 2009 was crucial in their study because it heavily impacted the Hmong community. Which gave researchers more data from a more diverse population. “This is really … Read Full Article