Black Male Education Research Collection

Black Male Education Research Collection

Physical Health (PH)

Life expectancy gain due to employment status depends on race, gender, education, and their intersections

Assari, S. (2018). Life expectancy gain due to employment status depends on race, gender, education, and their intersections. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities,5(2), 375-386. PURPOSE: Despite the well-established health effects of socioeconomic status (SES), SES resources such as employment may differently influence health outcomes across sub-populations. This study… read more 

Relationship Between Aerobic Fitness, the Serum IGF-1 Profiles of Healthy Young Adult African American Males, and Growth of Prostate Cancer Cells

Sridhar, R., Bond, V., Dunmore-Griffith, J., Cousins, V. M., Zhang, R., & Millis, R. M. (2017). Relationship between aerobic fitness, the serum IGF-1 profiles of healthy young adult african american males, and growth of prostate cancer cells. American Journal of Men’s Health,11(1), 92-98. The growth of prostate tumors is mediated… read more 

African-American Fathers’ Perspectives on Facilitators and Barriers to Father–Son Sexual Health Communication

Randolph, S. D., Coakley, T., Shears, J., & Thorpe, R. J. (2017). African‐American fathers’ perspectives on facilitators and barriers to Father–Son sexual health communication.Research in Nursing & Health, 40(3), 229-236. African-American males ages 13 through 24 are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), accounting… read more