MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS IN BLACKS WITH SLE

这一修订后的拨款是应一项关于以下项目的建议提交的 美国少数民族人群的临床和流行病学研究 并研究了社会、营养和环境因素对 美国低收入黑人和白人全身性疾病活动情况 红斑狼疮(SLE)。 几乎所有检查系统性红斑狼疮流行病学的研究都观察到 黑人患者的发病率和死亡率。较低的社会经济地位 据信，这在一定程度上解释了这种差异。社会经济地位较低 与获得医疗保健机会减少等因素有关， 对疾病的了解不足，社会支持的可得性较低， 等等。其中许多都要遵守公共卫生和社会政策。 改善高危人群健康状况的战略。 提出了一项多中心横断面研究。该研究将证实 关于黑人患者和黑人患者发病率差异的先前观察 确定对公共卫生具有重要意义的潜在可更改因素 影响疾病活跃度。

This revised grant is submitted in response to a request for proposals on clinical and epidemiologic research on minority populations of the U.S. and studies the effect of social, nutritional and environmental factors on disease activity among low-income American Blacks and Whites with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Nearly all studies examining the epidemiology of SLE have observed higher morbidity and mortality for black patients. Lower socioeconomic status is believed to explain this discrepancy, in part. Lower socioeconomic status is associated with factors such as diminished access to health care, inadequate knowledge of disease, less availability of social supports, etc. Many of these are amenable to public health and social policy strategies to improve health status in high-risk populations. A multicentered cross-sectional study is proposed. The study will confirm previous observations on the discrepant morbidity of black patients and identify potentially modifiable factors of public health importance which affect disease activity.