ReviewAnnual review of public health2016
Visible and Invisible Trends in Black Men's Health: Pitfalls and Promises for Addressing Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Inequities in Health.
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112 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 196 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Healthy Weight and Cardiovascular Health Promotion Interventions for Adolescent and Young Adult Males of Color: A Systematic Review.American journal of men's health · 2018Pooled it
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- Lessons learned in recruiting and retaining Black men in behavioral diabetes intervention research.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- Breaking the silence: understanding the unique burden on informal Black male dementia caregivers.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Enhancing health attitudes and information engagement among African American men using an online health education intervention.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2025Article
- Childhood adversity and racial discrimination forecast suicidal and death ideation among emerging adult Black men: A longitudinal analysis.Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Over the past two decades, there has been growing interest in improving black men's health and the health disparities affecting them. Yet, the health of black men consistently ranks lowest across nearly all groups in the United States. Evidence on the health and social causes of morbidity and mortality among black men has been narrowly concentrated on public health problems (e.g., violence, prostate cancer, and HIV/AIDS) and determinants of health (e.g., education and male gender socialization). This limited focus omits age-specific leading causes of death and other social determinants of health, such as discrimination, segregation, access to health care, employment, and income. This review discusses the leading causes of death for black men and the associated risk factors, as well as identifies gaps in the literature and presents a racialized and gendered framework to guide efforts to address the persistent inequities in health affecting black men.
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