Minority Student Organization at GSPH

Join us tonight for a Halloweeen inspired Netflix Watch Party.
We will are watching the horror movie “The Binding” on Netflix via TeleParty (Netflix Party)

Teleparty Invite

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We are READY to carve pumpkins tomorrow 🎃👻🎃 swing by even if you didn’t RSVP and enjoy the company and snacks and cider!!!!

MSO at the Minority Student Mixer tonight 💗

MSO had a great afternoon spending time with the lovely residents at Presbyterian SeniorCare today!

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited red blood cell disorder where red blood cells become rigid and shaped like crescent moons. SCD is the most common inherited blood disorder in the U.S. It primarily affects African-Americans (1 in 365) and Hispanic Americans (1 in 16,300). It is a chronic condition that can cause severe pain, organ damage, or even stroke.

(FDA, 2018)

In 2010, African American men were 25X more likely to die by homicide than white men & African American women were 4.5X more likely to die by homicide than white women.

(CDC, 2013)

1 in 14 African American infants are born in this country are considered to be low birth weight. This means they weigh less than 2,500 grams (5 lbs 8 oz). This is almost double the rate of low birth weight infants born to white women. (https://www.marchofdimes.org/complications/low-birthweight.aspx)

Low birthweight Low birthweight is when a baby is born weighing less than 5 pounds, 8 ounces. Premature birth and fetal growth retriction are the most common causes of low birthweight.

Gomez et al. found that "US-born Asian women have incidence rates of invasive breast cancer nearly 2-fold higher than do
foreign-born Asian women". In the US, there is a strong environmental influence on cancer risk.

Gomez, S. L., PhD., Quach, T., PhD., Horn-Ross, P., Pham, J. T., M.P.H., Cockburn, M., PhD., Chang, E. T., PhD., . . . Clarke, C. A., PhD. (2010). Hidden breast cancer disparities in asian women: Disaggregating incidence rates by ethnicity and migrant status. American Journal of Public Health, 100, S125-31.

According to the National Nutritional and Health Survey Examinations, an estimated 1.25 million Asian American Pacific Islanders live with a Hepatitis B Virus infection. Rates of Hepatitis B infection remain high in this community because many emigrate from HBV endemic areas. Liver cancer caused by HBV remains one of the most neglected chronic health conditions for Asian American Pacific Islanders.

Lee, H., & Baik, S.-Y. (2009, 12 December). Health disparities or data disparities: sampling issues in hepatitis B Virus infection among Asian American Pacific Islander studies. Applied Nursing Research, 24(2), 9-15.