JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION VOL. 101, NO. 06, JUNE 2009
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Creating a Segregated Medical Profession: African American Physicians and Organized Medicine, 1846-1910
Robert B. Baker, PhD; Harriet A. Washington; Ololade Olakanmi; Todd L. Savitt, PhD; Elizabeth A. Jacobs, MD, MPP; Eddie Hoover, MD; Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH; for the Writing Group on the History of African
Americans and the Medical Profession
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Segregation, Civil Rights, and Health Disparities: The Legacy of African American Physicians and Organized Medicine, 1910-1968
Harriet A. Washington; Robert B. Baker, PhD; Ololade Olakanmi; Todd L. Savitt, PhD; Elizabeth A. Jacobs, MD, MPP; Eddie Hoover, MD; Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH; for the Writing Group on the History of African
Americans and the Medical Profession
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Variations in Breast Cancer Screening and Health Behaviors by Age and Race Among Attendees of Women’s Health Clinics
Diane B. Wilson, EdD; Donna McClish, PhD; Kelly Tracy, PhD; John Quillin, PhD; Resa Jones, PhD; and Joann Bodurtha, MD
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Cardiovascular Disease in African American Women: A Health Care Disparities Issue
Richard Allen Williams, MD
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Factors Associated With Cervical Cancer Screening Compliance and Noncompliance among Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodian Women
Grace X. Ma, PhD; Jamil I. Toubbeh, PhD; Min Qi Wang, PhD; Steven E. Shive, PhD; Leslie Cooper, PhD, MPH, BSN, RN; Anny Pham, BA, MSW(c)
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A Pilot Trial of Spirituality Counseling for Weight Loss Maintenance in African American Breast Cancer Survivors
Zora Djuric, PhD; Josephine Mirasolo, RD; LaVern Kimbrough, MA; Diane R. Brown, PhD; Lance K. Heilbrun, PhD; Lisa Canar, ND; Raghu Venkatranamamoorthy, MEng; Michael S. Simon, MD
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Racial Disparity in the Clinical Determinants and Outcomes of Cesarean Hysterectomy
Anthony N. Imudia, MD; Awoniyi O. Awonuga, MBBS; Tarek Dbouk, MD; Sanjeev Kumar, MD; Marcos Cordoba, MD; Michael P. Diamond, MD; Ray O. Bahado-Singh, MD
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Perinatal Outcomes in Nutritionally Monitored Obese Pregnant Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Yvonne S. Thornton, MD, MPH; Claudia Smarkola, PhD; Sharon M. Kopacz, MD; Sabriya B. Ishoof, MD
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Fetal Outcome Following Cesarean Section in a University Teaching Hospital
Ben Onankpa, MBBS, FWACP; Bissallah Ekele, MBBS, FWACS
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Maternal Prepregnancy Underweight and Risk of Early and Late Stillbirth in Black and White Gravidas
Hamisu M. Salihu, MD, PhD; Alfred K. Mbah, PhD; Amina P. Alio, PhD; O’Neil Lynch, MS; Deanna Wathington, MD; Jennifer L. Kornosky, MSPH
588Calcium Supplement Use by African American Women
Carl V. Tyler Jr, MD, MS; Stephen J. Zyzanski, PhD; Michelle Berkley, MSN, CNP; Vanessa Panaite, BA
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A Review of Clinical Pattern and Outcome of Vesicovaginal Fistula
Ajenifuja Kayode Olusegun, MBBS, FWACS; Adepiti C. Akinfolarin, MBChB; Loto M. Olabisi, MBChB, FMCOG
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Barriers to Blood Pressure Control as Reported by African American Patients
Randy Wexler MD, MPH, FAAFP; Terry Elton PhD, FAHA; Adam Pleister MD; David Feldman MD, PhD, FACC
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Treatment Options for Hepatitis C and the Rationale for Low Response Rates in African Americans
Cheu Manka, MA; Ralph Gomes, PhD; Rebecca Reviere, PhD; Clarence Lee, PhD
EDITORIALS
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The Tragedy of Childbirth Vesicovaginal Fistula: Time for Action
Michael K. Lindsay MD, MPH
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Willarda V. Edwards, MD, MBA
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J. James Rohack, MD
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The Presidents Drs Carolyn Britton, MD, MS, of the NMA and Nancy Nielsen, MD, PhD, of the AMA: An Interview
George A. Dawson, MD
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A Shared Commitment to Ending Disparities in Care
Willarda V. Edwards, MD, MBA; J. James Rohack, MD
CASE REPORTS
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Uterine Leiomyoma in an Adolescent Female
James D. Perkins, MD; Randall S. Hines, MD; Donald S. Prior, MD
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Manifestations of Cutaneous Sarcoidosis: A Case Report of an African American Woman
Jing X. Zhang, BS; Joseph F. Kerbleski, MD; Alice B. Gottlieb, MD, PhD
INFOPOEMS
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Prepregnancy or Gestational Diabetes Increases Risk of Perinatal Depression
Imaging Nonspecific Back Pain Does Not Improve Outcomes
Financial Incentives to Patients Improve Smoking Quit Rates
Bursa Injection No Better Than Systemic Steroid for Rotator Cuff
ASA Prevents Colorectal Adenomas
Applied Behavior Intervention = Standard Care in Autism
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Women’s Sexual Health; Empowering African American Women and Teenage Girls with the Facts
Michelle Collins-Ogle, MD, FAAP
BOOK REVIEW
625Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Straightforward Advice from a Gynecologist By Ngozi Osuagwu
Debra Rose Wilson, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT; Cathy A. Cooper, EdD, MSN, RN
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