Special Issue: Challenges,Disparities and Experiences of African American Males

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Bennett, M.D. , Hall, J. , Frazier, L. , Patel, N. , Barker, L. , & Shaw, K. ( 2006). Homicide of children aged 0-4 years, 2003-04: Results from the National Violent Death Reporting System. Injury Prevention , 12, 39-43.

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Hefferman, K.S. , Jae, S.Y. , Wilund, K.R. , Woods, J.A. , & Fernhall, B. ( 2008). Racial differences in central blood pressure and vascular function in young men. American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 295(6), 2380-2387.

Holzer, H.J. , Raphael, S. , & Stoll, M.A. ( 2006). Trends in the employment outcomes of young Black men, 1979-2000. In R. B. Mincy (Ed.), Black males left behind (pp. 11-38). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.

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Liburd, L.C. , Namageyo-Funa, A. , Jack, L. , & Gregg, E. ( 2004). Views from within and beyond: Illness narratives of African American men with type2 diabetes. Diabetes Spectrum, 17(4), 219-224.

Mincy, R.B. , Charles, E. , Lewis, J. , & Han, W.J. ( 2006). Left behind: Less educated young black men in the economic boom of the 1990s. In R. B. Mincy (Ed.), Black males left behind (pp. 1-10). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.

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Western, B. , & Pettit, B. ( 2005). Black-white wage inequality, employment rates, and incarceration . American Journal of Sociology, 111(2), 553-578.

Woods, V.D. , Montgomery, S.B. , Belliard, J.C. , Johnson, J.R. , & Wilson, C.M. ( 2004). Culture, Black men, and prostate cancer: What is reality? Cancer Control, 11(6), 388-396.