Tag: Sean A. Valles

  • Census categories for mixed race and mixed ethnicity: impacts on data collection and analysis in the US, UK and NZ Public Health Published online: 2015-02-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.12.017 S. A. Valles, Assistant Professor Lyman Briggs College and Department of Philosophy Michigan State University R. S. Bhopal, Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health;Honorary Consultant in…

  • MSU scholar says medical recommendations should go beyond race Michigan State University News 2012-10-23 Andy McGlashen, Media Communications Sean Valles, assistant professor in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Philosophy, says race-based medical advice is often misleading and harmful. Photo by G.L. Kohuth. EAST LANSING, Mich. — Medical organizations that make race-based recommendations are…

  • Should people’s ethnicity matter in their medical treatment? OnCentral Southern California Public Radio 2012-10-24 José Martinez Chances are, medical research has found that your ethnicity makes you more likely to have certain conditions or diseases. For Latinos, it’s diabetes. For black folks, it’s high blood pressure. For white people, it’s cystic fibrosis. For Asian women,…

  • Heterogeneity of risk within racial groups, a challenge for public health programs Preventive Medicine Volume 55, Issue 5, November 2012 Pages 405–408 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.08.022 Sean A. Valles, Assistant Professor Lyman Briggs College, Michigan State University Targeting high-risk populations for public health interventions is a classic tool of public health promotion programs. This practice becomes thornier…