Association Between Neighborhood Cohesion and Cancer Screening Utilization in Chinese American Older Adults.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We assessed trends in infant mortality for Arabic-speakers in Quebec, Canada between 1981 and 2017. METHODS:We computed infant mortality rates for Arabic versus French and English-speakers in Quebec over time. We used adjusted risk ratios (aRR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) to investigate trends among A...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Bolster-Foucault C,Bilodeau-Bertrand M,Djeha A,Auger N

更新日期：2020-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patient-physician language discordance is associated with worse quality of healthcare for patients with limited English proficiency. Patients with language-discordant physicians have more problems understanding medical situations. The impact of patient-physician language concordance on lifestyle counseling am...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Eamranond PP,Davis RB,Phillips RS,Wee CC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-gamma release assays have potentially been transformative to screening programs focused on latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in foreign-born persons. We sought to add to this assessment by presenting the impact of a well-established refugee screening and treatment program switching from skin testing to Q...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Walters JK,Sullivan AD

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to assess prevalence and factors associated with binge drinking, cannabis use and tobacco use among ethnic Norwegians and ethnic minority adolescents in Oslo. We used data from a school-based cross-sectional survey of adolescents in junior- and senior high schools in Oslo, Norway. The particip...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Abebe DS,Hafstad GS,Brunborg GS,Kumar BN,Lien L

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BRCA 1/BRCA2 founder mutations have been documented among Ashkenazi Jews. Little is known about cancer rates and cancer-related health behaviors among an insular subset of this population, Orthodox Jews. The goal of this study was estimate the risk of breast and ovarian among the Orthodox Jewish population. We used ge...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Tkatch R,Schwartz K,Shore RD,Penner LA,Simon MS,Albrecht TL

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the physical health status of immigrants with specific considerations of Asian and Hispanic populations and explores possible mechanisms through which health outcomes of interest can be explained. Analyses of the National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS) of 2000 and 2001 revealed that foreign-born i...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Huh J,Prause JA,Dooley CD

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main aim of this study was to compare fertility in minor (Sunnah) and major (Shia) religious groups of Iran after matching the two groups by some confounding factors. 12,099 data of population and census survey of Iran in 2011 in two provinces of Guilan and Kurdistan were used in this study. Propensity scoring mat...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Rad EH,Tavakkoli M,Moghadamnia MT,Ghanbari A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health disparities among Latinos have been associated with acculturation, but there is a lack of consensus about how acculturation variables translate into health beliefs that can be used to target attitude and behavior change interventions. Transcripts from three qualitative studies including 64 Latino immigrant adul...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Villar ME,Concha M,Zamith R

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In several European countries, including Belgium, the rapid ageing of the migrant population has emerged only recently on the political agenda. The aim of this literature review is threefold. Firstly, it provides a review of the available studies on the accessibility and use of institutional care services by Moroccan ...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Ahaddour C,van den Branden S,Broeckaert B

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Garden-based nutrition programs are used to address food access and nutrition in low-income communities. In urban immigrant communities, food-growing practices may be shaped by environmental and cultural factors, and may not reflect the assumptions behind these curricula. Built-environment research was adapted to deve...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Buchthal O,Nelson-Hurwitz D,Hsu L,Byers M,Banna J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immigrants depend on within-group social networks for social support during the acculturation process. Within-group social networks are linked to higher mutual concern and reciprocity, lower acculturative stress, and lower depression among immigrants Studies are limited, however, about immigrants' social support in th...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Bhattacharya G

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine interactional styles of general practitioners (GPs) in consultations with Dutch patients as compared to ethnic minority patients, from the perspective of level of mutual understanding between patient and GP. Data of 103 transcripts of video-registered medical interviews were analyz...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Schouten BC,Meeuwesen L,Harmsen HA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to obesogenic environments in the U.S. may foster development of overweight in immigrants with greater acculturation. Few studies document mechanisms of the acculturation process from immigrants' own perspectives or describe implications on the children of immigrants. Focus groups and in-depth interviews were...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Sussner KM,Lindsay AC,Greaney ML,Peterson KE

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are only limited reports on Punjabi's health status in Malaysia. This cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (Mets) and its risk factors among 277 subjects recruited from the Malaysian Punjabi community. Overall prevalence of Mets was 43%, but 61% among females. Subjects classified w...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Kaur S,Yim HS,Abdul Jalil R,Mohd-Yusof BN,Jan Mohamed HJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper, part of a larger epidemiological study carried out between 2004 and 2010, analyzed immigrants frequenting the largest Apulian regional hospital (Bari Policlinico). Our aim was to evaluate the perception on the part of undocumented immigrants of their rights of access to the National Health Care services an...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Brindicci G,Trillo G,Santoro CR,Volpe A,Monno L,Angarano G

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the impact of acculturative stress and social support (family and friend) on psychological distress among Asian American immigrants and three Asian sub-groups (Vietnamese, Filipino and Chinese) immigrants. The National Latino and Asian American Study 2002-2003 dataset was used. The study findings w...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Singh S,McBride K,Kak V

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite high overweight/obesity rates in children of Australian immigrants, the risk factors are unknown. We investigated behavioural risk factors and their association with overweight/obesity in 4-11 year-old children by immigrant status. We conducted cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of 8 years data from the...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Zulfiqar T,Strazdins L,Dinh H,Banwell C,D'Este C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine how socioeconomic status (SES) and race affect parents' initial response (IR) to their child's mental illness (MI) including 1. Parental confidant(s); 2. Lag time in professional help-seeking; and 3. Referral source. 70 parents of patients new to a Child Psychiatry clinic completed a survey to assess their ...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Alleyne S,Smotherman C,Lukens-Bull K,Gautam S,Fallucco E

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the determinants of self-reported general health status among different Asian ethnic subgroups. Using a community-based participatory research approach, we designed, administered, and analyzed a cross-sectional survey of 705 Asians (292 Chinese, 226 Korean, 187 Vietnamese) in the Portland, Oregon...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Maty SC,Leung H,Lau C,Kim G

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scarce data exist on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by asylum seekers in Switzerland and their perception of discrimination. A cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence and type of CAM used by asylum seekers in one region of Switzerland and evaluated their self-perceived discrimination. Am...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Walthert L,Bodenmann P,Burnand B,Rodondi PY

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to describe the proportion of HIV testing among an African immigrant population in Portugal and identify the socio-demographic factors that may be associated. A questionnaire was applied to 522 African immigrants (53% men) who attend the National Immigrant Support Centre, in Lisbon. Odds ratios (OR) w...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Gama A,Fraga S,Dias S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is limited information on the oral health of Albanian immigrant population residing in the U.S. This creates a hinderance to developing and implementing appropriate dental care programs for the population. This study investigated oral health practices, beliefs, dental visits and associated factors of Albanian ad...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Rota K,Spanbauer C,Szabo A,Okunseri CE

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When individuals enter a new community, they face many challenges in terms of adjusting to a new language, different customs and unfamiliar norms. These challenges may result in mental and/or general health problems. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:The primary purpose of this study was to ascertain the mental health...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Jafari S,Baharlou S,Mathias R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bedouins comprise one of the ethnic groups in Israeli society. They are Muslims, most of who live in the Negev desert region of southern Israel and live by their unique traditions and customs. At the present they are going through a period of "society in transition", a unique condition that has ramifications for h...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Treister-Goltzman Y,Peleg R

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign-born individuals represent the majority of TB cases in the US/Canada. Little is known about their TB knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KAB). Cross-sectional survey was conducted in 22 sites in the US/Canada among foreign-born adults with active TB. Multiple regression was used to examine KAB factors against c...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Colson PW,Couzens GL,Royce RA,Kline T,Chavez-Lindell T,Welbel S,Pang J,Davidow A,Hirsch-Moverman Y,Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC).

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to quality cancer care for cancer patients living in the rural U.S.-Mexico border region is complex due to common binational health care-seeking behaviors and regional socio-economic and cultural characteristics. But little is known about the challenges border dwelling residents face when navigating their cance...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Ko E,Zúñiga ML,Palomino H,Peacher D,Watson M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have reported that newly-arrived immigrants to the US often have better health outcomes, including lower body mass index (BMI) than established ones. This study tests the hypothesis about variation in initial BMI among immigrants who have come to the US during different time periods. Using 1989-2011 data from ...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Xi J,Takyi B,Lamptey E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers have found that immigrants in the United States gradually relinquish cultural practices and adopt health behaviors similar to native born individuals as they acculturate. Few studies have looked at acculturation and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use, particularly ethnic forms of CAM. This st...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Lee JH,Goldstein MS,Brown ER,Ballard-Barbash R

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about how the health status of incoming refugees to the United States compares to that of the general population. We used logistic regression to assess whether country of origin is associated with prevalence of hypertension, obesity, type-II diabetes, and tobacco-use among Iranian, Ukrainian and Vietna...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Nguyen MT,Rehkopf DH

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of light smoking has increased among Latinos. The purpose of this study was to identify demographic and acculturation-related factors associated with very light smoking, defined as smoking 1-5 cigarettes per day (CPD), among Latinos in California and nationwide. Latino smokers in the 2007-2008 National ...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Rodriquez EJ,Stoecklin-Marois MT,Hennessy-Burt TE,Tancredi DJ,Schenker MB

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00