abstract：:Immigrants from South Asia have higher risks of mental health problems . Low levels of acculturation and self-efficacy may be risk factors for depression and psychological distress in immigrants. 355 Pakistani immigrant women in Oslo, filled out a questionnaire concerning demographic variables, self-efficacy, and psyc...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Hjellset VT,Ihlebæk C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to provide data regarding uptake of gynecological early detection measures and performance of breast self-examinations among migrant women in Germany. Cross-sectional self-reported data were collected using paper-and-pencil questionnaires. Descriptive analyses, Chi square-tests, and logistic regression wer...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Berens EM,Mohwinkel LM,van Eckert S,Reder M,Kolip P,Spallek J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filipinos, the second largest Asian subgroup in the U.S., experience significant youth behavioral health disparities but remain under-represented in health research. We describe lessons learned from using the Matching Model of Recruitment to recruit 215 Filipinos to participate in a large, randomized controlled trial ...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Javier JR,Reyes A,Coffey DM,Schrager SM,Samson A,Palinkas L,Kipke MD,Miranda J

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:Asian Americans are understudied in health research and often aggregated into one homogenous group, thereby disguising disparities across subgroups. Cambodian Americans, one of the largest refugee communities in the United States, may be at high risk for adverse health outcomes. This study compares the health status a...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Sharif MZ,Biegler K,Mollica R,Sim SE,Nicholas E,Chandler M,Ngo-Metzger Q,Paigne K,Paigne S,Sorkin DH

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant international and cross-border migration has led to a growing availability of migrant healthcare guidelines (MHGs), which we systematically reviewed for quality. PubMed, MEDLINE, CINHAL, PsychINFO and guideline developer/guideline databases were searched for MHGs published 2006-2016. Three independent revi...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Agbata EN,Padilla PF,Agbata IN,Armas LH,Solà I,Pottie K,Alonso-Coello P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the association between acculturation and unmet health needs among refugees. Based on data from the Refugee Health Needs Assessment Survey (n = 291) recently conducted in Omaha, Nebraska, Chi square tests and multivariate logistic regressions were estimated to examine how acculturation among refuge...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Su D,Wang H,Michaud T,Toure D,Do K,Tak HJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migrants are disproportionately affected by HIV in many European countries, including Finland. We aimed to compare the HIV-related knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of young asylum seekers to those of the general young adult population. Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted among 20- to 25-year-old young a...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Tiittala P,Kivelä P,Liitsola K,Ollgren J,Pasanen S,Vasankari T,Ristola M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chinese Americans have low colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates. It is unclear whether physicians should offer all CRC screening modalities (fecal occult blood test [FOBT], sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy) to Chinese Americans to increase screening. Seven hundred and twenty-five Chinese Americans were asked in a survey ...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Jih J,Nguyen MP,Ly I,Tsoh JY,Le GM,Woo K,Chan E,Gildengorin G,Stewart SL,Burke A,Pasick R,McPhee SJ,Nguyen TT

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Canada has an increasingly large immigrant population. Areas of higher immigrant density, may relate to immigrants' health through reduced acculturation to Western foods, greater access to cultural foods, and/or promotion of salubrious values/practices. It is unclear, however, whether an association exists between Can...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Emerson SD,Carbert NS

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innovative migrant-friendly tools are needed to assist health personnel manage the high number of pregnancies within reception centers. This study tests functionality and acceptability of a new mHealth system in providing antenatal care amongst migrants. The study, carried out between 2014 and 2016, involved 150 pregn...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Borsari L,Stancanelli G,Guarenti L,Grandi T,Leotta S,Barcellini L,Borella P,Benski AC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous findings suggest immigrant patients have lower trust in their physicians, and perceive nonverbal communication differently compared to non-immigrant patients. We tested discrepancies in trust and the impact of non-verbal behavior between immigrants and non-immigrants in The Netherlands. Nonverbal communicatio...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Hillen MA,de Haes HCJM,Verdam MGE,Smets EMA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined factors associated with psychological distress for culturally diverse family caregivers using a population-based sample. Data were analyzed from the 6634 caregivers of adults (i.e. elderly as well as non-elderly) who self-reported as non-Hispanic White, Mexican, Chinese, or Vietnamese in the 2009 C...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Meyer OL,Liu X,Nguyen TN,Hinton L,Tancredi D

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chinese immigrant community faces multiple barriers to quality cancer care and cancer survivorship. Meaning-centered psychotherapy (MCP) is an empirically-based treatment shown to significantly reduce psychological distress while increasing spiritual well-being and a sense of meaning and purpose in life in advance...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Leng J,Lui F,Chen A,Huang X,Breitbart W,Gany F

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed hepatitis B virus (HBV) serologic results among newly arrived Cubans with vaccination documentation. We matched the post-arrival health assessment HBV serologic results of Cubans who arrived during 2010-2015 in Texas with their overseas hepatitis B (HepB) vaccination records in the CDC's Electronic Disease...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Lee D,Montour J,Fulton AC,Benoit SR,Nelson NP,Liu Y

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research suggests Hispanic vaccination rates for H1N1 were similar to non-Hispanic whites. These previous estimates do not take into account nativity status. Using the 2010 National Health Interview Survey, we estimate adult H1N1 vaccination rates for non-Hispanic whites (n = 8780), U.S.-born Hispanics (n = 1...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Burger AE,Reither EN,Hofmann ET,Mamelund SE

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Both in France and in Italy hepatitis B is present mostly among the migrant population coming from sub-Saharan Africa and mainly among those migrants having a poor socio-economic background. This article is aimed at assaying the impact of public policies adopted by France and Italy for migrants' health on the treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Santilli C

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syndemics research has made great contributions to understanding sexual risk among Latino men who have sex with men. However, such work often combines data for behaviorally bisexual men with data for men with exclusively same-sex partners. Using cross-sectional data from 148 behaviorally bisexual Latino men, this stud...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Muñoz-Laboy M,Martinez O,Levine EC,Mattera BT,Isabel Fernandez M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with language barriers may face challenges unique to a host society. By examining and comparing the sociocultural conditions that can result in providers and patients not sharing the same language in the United States and in Taiwan, I argue that (a) language discordance is a social phenomenon that may enta...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Hsieh E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated whether a self-administered stress management training (SSMT) could improve quality of life (QOL) and reduce distress among Hispanics receiving chemotherapy across multiple community clinical settings. Participants were randomized to receive SSMT (n = 106) or usual care (UCO) (n = 113). The primar...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Loi CXA,Nesman TM,Xu P,Taylor TR,McMillan S,Krischer JP,Tyc VL,Gross-King M,Huegel V

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether authoritarian parenting, school experiences, depression, legal involvement and social norms predicted recent alcohol use and binge drinking among a national sample of Hispanic youth. A secondary data analysis of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health was performed (N = 3457). Unadjusted...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： King KA,Vidourek RA,Merianos AL,Bartsch LA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether darker interviewer-ascribed skin color is associated with worse cardiometabolic health among young adult Blacks and Hispanics in the United States. Our sample was comprised of 2,128 non-Hispanic Blacks and 1603 Hispanics aged 24-32, who were in high school in the United States in 1994. We used ...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Wassink J,Perreira KM,Harris KM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the fast growing number of Mexican immigrants in the United States, more attention is needed to understand the relationship between acculturation and language preference in health information seeking. Latent class analysis provides one useful approach to understanding the diversity in sample of Mexican immigrants...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Shin Y,Maupome G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immigration to rural areas in new receiving communities like Maryland's Eastern Shore is growing. Despite a rapid rise in immigration and diminishing health system resources, little attention has been focused on barriers to health care access in this region for immigrants. A total of 33 in-depth key informant intervie...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Sangaramoorthy T,Guevara EM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a robust literature describes the intergenerational effects of traumatic experiences in various populations, evidence specific to refugee families is scattered and contains wide variations in approaches for examining intergenerational trauma. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Sangalang CC,Vang C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immigration raids exemplify the reach of immigration law enforcement into the lives of Latino community members, yet little research characterizes the health effects of these raids. We examined the health implications of an immigration raid that resulted in multiple arrests and deportations and occurred midway through...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Lopez WD,Kruger DJ,Delva J,Llanes M,Ledón C,Waller A,Harner M,Martinez R,Sanders L,Harner M,Israel B

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is highly prevalent in Chinese Canadians and diet has been identified as an important modifiable risk factor for hypertension. The current anti-hypertensive dietary recommendations in hypertension care guidelines lack examination of cultural factors, are not culturally sensitive to ethnic populations, and...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Zou P

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the diets of migrant populations are of poor quality; however, studies on populations remaining in one geographical region as a minority after an acute population movement are scarce. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to assess dietary intake and growth of Greek minority adol...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Giannopoulou D,Grammatikopoulou MG,Poulimeneas D,Maraki M,Dimitrakopoulos L,Tsigga M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past, epidemiologic research on acculturation and health has been criticized for its conceptual ambiguity and simplistic measurement approaches. This study applied a widely-used theoretical framework from cross-cultural psychology to identify acculturation strategies among South Asian immigrants in the US and t...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Needham BL,Mukherjee B,Bagchi P,Kim C,Mukherjea A,Kandula NR,Kanaya AM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need to identify barriers to participation as well as recruitment strategies to engage minority parents of young children in health-oriented research. This paper offers insights on strategies and challenges in recruiting black immigrant mothers living in Ottawa (Canada) for a community-based health-oriented...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Blanchet R,Sanou D,Nana CP,Pauzé E,Batal M,Giroux I

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This population-based study compares obstetric outcomes of first- and second-generation Pakistani immigrants and ethnic Norwegians who gave birth at the low-risk maternity ward in Baerum Hospital in Norway from 2006 to 2013. We hypothesized that second-generation Pakistani immigrants are more similar to the ethnic Nor...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Bakken KS,Skjeldal OH,Stray-Pedersen B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent language barriers are associated with poor health outcomes. The agreement between reporting a language barrier at time of immigration and in the 2007-2008 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) was calculated using kappa scores among foreign-born individuals who arrived to Ontario, Canada between 1985 and ...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Okrainec K,Booth GL,Hollands S,Bell CM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This scoping review summarizes and analyzes relevant studies related to the evidence published on undocumented immigrant women's access to and utilization of health and social services in Spain. Scientific literature was identified by entering search terms in seven electronic databases which combined retrieved health ...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Gea-Sánchez M,Alconada-Romero Á,Briones-Vozmediano E,Pastells R,Gastaldo D,Molina F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Catalonian Expert Patient Programme on Chagas disease is a initiative, which is part of the Chronic Disease Programme. It aims to boost responsibility of patients for their own health and to promote self-care. The programme is based on nine sessions conducted by an expert patient. Evaluation was focusing in: habit...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Claveria Guiu I,Caro Mendivelso J,Ouaarab Essadek H,González Mestre MA,Albajar-Viñas P,Gómez I Prat J

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the progressive adoption of smoking bans in public spaces, children living in multi-unit housing remain at risk of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) and thirdhand smoke (THS). Hispanic populations in California are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of SHS and THS because a large proportion of His...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Rendón AD,Unger JB,Cruz T,Soto DW,Baezconde-Garbanati L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Organization estimates that 170 million persons are infected with HCV worldwide, but only 22 million are from the Americas and Europe, compared to 94 million from Asia. HCV prevalence in the general US population is 1.6 %, but data for Asian Americans are limited. Our goal was to examine HCV prevalenc...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Lin ON,Chang C,Lee J,Do A,Martin M,Martin A,Nguyen MH

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Spain, immigrant women have high rates for initiating breastfeeding. In contrast, the case of immigrant Chinese mothers stands out, due to the low rate. In China, breastfeeding has historically been the cultural norm. An ethnographic study was conducted to explore aspects related to the low rate of breastfeeding. F...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： González-Pascual JL,Ruiz-López M,Saiz-Navarro EM,Moreno-Preciado M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very little work has examined the relationship between food hardship (having inconsistent financial resources to buy food) and obesity among immigrant groups. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a low-income, multi-racial/ethnic adult sample in greater Boston, MA (n = 828). Modified Poisson regression models esti...

journal_title：Journal of immigrant and minority health

authors： Caspi CE,Tucker-Seeley RD,Adamkiewicz G,Roberto CA,Stoddard AM,Sorensen GC

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00