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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Ausgabe 6/2012

Special Focus: Chronic Disease: Screening, Prevention, Treatment, and Service Utilization

Inhalt (27 Artikel)

Original Paper

Immigration Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Awareness

Brent A. Langellier, Jeremiah R. Garza, Deborah Glik, Michael L. Prelip, Ron Brookmeyer, Christian K. Roberts, Anne Peters, Alexander N. Ortega

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Serum Vitamin D Insufficiency and Diabetes Status in Three Ethnic Minority Groups

Lamya H. Shaban, Gustavo G. Zarini, Joel C. Exebio, Shiryn D. Sukhram, Fatma G. Huffman

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Prevalence of Chronic Disease and Insurance Coverage among Refugees in the United States

Katherine Yun, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Mayur M. Desai

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Vitamin D Deficiency Among Newly Resettled Refugees in Massachusetts

Katherine Penrose, Jo Hunter Adams, Thinh Nguyen, Jennifer Cochran, Paul L. Geltman

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Migration Status in Relation to Clinical Characteristics and Barriers to Care Among Youth with Diabetes in the US

Lindsay M. Jaacks, Reena Oza-Frank, Ralph D’Agostino Jr., Lawrence M. Dolan, Dana Dabelea, Jean M. Lawrence, Catherine Pihoker, M. Rebecca O’Connor, Barbara Linder, Giuseppina Imperatore, Michael Seid, K. M. Venkat Narayan, Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis

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Neighborhood Context and Hypertension Outcomes Among Latinos in Chicago

Edna A. Viruell-Fuentes, Ninez A. Ponce, Margarita Alegría

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Disparities in Preventive Health Services Among Somali Immigrants and Refugees

T. Ben Morrison, Mark L. Wieland, Stephen S. Cha, Ahmed S. Rahman, Rajeev Chaudhry

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Effect of Tribal Language Use on Colorectal Cancer Screening Among American Indians

Angela A. Gonzales, Eva Garroutte, Thanh G. N. Ton, Jack Goldberg, Dedra Buchwald

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Preventive and Curative Care Utilization Among Mexican Immigrant Women in Birmingham, AL

Bertha Hidalgo, Isabel C. Garcés-Palacio, Isabel Scarinci

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Northwest Latinos’ Health Promotion Lifestyle Profiles According to Diabetes Risk Status

Leonie L. Sutherland, Dawn M. Weiler, Laura Bond, Shawn Simonson, Janet Reis

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Knowledge, Perceptions, and Experiences of Dominicans with Diabetes

Judith Aponte, Carla Boutin-Foster, Robinson Alcantara

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Ethnic Differences in the Home Food Environment and Parental Food Practices Among Families of Low-Income Hispanic and African-American Preschoolers

Katherine Skala, Ru-Jye Chuang, Alexandra Evans, Ann-Marie Hedberg, Jayna Dave, Shreela Sharma

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Associations Among Parent Acculturation, Child BMI, and Child Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Hispanic Sample

Monica I. Morello, Hala Madanat, Noe C. Crespo, Hector Lemus, John Elder

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A Weight-Loss Intervention Program Designed for Mexican–American Women: Cultural Adaptations and Results

Nangel M. Lindberg, Victor J. Stevens, Sonia Vega-López, Tia L. Kauffman, Mariana Rosales Calderón, María Antonieta Cervantes

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The Incidence of Depression by Fertility Status in Overweight and Obese Latina Women

Penina Segall-Gutierrez, Courtney S. Berman, Neisha Opper, Emily Dossett, Kimberly Moore, Courtney Martin, Janet Pine

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Personal and Cultural Influences on Diabetes Self-Care Behaviors Among Older Hispanics Born in the U.S. and Mexico

Nelda Mier, Matthew Lee Smith, Genny Carrillo-Zuniga, Xiaohui Wang, Norma Garza, Marcia G. Ory

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The Cultural Context of Obesity: Exploring Perceptions of Obesity and Weight Loss Among Latina Immigrants

April A. Agne, Rebecca Daubert, Maria L. Munoz, Isabel Scarinci, Andrea L. Cherrington

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Mexican-American and Puerto Rican Breast Cancer Survivors’ Perspectives on Exercise: Similarities and Differences

Rose A. Treviño, Liliana Vallejo, Daniel C. Hughes, Velda Gonzalez, Maribel Tirado-Gomez, Karen Basen-Engquist

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Factors that Influence Diabetes Self-Management in Hispanics Living in Low Socioeconomic Neighborhoods in San Bernardino, California

Edelweiss Ramal, Anne Berit Petersen, Kathie Marlene Ingram, Andrea Marie Champlin