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Caregiver-Youth Communication Patterns and Sexual and Reproductive Health Among American Indian Youth
Improving communication between American Indian caregivers and their youth has been suggested as an Indigenous-forward strategy to help alleviate the...
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Association between Hispanic Ethnicity and Greater Expectation of Benefit from Acupuncture or Massage for Pain in Cancer
Individuals living with cancer and survivors of cancer who self-identify as Hispanic experience higher pain burden and greater barriers to pain...
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Health Information Technology Use among Foreign-Born Adults of Middle Eastern and North African Descent in the United States
Health information technology (HIT) use among foreign-born adults of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent is understudied. MENA Americans...
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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Video Group Psychoeducational Intervention with Latina Immigrant Mothers to Enhance Infant Primary care
Standard models of well-child care may not sufficiently address preventive health needs of immigrant families. To augment standard individual...
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Acculturation and Depression Help-Seeking Intentions in a Majority Mexican American College Student Sample
Work has not examined if acculturation or enculturation may predict endorsed benefits, barriers, and intentions to seek mental health services for...
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Health Related Quality of life Amongst Refugees: A meta Analysis of Studies Using the SF-36
The health of refugees has been widely documented, as has the impact of a range of factors throughout the migration journey from being exposed to...
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Social Support, Diet, and Physical Activity among Latina/Hispanic Women Breast Cancer Survivors
Diet and physical activity guidelines for cancer survivorship are less likely to be followed by populations of minority cancer survivors, such as...
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Iranian Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence: A Literature Review
Immigrant and refugee women are vulnerable to experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) due to a range of factors associated with immigration....
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Syphilis Among U.S.-Bound Refugees, 2015 − 2018
We assessed syphilis screening data from overseas medical examinations among U.S.-bound refugees to characterize seropositive syphilis cases and...
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Tuberculosis Disease Among Nonimmigrant Visa Holders Reported to US Quarantine Stations, January 2011–June 2016
US-bound immigrants and refugees undergo a mandatory overseas medical examination that includes tuberculosis screening; this exam is not routinely...
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Does an Immigrant Health Advantage Exist Among US Whites? Evidence from a Nationally-Representative Examination of Mental and Physical Well-Being
This study examines whether an immigrant health advantage exists among US Whites, a group often used as a reference category in research on racial...
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Limited Evidence of Shared Decision Making for Prostate Cancer Screening in Audio-Recorded Primary Care Visits Among Black Men and their Healthcare Providers
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based prostate cancer screening is a preference-sensitive decision for which experts recommend a shared decision...
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The Role of Stigma and Resilience in Healthcare Engagement Among Transgender Latinas in the U.S. South: Baseline Findings from the ChiCAS Study
Research demonstrates that stigma and resilience influence transgender peoples’ healthcare use. Less is known about transgender Latinas in the U.S....
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Ethnicity: Lessons Learned from the Arab Population in Israel
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease. We aimed to investigate the potential similarities and differences...
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Relationship between Illness Perception and the need for Professional Medical Interpretation for International Patients in Japan
This study aimed to conduct a cross-sectional questionnaire survey of foreign patients to analyze the impact of patients’ illness perceptions on...
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Obstetrical Complications in Venezuelan Refugee and Migrant Women: Analysis of Ecuadorian National Hospital Discharge Data, 2018–2021
An estimated 7.7 million Venezuelans have fled a severe humanitarian crisis in their country, most (70%) to other middle-income host countries in the...
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Effectiveness of Trained Community Lay Workers on Glycemic Control, Knowledge, and Self-Efficacy Among Agricultural Workers with Diabetes in the Texas Panhandle
Systemic health barriers, economic challenges, and lack of follow-up care exacerbate self-management of chronic diseases like diabetes among Hispanic...
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Hearing Difficulties Among Farmworkers in the México-US Southwest Border Region
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are a vulnerable population with a potentially high risk for hearing loss due to farm-related noise exposures....
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“The Children Are Not Controllable Because They Follow Western Values” - Narratives of the Parenting Experiences of African Immigrants in Alberta, Canada
African immigrants are moving to high-income nations such as Canada in greater numbers in search of a better life. These immigrants frequently...
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Nativity Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Hispanics in the United States
Hispanics in the United States (U.S.) have previously exhibited lower guideline-concordant colorectal cancer (CRC) screening uptake than non-Hispanic...