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Characterizing Beliefs about Stroke and Walking for Exercise among Seniors from Four Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities
We described and compared seniors’ stroke-related health beliefs among four racial/ethnic communities to inform a culturally-tailored stroke...
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Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities: An Intersectional Approach
Nowhere is the severity and impact of racism on our nation and its people clearer and more profound than in the arena of health—where racism is...
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Role of Social Relationship in Predicting Health in China
There is increasing acknowledgement of social relationship as an important determinant of health. However, most evidence comes from developed...
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Relationship Quality: Implications for Sleep Quality and Sleep Disorders
Substantial research has shown that both the presence and quality of close relationships are critical for optimal physical health and well-being....
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Hispanic/Latino LGBT Elders
The purpose of this chapter is to understand the challenges faced by LGBT Hispanic/Latino LGBT persons in older age. In order to provide the reader...
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Effekte des Wohngebiets auf die mentale und physische Gesundheit der Bewohner/Innen
Eine der grundlegenden Annahmen der Soziologie ist, das Handeln von Individuen sei nicht allein auf Merkmale der Person, wie z.B. Alter, Bildung oder...
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Discrimination and Health of Male and Female Canadian Immigrant
The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, language, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, and...
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Health Inequalities
Research on health inequalities in the United States indicates that women, racial and ethnic minorities, and people of lower socioeconomic position...
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The Promise of Mixed-Methods for Advancing Latino Health Research
Mixed-methods research in the social sciences has been conducted for quite some time. More recently, mixed-methods have become popular in health...
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Border Health in the Shadow of the Hispanic Paradox: Issues in the Conceptualization of Health Disparities in Older Mexican Americans Living in the Southwest
Mexican Americans have demonstrated lower than what would be expected mortality rates and disease prevalence, given their overrepresentation among...
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Ethnic Variations in Caregiving
Caregiving is related to the ethnic and cultural context in which the caregiving takes place. One theme that emerged from a literature review is the...
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Japanese Americans: Current Health Issues and Directions for Future Research
Japanese Americans are a heterogeneous group consisting of several subpopulations. One group is made up of a large number of acculturated second,...
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Latino Elderly in Nonmetropolitan America
The Latino population is the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the United States. Despite its youthful age structure, the elderly segment of...
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On the Relationship Between Neighborhood Perception, Length of Residence and Co-Ethnic Concentration
We investigate how co-ethnic concentration and length of residence are related to neighborhood perception in aged Mexican Americans, and discuss...
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Latino and Non-Latino Elderly in Los Angeles County: A Pilot Study of Demographic Trends for Disability and Long-Term Care
Analysis of Census data for Los Angeles for the 1990–2008 period shows two important trends in the 65+ population: a rapidly growing presence of...
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Measuring QoL with SF-36 in Older Americans with TBI
This study demonstrated reliability and factor structure of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) among older Americans with...
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Interpersonal Abuse and Depression Among Mexican Immigrant Women with Type 2 Diabetes
Evidence for a bi-directional relationship of depression and type 2 diabetes suggests that social distress plays a role in depression among people...
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Social Relations and Aging
Studies dating back to Emile Durkheim’s (1897) Suicide demonstrate that social relationships provide emotional, social, and economic supports that...
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Tailoring Health Interventions: An Approach for Working with African American Churches to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
African Americans continue to experience disproportionately high rates of mortality and morbidity due to cancer. Understanding the issues, addressing...