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  1. Article

    An Assessment of Health Priorities Among a Community Sample of Somali Adults

    Somali immigrants are one of the largest African populations to resettle in the United States since 1990. There is an emerging literature base of disease-specific studies among Somali immigrants. However, we a...

    Ahmed A. Mohamed, Kiley Lantz, Yahye A. Ahmed in Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2022)

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    Social networks and obesity among Somali immigrants and refugees

    Somali immigrants and refugees to the United States are at high risk for obesity and related cardiovascular risk. Social network factors influence health behaviors and are important contributors to the obesity...

    Jane W. Njeru, Mark L. Wieland, Janet M. Okamoto, Paul J. Novotny in BMC Public Health (2020)