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Latino Population Growth and the Changing Demography of Cancer
Over the last several decades, the Latino population has been the primary driver of US population growth. It is likely that the large growth of the...
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Optimizing Engagement of the Latino Community in Cancer Research
To optimize engagement of Latino communities in cancer research, University of Southern California researchers are working with communities on...
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Training Community African American and Hispanic/Latino/a Advocates on Prostate Cancer (PCa): a Multicultural and Bicoastal Approach
African American communities are disproportionately impacted by prostate cancer (PCa) compared to other racial/ethnic groups. Whereas the incidence...
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Development of a Digital Storytelling Intervention to Increase Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Hispanic/Latino Community: a Qualitative Evaluation
Digital storytelling (DST) interventions may be one way to address disparities in cancer screening experienced by the Hispanic/Latino population....
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Acute and Long-term Neurological Complications of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Therapy in Latino Children
Over the last several decades, the survival for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has increased from about 40–90%. However, current...
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Applying an Exposome-wide Association Study (ExWAS) Approach to Latino Cancer Disparities
Latinos have higher incidence rates of cervical, gall bladder, liver, and gastric cancer, and higher mortality rates for six cancer sites than US...
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Barriers and facilitators of Hispanic/Latino parents caregiving for a childhood cancer survivor: a qualitative study
PurposeThis qualitative study aimed to explore Hispanic parents of childhood cancer survivors (CCS) perceptions of facilitators and barriers to their...
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Genetic pleiotropy underpinning adiposity and inflammation in self-identified Hispanic/Latino populations
BackgroundConcurrent variation in adiposity and inflammation suggests potential shared functional pathways and pleiotropic disease underpinning. Yet,...
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A polygenic risk score for Alzheimer’s disease constructed using APOE-region variants has stronger association than APOE alleles with mild cognitive impairment in Hispanic/Latino adults in the U.S.
IntroductionPolygenic Risk Scores (PRSs) are summaries of genetic risk alleles for an outcome.
MethodsWe used summary statistics from five...
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Epigenome-wide association study of lung function in Latino children and youth with asthma
IntroductionDNA methylation studies have associated methylation levels at different CpG sites or genomic regions with lung function. Moreover,...
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Cross-sectional Study of Colorectal Cancer Screening Barriers in a Latino-Serving Federally Qualified Health Center
Compared to other races/ethnicities, the Latino population has a lower rate of adherence to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening guidelines. Previous...
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Supportive Care Needs and Co** Strategies Used by Latino Men Cancer Survivors
By the end of 2020, over 1.8 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer and 600,000 will die from the disease. Despite experiencing lower...
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Increasing access to individualized medicine: a matched-cohort study examining Latino participant experiences of genomic screening
PurposeMultiple efforts are underway to increase the inclusion of racial minority participants in genomic research and new forms of individualized...
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Comparing Latino Community Members’ and Clinical Staff’s Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Colorectal Cancer Screening
Latinos in the United States have low rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening even though CRC is the third leading cause of cancer death among...
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Psychometric Validation of the Patient Anal Cancer Knowledge Scale (PACKS) in a Cohort of Black and Hispanic/Latino Sexual and Gender Diverse Young Adults
Lack of anal cancer information in priority populations is a major barrier to the uptake and utilization of prevention services. A validated measure...
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Engaging Latino Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Survivors in Their Care: Piloting a Photonovela Intervention
Latino adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors represent a growing population given the changing demographics in the USA. They experience...
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Adaptation of a Multimedia Chemotherapy Educational Intervention for Latinos: Letting Patient Narratives Speak for Themselves
This study aims to adapt a video-based, multimedia chemotherapy educational intervention to meet the needs of US Latinos with advanced...
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Population Health Challenges for Latinos in the United States
This chapter provides an overview of recent natural experiments, demonstrating the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on...
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Choices, attitudes, and experiences of genetic screening in Latino/a and Ashkenazi Jewish individuals
Genetic screening to inform personal risk has only recently become an option as the cost of sequencing decreases, and our ability to interpret...
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Genetic risk variants in New Yorkers of Puerto Rican and Dominican Republic heritage with Parkinson’s disease
There is a paucity of genetic characterization in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) of Latino and Afro-Caribbean descent. Screening LRRK2 and GBA ...