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Do Hispanic nonprofits foster Hispanic philanthropy?
New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising, 1999AbstractNeglect of Hispanic communities by most nonprofit organizations may help explain why relatively few Hispanics practice conventional forms of philanthropy. However, there is evidence that Hispanics in the United States support informal, traditional voluntary associations in their own communities.
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1994
To the Editor. —Hispanic Americans remain an understudied population, an issue that has surfaced in JAMA and other journals. The US Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2000 , which declared increasing life expectancy and decreasing inequality among subpopulations as the top health objectives for the nation, reports a higher life ...
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To the Editor. —Hispanic Americans remain an understudied population, an issue that has surfaced in JAMA and other journals. The US Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2000 , which declared increasing life expectancy and decreasing inequality among subpopulations as the top health objectives for the nation, reports a higher life ...
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Archives of Neurology, 1995
The term Hispanic lacks precision. It can denote racial origin, a mother tongue, or a culture, depending on the context. The US Census Bureau defines it as a person of Spanishspeaking origin living in the United States. This has not prevented the application of the term in the medical literature to Spanish speakers in Ecuador!
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The term Hispanic lacks precision. It can denote racial origin, a mother tongue, or a culture, depending on the context. The US Census Bureau defines it as a person of Spanishspeaking origin living in the United States. This has not prevented the application of the term in the medical literature to Spanish speakers in Ecuador!
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Cardiovascular Risk in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Preschoolers
Nursing Research, 2006Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women among all racial and ethnic groups. Identifying risk factors early in life can facilitate use of preventive strategies to reduce risk and improve health status across the life span.The aim of this study was to identify modifiable (tobacco smoke ...
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Hispanic and non-Hispanic white patient pain management expectations
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2001This study compares emergency department (ED) pain management expectations in Hispanic versus non-Hispanic white patients with painful conditions. A prospective convenience sample of patients was enrolled at a university ED. Patient expectations of pain relief were recorded on a 100-mm visual analogue scale (VAS).
W W, Lee, A E, Burelbach, D, Fosnocht
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Catholic Hispanic Deacons and Hispanic Parishes
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2014Hispanic deacons ( n = 156) from across the United States completed measures on personal leadership style and their perceived sense of parish community along with demographic items. Most deacons ( n = 91) were assisting at Hispanic parishes, while many assisted at predominately non-Hispanic parishes ( n = 65).
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Decreases in Hispanic and non-Hispanic asthma mortality
Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2006Rates of death from asthma in the United States increased from 0.8 per 100,000 general population in 1977-1978 to 2.1 in 1994-1996, but they have decreased since then to 1.5 in 2001.To investigate changes in asthma mortality among Hispanics in the United States.Collection and graphing of data from the National Center for Health Statistics identifying ...
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