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Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Among Hispanic or Latino Adults in Southern California: Ventura PRESTO and HCHS/SOL [PDF]

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Out‐of‐hospital sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of mortality, making prevention of SCA a public health priority. No studies have evaluated predictors of SCA risk among Hispanic or Latino individuals in the United States. Methods
Kyndaron Reinier, Jee‐Young Moon, Harpriya S. Chugh, Arayik Sargsyan, Kotoka Nakamura, Faye L. Norby, Audrey Uy‐Evanado, Gregory A. Talavera, Linda C. Gallo, Martha L. Daviglus, Katy Hadduck, Daniel Shepherd, Angelo Salvucci, Robert C. Kaplan, Sumeet S. Chugh   +14 more
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“Unidos Hablemos” – description of a virtual conference series to engage the Hispanic and Latino community in asthma and COVID-19 education and research [PDF]

Research Involvement and Engagement
Background Inequity in asthma and COVID-19 outcomes and research among Hispanic or Latino individuals is well established. Patient centered outcomes research (PCOR) may help address these inequalities.
Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo, Mary Hart, Rose Marie Ramos, Lynda Mitchell, Alex Colon Moya, Dorothy Delarosa, Margie Lorenzi, Marcela Gieminiani, Donna D. Gardner   +8 more
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Mental health symptoms and discrimination among immigrant and US-born Hispanic or Latino adults during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

BMC Psychology
Background Mental health symptoms are highly stigmatized, potentially increasing the risk of experiencing discrimination, particularly within minoritized communities such as Hispanic or Latino populations.
Emmanuel A. Odame, Maryam Elhabashy, David Adzrago, Jolyna Chiangong, Cameron K. Ormiston, Faustine Williams   +5 more
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Association Between Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic or Latino Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

JMIR Formative Research
BackgroundDiscrimination and xenophobia toward Hispanic and Latino communities increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, likely inflicting significant harm on the mental health of Hispanic and Latino individuals.
Cameron K Ormiston, Kevin Villalobos, Francisco Alejandro Montiel Ishino, Faustine Williams   +3 more
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Health Literacy Instrument for Hispanic and Latino/a/e Communities [PDF]

Health Literacy Research and Practice
Hispanic and Latino/a/e individuals are more likely to have lower levels of health literacy compared to other ethnic and racial groups. Additionally, 32% of this population also has limited English proficiency. There is a need to develop culturally valid
Jennifer Contreras, Chun Wang, Wendy Camelo Castillo, Juan Caicedo, Monica Guerrero Vázquez, Tania Robalino, Aida Hidalgo-Arroyo, Ester Villalonga-Olives   +7 more
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Racial and ethnic inequities in occupational exposure across and between US cities

SSM: Population Health, 2021
Research suggests that racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 in the US are largely driven by higher rates of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 among Hispanic/Latino and Black populations. Occupational exposures play a large role in structuring risk of exposure, and
Alina S. Schnake-Mahl, Mariana Lazo, Kristina Dureja, Nahian Ehtesham, Usama Bilal   +4 more
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Impact of Receiving Hospital on Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcome: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Texas

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Factors associated with out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcome disparities remain poorly understood. We evaluated the role of receiving hospital on OHCA outcome disparities.
Ryan Huebinger, Marina Del Rios, Benjamin S. Abella, Bryan McNally, Carrie Bakunas, Richard Witkov, Micah Panczyk, Eric Boerwinkle, Bentley Bobrow   +8 more
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Hispanic/Latino‐Serving Hospitals Provide Less Targeted Temperature Management Following Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Variation exists in outcomes following out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but whether racial and ethnic disparities exist in post‐arrest provision of targeted temperature management (TTM) is unknown.
Nicholas A. Morris, Michael Mazzeffi, Patrick McArdle, Teresa L. May, Greer Waldrop, Sarah M. Perman, James F. Burke, Steven M. Bradley, Sachin Agarwal, Jose F. Figueroa, Neeraj Badjatia   +10 more
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Polygenic risk scores and kidney traits in the Hispanic/Latino population: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

HGG Advances, 2023
Summary: Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is used to evaluate kidney function and determine the presence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), a highly prevalent disease in the US1,2,3 that varies among subgroups of Hispanic/Latino individuals.4,5 ...
Laura Y. Zhou, Tamar Sofer, Andrea R.V.R. Horimoto, Gregory A. Talavera, James P. Lash, Jianwen Cai, Nora Franceschini   +6 more
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Hispanic or Latino Student Success in Online Schools

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study is to examine graduation and dropout rates for Hispanic or Latino K–12 students enrolled in fully online and blended public school settings in Arizona.  The independent variables of school type (charter vs.
Michael Corry
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