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Cancer risk factors among men of diverse Hispanic or Latino origins

Preventive Medicine, 2004
Personal health behaviors play a fundamental role in premature cancer morbidity and mortality. However, routine risk factor data on Latino groups are lacking. Knowledge of cancer risk prevalence by ethnoregional groups is particularly important for development of effective prevention and control strategies.Using the diverse populations and sites ...
Amelie G, Ramirez, Lucina, Suarez, Patricia, Chalela, Gregory A, Talavera, Jose, Marti, Edward J, Trapido, Roberto, Villarreal, Eliseo J, Pérez-Stable   +7 more
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Association between Hispanic or Latino ethnicity and pulmonary embolism severity, management, and in-hospital outcomes

Vascular Medicine, 2023
Background: Hispanic and Latino patients are under-represented in existing healthcare disparities research in pulmonary embolism (PE). The goal of this study was to determine if differences in PE severity, treatment modality, or in-hospital outcomes exist for Hispanic or Latino patients with PE.
Daniel J Snyder, Robert S Zilinyi, Mahesh V Madhavan, Marissa Alsaloum, Danial Saleem, John J Buyske, Emma W Healy, Maxine J McGredy, Bernardo T Da Silva, Erika B Rosenzweig, Koji Takeda, Daniel Brodie, Cara Agerstrand, Andrew Eisenberger, Ajay J Kirtane, Sahil A Parikh, Sanjum S Sethi   +16 more
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To be or not to be (Hispanic or Latino)

Ethnicities, 2003
I use 1990 US census data and 22 semi-structured interviews with Brazilian immigrant youth in Boston to show how Brazilians are becoming racialized into the black-white binary of American society, but how over time they manage to escape the downward mobility of Hispanic/Latino categorization by becoming ‘American’ and playing off US natives’ Spanish ...
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Type 2 diabetes in the Hispanic or Latino population: challenges and opportunities

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity, 2007
To describe how type 2 diabetes affects the Latino or Hispanic population in the United States, and identify the multiple challenges and opportunities to improve diabetes care in this rapidly growing group.Three compelling reasons justify the work in this area.
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Diabetes in the hispanic or latino population: Genes, environment, culture, and more

Current Diabetes Reports, 2005
The Hispanic or Latino population is the largest minority group in the United States, currently representing 13.7% of the total U.S. population. Hispanics or Latinos usually suffer from higher rates of type 2 diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and their multiple vascular complications.
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Using Social Media Engagement to Raise Pre-Diabetes Awareness for Rural Idaho Hispanics or Latinos

Journal of Behavioral Health and Psychology, 2022
Background: Pre-diabetes is a condition that usually has no symptoms, which can lead to decreased awareness of its presence. Like other chronic diseases, pre-diabetes disproportionately affects Hispanic/Latinos populations and places them at greater risk for severe consequences. Latinos are not fully aware of what pre-diabetes is or how it differs from
Tanna M Woods, Heidi K Lewis, Mary A Nies   +2 more
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Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, or “Other”?: Deconstructing the Relationship between Historians and Hispanic-American Educational History

History of Education Quarterly, 2001
The educational history of Hispanic Americans is not a “new” history. Hispanic peoples began exploration, settlement, and even schooling in North America in the sixteenth century. A more appropriate metaphor is to think of Hispanic educational history as a rich, unearthed site awaiting the work of archivists and researchers.
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Perceived and actual diabetes risk in the Chinese and Hispanic/Latino communities in Portland, OR, USA

Diabetic Medicine, 2011
Diabet. Med. 28, 658–667 (2011)AbstractAims  The burden of diabetes is considerable for racial and ethnic minority populations in many places in the USA and worldwide, often disproportionately affecting immigrant communities. This paper reports findings from a community‐based participatory research study that described diabetes risk and awareness ...
S C, Maty, K M, Tippens
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Access to health care among Hispanic or Latino women: United States, 2000-2002.

Advance data, 2006
This report presents national estimates on access to health care for the following five subgroups of Hispanic or Latino women aged 18 years and over in the United States: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, and other Hispanic. For comparison, estimates are also presented for non-Hispanic white women and non-Hispanic black women ...
Gulnur, Freeman, Margaret, Lethbridge-Cejku   +1 more
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Getting Data Right - and Righteous to Improve Hispanic or Latino Health.

Journal of healthcare, science and the humanities
Hispanics or Latinos constitute the largest racial/ethnic minority in the United States. They are also a very diverse population. Latino/Hispanic's health varies significantly for subgroups defined by national origin, race, primary language, and migration-related factors (place of birth, immigration status, years of residence in the United States ...
Alfonso, Rodríguez-Lainz, Mariana, McDonald, Ana, Penman-Aguilar, Drue H, Barrett   +3 more
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