Effect of a Community Health Worker Intervention Among Latinos With Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes: The Miami Healthy Heart Initiative Randomized Clinical Trial
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DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0926
Abstract: Importance Community health worker (CHW) intervention is a promising approach to address type 2 diabetes among Latinos. However, evidence from randomized clinical studies is limited. Objective To compare a CHW intervention with enhanced usual care.… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; among latinos; randomized clinical; type diabetes ... See more keywords
“People Give Opinions, but the Decision Belongs to the Patient”: Examining Cancer Treatment Decisions Among Latinos/as in Central Florida
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DOI: 10.1007/s10903-017-0628-y
Abstract: Latinos/as, the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States, experience high cancer rates. Factors contributing to treatment decisions among Latinos diagnosed with cancer must be studied. This paper aims to identify treatment decisions among Latinos… read more here.
Keywords: treatment; among latinos; decisions among; cancer treatment ... See more keywords
Deportation threat and political engagement among latinos in the Rio Grande Valley
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DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2022.2048044
Abstract: ABSTRACT How does the threat of deportation affect Latinos’ political engagement and participation? Little scholarship systematically analyzes deportation effects upon Latino political engagement. This article explores how the threat of deportation raised under the Trump… read more here.
Keywords: political engagement; among latinos; threat; latinos rio ... See more keywords
Assessing the role of ethnic enclaves in the relationship between neighborhood conditions and participation in neighborhood-focused activism among Latinos in Chicago
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DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2019.1664965
Abstract: ABSTRACT Latinos in the US often settle in ethnic enclave neighborhoods, which research and theory suggests have residents who are less engaged in neighborhood activism. However, we know little about the relationship between living in… read more here.
Keywords: neighborhood focused; among latinos; focused activism; activism ... See more keywords
Synergistic effects of pain and alcohol use in relation to depressive and anxiety symptoms among Latinos in primary care
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DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2017.1336185
Abstract: Abstract Although past work has shown that alcohol use co-occurs with anxiety/depression among Latinos, little work has examined the variables that qualify such associations. The present investigation sought to address whether pain severity (i.e. pain… read more here.
Keywords: hazardous drinking; relation depressive; anxiety; primary care ... See more keywords
Food Insecurity is Associated with Autonomic Dysfunction Among Latinos with Type 2 Diabetes
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DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa043_013
Abstract: Food insecurity (FI) is higher among Latinos than non-Hispanic Whites and associated with risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction increases mortality in diabetes. We examined FI and ANS function among… read more here.
Keywords: dysfunction; food insecurity; among latinos; type diabetes ... See more keywords
Family processes and duration of untreated psychosis among US Latinos
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DOI: 10.1111/eip.12779
Abstract: Little is known about family processes and treatment seeking among Latinos with first‐episode psychosis (FEP) living in the United States. This study examined family processes prior to treatment and their relation to duration of untreated… read more here.
Keywords: family processes; untreated psychosis; among latinos; family ... See more keywords
Who's on the Bench? The Impact of Latino Descriptive Representation on U.S. Supreme Court Approval Among Latinos and Anglos*
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DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12351
Abstract: Objectives Few studies have examined the impact of the descriptive representation of Latinos on evaluations of the judiciary. This study helps to fill that gap by examining the effect of the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor… read more here.
Keywords: court; descriptive representation; among latinos; supreme court ... See more keywords
Adolescent Neighborhood Environments and Latino Intraethnic Disparities in Trajectories of Serious Violent Behaviors
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DOI: 10.1177/0739986317734325
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the longitudinal trajectories of risk for serious violent behaviors among Latinos of different ancestry in the United States and to examine the impact of neighborhood perceptions, socioeconomic… read more here.
Keywords: risk; serious violent; puerto ricans; among latinos ... See more keywords
Social Ecology of Hypertension Management Among Latinos Living in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region.
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DOI: 10.1177/1524839921993044
Abstract: INTRODUCTION While a growing body of research examines individual factors affecting the prevalence and management of hypertension among Latinos, less is known about how socioecological factors operate to determine health and affect implementation of interventions… read more here.
Keywords: among latinos; management; border region; hypertension ... See more keywords
Neighborhood Environment Perceptions among Latinos in the U.S.
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16173062
Abstract: In the U.S., immigrants and racial/ethnic minorities (e.g., Latinos) often report unfavorable neighborhood environments, which may hinder physical activity (PA). Among Latinos, PA levels are disproportionately lower in foreign-born, female, older, and low-education individuals. It… read more here.
Keywords: environment perceptions; neighborhood environment; among latinos; education ... See more keywords