Asian Americans

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Being conditioned, yet becoming strong": Asian American women in menopausal transition. 
  • A Computational Study of Nasal Spray Deposition Pattern in Four Ethnic Groups. 
  • A comparison of two pain measures for Asian American cancer patients. 
  • A comparison of two pain measures for Asian American cancer patients. 
  • A cross-cultural comparison of depressive symptom manifestation: China and the United States. 
  • A culturally tailored Internet cancer support group for Asian American breast cancer survivors: A randomized controlled pilot intervention study. 
  • A descriptive Internet survey on menopausal symptoms: five ethnic groups of Asian American university faculty and staff. 
  • A national internet survey on midlife women's attitudes toward physical activity. 
  • A national multiethnic online forum study on menopausal symptom experience. 
  • A national online forum on ethnic differences in cancer pain experience. 
  • A situation-specific theory of Asian immigrant women's menopausal symptom experience in the United States. 
  • Acceptance of repeat esophagogastroduodenoscopy to detect gastric cancer in a Chinese immigrant cohort. 
  • Acculturation and the cancer pain experience. 
  • Adapting a Skin Cancer Prevention Intervention for Multiethnic Adolescents. 
  • Adverse race-related events as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder in Asian American Vietnam veterans. 
  • Alcohol disorders among Asian Americans: associations with unfair treatment, racial/ethnic discrimination, and ethnic identification (the national Latino and Asian Americans study, 2002-2003). 
  • American Chinese glaucoma imaging study: a comparison of the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer in detecting glaucomatous damage. 
  • Analysis of primary CD30+ cutaneous lymphoproliferative disease and survival from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. 
  • Aortic distensibility and retinal arteriolar narrowing: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Asian American cancer patients' pain experience. 
  • Asian American midlife women's attitudes toward physical activity. 
  • Association between Elder Mistreatment and Suicidal Ideation among Community-Dwelling Chinese Older Adults in the USA. 
  • Association of Race and Ethnicity With Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in the United States From 1995 to 2014. 
  • Attitudes of women in midlife to web-based interventions for promoting physical activity. 
  • Beliefs about promoting cognitive health among Filipino Americans who care for persons with dementia. 
  • Blood pressure and chronic kidney disease progression in a multi-racial cohort: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 
  • Calcified Pipes: You Better Call the Electrician Too. 
  • Cannabis use disorders are comparatively prevalent among nonwhite racial/ethnic groups and adolescents: a national study. 
  • Cardiovascular disease mortality in Asian Americans. 
  • Care and outcomes of Asian-American acute myocardial infarction patients: findings from the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease program. 
  • Challenges in a Technology-Based Cancer Pain Management Program Among Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors. 
  • Change of Cognitive Function in U.S. Chinese Older Adults: A Population-Based Study. 
  • Characteristics, quality of care, and in-hospital outcomes of Asian-American heart failure patients: Findings from the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Program. 
  • Chinese Dementia Specialist Education Program: training Chinese American health care professionals as dementia experts. 
  • Cluster analysis of midlife women's sleep-related symptoms: racial/ethnic differences. 
  • Clusters of midlife women by physical activity and their racial/ethnic differences. 
  • Common Genetic Variation In Cellular Transport Genes and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) Risk. 
  • Comorbid substance use disorders with other Axis I and II mental disorders among treatment-seeking Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race people. 
  • Comparison of baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and in-hospital outcomes of Asian versus non-Asian white Americans with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes from the CRUSADE quality improvement initiative. 
  • Comparison of bleeding and in-hospital mortality in Asian-Americans versus Caucasian-Americans with ST-elevation myocardial infarction receiving reperfusion therapy. 
  • Comparison of long-term outcomes between older Asian and white patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: findings from CRUSADE-CMS database. 
  • Conducting a qualitative culture study of pediatric palliative care. 
  • Cross-cultural considerations in administering the center for epidemiologic studies depression scale. 
  • Cultural influences on neural basis of inhibitory control. 
  • Datapoints: Use of medications and counseling for depression by Asian and multiple-race adolescents aged 12-17 years. 
  • Dietary and weight-related behaviors and body mass index among Hispanic, Hmong, Somali, and white adolescents. 
  • Disparities in breast carcinoma treatment in Asian/Pacific Islander women. A challenge to the provider. 
  • Distribution of optineurin sequence variations in an ethnically diverse population of low-tension glaucoma patients from the United States. 
  • Diversities and complexities in the health of Asian women. 
  • Does the market value racial and ethnic concordance in physician-patient relationships? 
  • Edentulism trends among middle-aged and older adults in the United States: comparison of five racial/ethnic groups. 
  • Effective strategies for recruiting of Asian cancer patients in internet research. 
  • Effects of the body mass index on menopausal symptoms among Asian American midlife women using two different classification systems. 
  • Ethnic differences in coronary artery calcium in a healthy cohort aged 60 to 69 years. 
  • Ethnic differences in exercise and leisure time physical activity among midlife women. 
  • Ethnic differences in symptoms experienced during the menopausal transition. 
  • Ethnic issues in the epidemiology of childhood obesity. 
  • Ethnic/racial differences in weight-related concerns and behaviors among adolescent girls and boys: findings from Project EAT. 
  • Evaluating disparities in door-to-EKG time for patients with noncardiac chest pain. 
  • Factors Associated With Perceived Health Status of Multiracial/Ethnic Midlife Women in the United States. 
  • Factors affecting physician visits in Chinese and Chinese immigrant samples. 
  • Family Spirituality and Family Health Among Korean-American Elderly Couples. 
  • Folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy in the Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST). 
  • Food habits and dietary change of Southeast Asian refugee families living in the United States. 
  • Food preferences, beliefs, and practices of Southeast Asian refugee adolescents. 
  • Gender and ethnic differences in cancer pain experience: a multiethnic survey in the United States. 
  • Gender and ethnic differences in cancer patients' needs for help: an Internet survey. 
  • General medical burden in bipolar disorder: findings from the LiTMUS comparative effectiveness trial. 
  • Genes Involved in Neurodevelopment, Neuroplasticity, and Bipolar Disorder: CACNA1C, CHRNA1, and MAPK1. 
  • Health care and social service use among Chinese immigrant elders. 
  • Health disparities among adult patients with a phenotypic diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia in the CASCADE-FH™ patient registry. 
  • High prevalence of narrow angles among Chinese-American glaucoma and glaucoma suspect patients. 
  • Houston AANCART best practices: from vision to synergy to reality. 
  • Identification and population history of CYP4V2 mutations in patients with Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy. 
  • Illicit and nonmedical drug use among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race individuals. 
  • Immigration transition and sleep-related symptoms experienced during menopausal transition. 
  • Impact of ethnicity and gender differences on angiographic coronary artery disease prevalence and in-hospital mortality in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Improving menopausal symptoms through promoting physical activity: a pilot Web-based intervention study among Asian Americans. 
  • Insurance coverage among women diagnosed with a gynecologic malignancy before and after implementation of the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Internet Recruitment of Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors. 
  • Introducing dyadic interviews as a method for collecting qualitative data. 
  • Issues in Developing and Evaluating a Culturally Tailored Internet Cancer Support Group. 
  • Issues in an Internet survey among midlife Asian women. 
  • John Henryism Active Coping, Acculturation, and Psychological Health in Korean Immigrants. 
  • John Henryism, self-reported physical health indicators, and the mediating role of perceived stress among high socio-economic status Asian immigrants. 
  • Korean women's attitudes toward physical activity. 
  • Korean-Americans' Knowledge about Depression and Attitudes about Treatment Options. 
  • Lack of evidence for an association between alpha-adducin and blood pressure regulation in Asian populations. 
  • Leading Causes of Death among Asian American Subgroups (2003-2011). 
  • Leisure-time physical activity among midlife Korean immigrant women in the US. 
  • Longevity-Associated FOXO3 Genotype and its Impact on Coronary Artery Disease Mortality in Japanese, Whites, and Blacks: A Prospective Study of Three American Populations. 
  • Longitudinal links between spanking and children's externalizing behaviors in a national sample of White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian American families. 
  • Macrosocial and environmental influences on minority health. 
  • Measuring exposure to racism: development and validation of a Race-Related Stressor Scale (RRSS) for Asian American Vietnam veterans. 
  • Midlife women's cardiovascular symptoms: A cluster analysis. 
  • Monoracial and biracial children: effects of racial identity saliency on social learning and social preferences. 
  • Multicultural considerations in women's health. 
  • Multiethnic meta-analysis identifies ancestry-specific and cross-ancestry loci for pulmonary function. 
  • Nonmedical stimulant use among young Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race individuals aged 12-34 years in the United States. 
  • Ocular Determinants of Refractive Error and Its Age- and Sex-Related Variations in the Chinese American Eye Study. 
  • Patient weighting of osteoporosis medication attributes across racial and ethnic groups: a study of osteoporosis medication preferences using conjoint analysis. 
  • Perceived cannabis use norms and cannabis use among adolescents in the United States. 
  • Performance on the CERAD neuropsychology battery of two samples of Japanese-American elders: norms for persons with and without dementia. 
  • Perinatal outcomes among Asian American and Pacific Islander women. 
  • Physical activities and sleep-related symptoms in 4 major racial/ethnic groups of midlife women. 
  • Physical activity and depressive symptoms in four ethnic groups of midlife women. 
  • Physical activity, television viewing time, and retinal microvascular caliber: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Practical Issues in Developing a Culturally Tailored Physical Activity Promotion Program for Chinese and Korean American Midlife Women: A Pilot Study. 
  • Predictors of hypertension control in a diverse general cardiology practice. 
  • Presumptive diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis based on radiographic findings. 
  • Prevalence and characteristics of choroidal nevi: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Prevalence of Obesity and Severe Obesity in US Children, 1999-2016. 
  • Psychometric evaluation of the Midlife Women's Symptom Index in multiethnic groups. 
  • Psychosocial risk factors and retinal microvascular signs: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Race/ethnicity, smoking status, and self-generated expected outcomes from smoking among adolescents. 
  • Racial differences in the built environment--body mass index relationship? A geospatial analysis of adolescents in urban neighborhoods. 
  • Racial variation in timing of pyeloplasty: prenatal versus postnatal diagnosis. 
  • Racial/Ethnic Differences in Cardiovascular Symptoms in Four Major Racial/Ethnic Groups of Midlife Women: A Secondary Analysis. 
  • Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences in Emergency Medical Services Transport Among Hospitalized US Stroke Patients: Analysis of the National Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry. 
  • Racial/Ethnic differences in B-type natriuretic peptide levels and their association with care and outcomes among patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. 
  • Recruitment of research participants through the Internet. 
  • Relation of retinopathy to coronary artery calcification: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Relationship of Lipids and Lipid-Lowering Medications With Cognitive Function: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 
  • Reliability and Validity of the Vietnamese Depression Interview (VDI). 
  • Retinal microvascular signs and risk of stroke: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). 
  • Self-Reported Cognitive Impairment Across Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States, National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2015. 
  • Self-management practices of Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes. 
  • Shielded from the real world: perspectives on Internet cancer support groups by Asian Americans. 
  • Short- and long-term rehospitalization and mortality for heart failure in 4 racial/ethnic populations. 
  • Skin manifestations in individuals of African or Asian descent. 
  • Sleep apnea and retinal signs in cardiovascular disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 
  • Smoking-adjusted lung cancer incidence among Asian-Americans (United States). 
  • Social Support, Social Strain, and Cognitive Function Among Community-Dwelling U.S. Chinese Older Adults. 
  • Socioeconomics affecting quality outcomes in Asian trauma patients within the United States. 
  • Subethnic differences in the menopausal symptom experience of Asian American midlife women. 
  • Substance use disorders and co-morbidities among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders. 
  • Symptom clusters among multiethnic groups of cancer patients with pain. 
  • Symptom experience during menopausal transition: low income Korean immigrant women. 
  • Symptoms experienced during menopausal transition: Korean women in South Korea and the United States. 
  • The Loneliness Questionnaire: Establishing Measurement Invariance Across Ethnic Groups. 
  • The White standard: racial bias in leader categorization. 
  • The complex triad of obesity, diabetes and race in Type I and II endometrial cancers: prevalence and prognostic significance. 
  • The impact of race on survival after heart transplantation: an analysis of more than 20,000 patients. 
  • The next generation: the need to expand upon traditional risk factors for stroke. 
  • The psychometric properties of Pen-and-Pencil and Internet versions of the Midlife Women's Symptom Index (MSI). 
  • The relationships between psychological symptoms and cardiovascular symptoms experienced during the menopausal transition: racial/ethnic differences. 
  • The role of acculturation in diabetes self-management among Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes. 
  • The sexual concerns of african american, asian american, and white women seeking routine gynecological care. 
  • The situation-specific theory of pain experience for Asian American cancer patients. 
  • The use of internet cancer support groups by Asian Americans and White Americans living with cancer. 
  • The use of multiple languages in a technology-based intervention study: A discussion paper. 
  • Tobacco use among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race individuals: 2002-2010. 
  • Treatment of hepatitis C in special populations. 
  • Trends in the incidence rates of nasopharyngeal carcinoma among Chinese Americans living in Los Angeles County and the San Francisco metropolitan area, 1992-2002. 
  • Trends of edentulism among middle-aged and older Asian Americans. 
  • Unfair treatment, racial/ethnic discrimination, ethnic identification, and smoking among Asian Americans in the National Latino and Asian American Study. 
  • Utilizing a diabetic registry to manage diabetes in a low-income Asian American population. 
  • Visual Impairment in White, Chinese, Black, and Hispanic Participants from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Cohort. 
  • What to Consider in a Culturally Tailored Technology-Based Intervention? 
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  • Wu, Li-Tzy, Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine