Hispanic Americans

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "The Promotora Explained Everything": Participant Experiences During a Household-Level Diabetes Education Program. 
  • A genome-wide association study of central corneal thickness in Latinos. 
  • A parent-based intervention to reduce sexual risk behavior in early adolescence: building alliances between physicians, social workers, and parents. 
  • A syndemic model of substance abuse, intimate partner violence, HIV infection, and mental health among Hispanics. 
  • ARID5B genetic polymorphisms contribute to racial disparities in the incidence and treatment outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 
  • Acculturation, depression, self-esteem, and substance abuse among Hispanic men. 
  • Adjuvant hormonal therapy use among women with ductal carcinoma in situ. 
  • Ancestry and pharmacogenomics of relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 
  • Anthropometric differences between HIV-infected individuals prior to antiretroviral treatment and the general population from 1998-2007: the AIDS Clinical Trials Group Longitudinal Linked Randomized Trials (ALLRT) cohort and NHANES. 
  • Assessment of health literacy and numeracy among Spanish-Speaking parents of young children: validation of the Spanish Parental Health Literacy Activities Test (PHLAT Spanish). 
  • Association between cognitive activity and cognitive function in older Hispanics. 
  • Barriers to urinary incontinence care seeking in White, Black, and Latina women. 
  • Birthplace, culture, self-esteem, and intimate partner violence among community-dwelling Hispanic women. 
  • Blood pressure and chronic kidney disease progression in a multi-racial cohort: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 
  • Body mass index in multiethnic midlife women: influence of demographic characteristics and physical activity. 
  • Cannabis use disorders are comparatively prevalent among nonwhite racial/ethnic groups and adolescents: a national study. 
  • Childhood obesity prevention: fathers' reflections with healthcare providers. 
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Quality Improvement Initiative Using a Bilingual Patient Navigator, Mobile Technology, and Fecal Immunochemical Testing to Engage Hispanic Adults. 
  • Datapoints: Use of medications and counseling for depression by Asian and multiple-race adolescents aged 12-17 years. 
  • Demographic differences in health preferences in the United States. 
  • Dietary and weight-related behaviors and body mass index among Hispanic, Hmong, Somali, and white adolescents. 
  • Differences in access to kidney transplantation between Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites by geographic location in the United States. 
  • Differences in self-reported oral health among community-dwelling black, Hispanic, and white elders. 
  • Differences in treatment patterns and outcomes between Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites treated for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: results from the NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG. 
  • Differential impact of types of social support in the mental health of formerly incarcerated Latino men. 
  • Disparities in maternal hypertension and pregnancy outcomes: evidence from North Carolina, 1994-2003. 
  • Does perception equal reality? Weight misperception in relation to weight-related attitudes and behaviors among overweight and obese US adults. 
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): posttreatment follow-up care among Latina and non-Latina White women. 
  • Early adolescent romantic relationships and maternal approval among inner city Latino families. 
  • Edentulism trends among middle-aged and older adults in the United States: comparison of five racial/ethnic groups. 
  • Effect of Genetic African Ancestry on eGFR and Kidney Disease. 
  • Effectiveness-based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women--2011 update: a guideline from the American Heart Association. 
  • Ethnic differences among adolescents beginning treatment for depression. 
  • Evaluation of Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma (ALMA): a pilot promotora intervention focused on stress and coping among immigrant Latinas. 
  • Folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy in the Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST). 
  • Food Insecurity and Prediabetes among Adolescents Taking a School-based Survey. 
  • Functional repeats (TGYCC)n in the p53-inducible gene 3 (PIG3) promoter and susceptibility to squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. 
  • Gene-centric meta-analysis of lipid traits in African, East Asian and Hispanic populations. 
  • Genome-wide association of pericardial fat identifies a unique locus for ectopic fat. 
  • Genomic ancestry and somatic alterations correlate with age at diagnosis in Hispanic children with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 
  • Glycemic control among U.S. Hispanics/Latinos with diabetes from the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study: do structural and functional social support play a role? 
  • HIV susceptibility among Hispanic women in south Florida. 
  • Having health insurance does not eliminate race/ethnicity-associated delays in breast cancer diagnosis in the District of Columbia. 
  • Hemoglobin A1c and postpartum abnormal glucose tolerance among women with gestational diabetes mellitus. 
  • Hispanic ethnicity and vascular access use in patients initiating hemodialysis in the United States. 
  • Hispanic women's experiences with substance abuse, intimate partner violence, and risk for HIV. 
  • Impact of patient navigation on timely cancer care: the Patient Navigation Research Program. 
  • Influence of ethnicity on the efficacy and utilization of bariatric surgery in the USA. 
  • Is silent myocardial infarction more common in women with type 2 diabetes than in men? 
  • Life experience and demographic influences on cognitive function in older adults. 
  • Longitudinal links between spanking and children's externalizing behaviors in a national sample of White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian American families. 
  • Macular findings in healthy full-term Hispanic newborns observed by hand-held spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. 
  • Measuring and explaining racial and ethnic differences in willingness to donate live kidneys in the United States. 
  • Myocilin and optineurin coding variants in Hispanics of Mexican descent with POAG. 
  • Needs and preferences for the prevention of intimate partner violence among Hispanics: a community's perspective. 
  • Neighborhood deprivation and adverse birth outcomes among diverse ethnic groups. 
  • Novel childhood ALL susceptibility locus BMI1-PIP4K2A is specifically associated with the hyperdiploid subtype. 
  • Novel susceptibility variants at 10p12.31-12.2 for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in ethnically diverse populations. 
  • Parenting styles and body mass index trajectories from adolescence to adulthood. 
  • Participation in SEPA, a sexual and relational health intervention for Hispanic women. 
  • Patient weighting of osteoporosis medication attributes across racial and ethnic groups: a study of osteoporosis medication preferences using conjoint analysis. 
  • Physical activity, television viewing time, and retinal microvascular caliber: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Potential for using online and mobile education with parents and adolescents to impact sexual and reproductive health. 
  • Predictors of depressive symptoms among Hispanic women in South Florida. 
  • Predictors of long-term weight loss in adults with modest initial weight loss, by sex and race. 
  • Predictors of self-efficacy for HIV prevention among Hispanic women in South Florida. 
  • Predictors of treatment engagement in ethnically diverse, urban children receiving treatment for trauma exposure. 
  • Prevalence and characteristics of choroidal nevi: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Prevalence of kidney stones in the United States. 
  • Preventing rapid repeat births among latina adolescents: the role of parents. 
  • Psychometric validation and reliability analysis of a Spanish version of the patient satisfaction with cancer-related care measure: a patient navigation research program study. 
  • Psychosocial and cultural correlates of depression among Hispanic men with HIV infection: a pilot study. 
  • Racial and Sexual Minority Scholar Positionality: Advancing Health Status and Life Opportunity Among Sexual Minority Men of Color. 
  • Racial and ethnic differences associated with feeding- and activity-related behaviors in infants. 
  • Racial differences among patients undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery: a population-based trend analysis from 2002 to 2008. 
  • Racial differences in the built environment--body mass index relationship? A geospatial analysis of adolescents in urban neighborhoods. 
  • Racial differences in urinary F2-isoprostane levels and the cross-sectional association with BMI. 
  • Racial variation in timing of pyeloplasty: prenatal versus postnatal diagnosis. 
  • Racial/ethnic differences in the rates and correlates of HIV risk behaviors among drug abusers. 
  • Recruitment and retention of participants in a pragmatic randomized intervention trial at three community health clinics: results and lessons learned. 
  • Relationship of race/ethnicity and survival after single umbilical cord blood transplantation for adults and children with leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. 
  • Relationship of race/ethnicity with door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: findings from Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Response to Relationship of race/ethnicity with door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Findings from Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Diseases. Authors' reply. 
  • Results from a pilot promotora program to reduce depression and stress among immigrant Latinas. 
  • Results of a pilot test of a brief computer-assisted tailored HIV prevention intervention for use with a range of demographic and risk groups. 
  • Retinal microvascular abnormalities and cognitive function in Latino adults in Los Angeles. 
  • Retinal microvascular calibre and risk of incident diabetes: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Retinal microvascular signs and risk of stroke: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). 
  • Revisiting the Hispanic health paradox: the relative contributions of nativity, country of origin, and race/ethnicity to childhood asthma. 
  • Schema therapy, motivational interviewing, and collaborative-mapping as treatment for depression among low income, second generation Latinas. 
  • Screening parents during child evaluations: exploring parent and child psychopathology in the same clinic. 
  • Selection of treatment among Latina and non-Latina white women with ductal carcinoma in situ. 
  • Sexual orientation and demographic, cultural, and psychological factors associated with the perpetration and victimization of intimate partner violence among Hispanic men. 
  • Short- and long-term rehospitalization and mortality for heart failure in 4 racial/ethnic populations. 
  • Social factors and leukocyte DNA methylation of repetitive sequences: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Socio-environmental risks for untreated depression among formerly incarcerated Latino men. 
  • Sociocultural and socioeconomic influences on type 2 diabetes risk in overweight/obese African-American and Latino-American children and adolescents. 
  • Socioeconomic status and adolescent mental disorders. 
  • Stress: a possible link between genetics, epigenetics, and childhood asthma. 
  • Substance abuse, violence, HIV, and depression: an underlying syndemic factor among Latinas. 
  • The Assets and Challenges of Formerly Incarcerated Latino Men's Social Support Networks in Promoting Healthy Behaviors. 
  • The Ethnic/Racial Variations of Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ERICH) study protocol. 
  • The Latino Health Project: pilot testing a culturally adapted behavioral weight loss intervention in obese and overweight Latino adults. 
  • The Linking Lives health education program: a randomized clinical trial of a parent-based tobacco use prevention program for african american and latino youths. 
  • The Tangled Branches (Las Ramas Enredadas): sexual risk, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence among Hispanic men who have sex with men. 
  • The association of acculturation and health literacy, numeracy and health-related skills in Spanish-speaking caregivers of young children. 
  • The break in FRAX: Equity concerns in estimating fracture risk in racial and ethnic minorities. 
  • The effect of system-level access factors on receipt of reconstruction among Latina and white women with DCIS. 
  • The effects of perceived stress and attitudes toward menopause and aging on symptoms of menopause. 
  • The efficacy of an HIV risk reduction intervention for Hispanic women. 
  • The feasibility of a clinic-based parent intervention to prevent HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancies among Latino and African American adolescents. 
  • Trends in relative mortality between Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites initiating dialysis: a retrospective study of the US Renal Data System. 
  • Understanding how race/ethnicity and gender define age-trajectories of disability: an intersectionality approach. 
  • What can we learn from the age- and race/ethnicity- specific rates of inflammatory breast carcinoma? 
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  Keywords of People

  • Clotfelter, Charles T., Z. Smith Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, Economics
  • Farsiu, Sina, Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Fernandez, Bethzaida, Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies, Romance Studies
  • Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing
  • Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent, Dean of the School of Nursing, School of Nursing
  • Halabi, Susan, Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Ladd, Helen F., Susan B. King Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Economics
  • Liu, Yutao, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Genetics
  • Marquez, Cecilia, Hunt Family Assistant Professor of History, History
  • Toth, Cynthia Ann, Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering
  • Wu, Li-Tzy, Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine