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Exploring health beliefs and care-seeking behaviors of older USA

WEBOBJECTIVE: This study explored health beliefs and healthcare-seeking behaviors of older USA-dwelling Mexicans and Mexican-Americans using the Theory of Planned Behavior …

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Resilience and stigma influence older African Americans seeking care

WEBBACKGROUND: Stigma affects older adults' willingness to describe depressive symptoms to health care personnel and others. Specific aims targeted associations among …

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Health Empowerment Technologies (HET): Building a Web-Based …

WEBResponding to health and digital inequities among older African Americans, a customized web-based mobile health information intervention is being developed for this vulnerable …

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A contextual examination of reminiscence functions in older …

WEBReminiscence functions have been shown to be associated with positive mental health and well-being in certain older adult populations. However, there is little known regarding the …

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Disparities in health status and health care access and use among …

WEBObjectives: The present study compared the characteristics of health status and health care access and use among older American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) to …

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Impact of targeted health promotion on cardiovascular knowledge …

WEBThe National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute developed the Honoring the Gift of Heart Health (HGHH) curriculum to promote cardiovascular knowledge and heart-healthy …

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Adapting to the effects of climate change on Inuit health

WEBClimate change will have far-reaching implications for Inuit health. Focusing on adaptation offers a proactive approach for managing climate-related health risks-one that views …

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Native American elders' health congruence: the role of gender and

WEBAddressing the need to explore how Native American (NA) elders' subjective health (SH) compares to their objective health (OH; chronic disease conditions), we examined …

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Musculoskeletal injury, functional disability, and health-related

WEBMigrant and seasonal farmworkers are at high risk for musculoskeletal and other occupational injuries. Although persons aged 40-80 years account for 40 % of all US …

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Hypertension and the Hmong community: using the health belief …

WEBHmong Americans are a minority population with a hypertensive health problem that is often undiagnosed and not medically managed. Vulnerable populations, such as ethnic …

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American Indian health policy: historical trends and contemporary

WEBThe United States has a trust responsibility to provide services to American Indians and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons. However, a long-standing history of underfunding of the …

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Shifts in hmong culture: competing medical frameworks

WEBThe objective of this study was to examine how language contraction, acculturation, and perception of modernity impact medicinal practices among younger and older …

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Health characteristics of the American Indian or Alaska Native …

WEBOBJECTIVE: This report compares national estimates for selected health status indicators, health behaviors, health care utilization, health conditions, immunizations, and human …

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Barriers to cancer screening in Hmong Americans: the influence of

WEBBarriers to cancer screening in Hmong Americans: the influence of health care accessibility, culture, and cancer literacy

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Health and acculturation of Hmong in the United States

WEBHmong are descendents of a tribal people from highland Laos and relatively recent immigrants to the United States (US). There have been reports that rates of chronic …

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Medical mistrust and discrimination in health care: a qualitative …

WEBLow rates of breast and cervical cancer screening among Hmong women have been documented. Mistrust of Western medicine and the health care system, as well as …

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Social determinants of health outcomes in older Mexican …

WEBThis dissertation study examined the effects of economic deprivation, financial strain, linguistic acculturation, and perceived social support on functional status and depressive …

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Outcomes of a breast health project for Hmong women and men …

WEBOBJECTIVES: We used a community-based research approach to test a culturally based breast cancer screening program among low-income Hmong women in central and …

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Indian health service innovations have helped reduce health …

WEBThe Indian Health Service (IHS), a federal health system, cares for 2 million of the country's 5.2 million American Indian and Alaska Native people.

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