Hispanic Americans - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Limited English proficiency is a barrier to receipt of advice about physical activity and diet among Hispanics with chronic diseases in the United States.

29 Sep 2009 The prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease is reaching epidemic proportions among Hispanics in the United States. Health care providers play an important role in motivating patients to make healthful lifestyle changes to reduce ... Read more...

Disease activity and damage are not associated with increased levels of fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus patients from a multiethnic cohort: LXVII.

13 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors associated with increased levels of fatigue over the course of the disease in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients from LUpus in MInorities: NAture versus nurture, a longitudinal multiethnic cohort. ... Read more...

Acculturation and gender: influence on healthy dietary outcomes for Latino adolescents in California.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Examine acculturation and gender on intention to eat a healthful diet among Latino adolescents using the Theory of Planned Behavior. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data set and condensed version of the Short Acculturation Scale for ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hispanic Americans - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Limited English proficiency is a barrier to receipt of advice about physical activity and diet among Hispanics with chronic diseases in the United States. 29 Sep 2009
• Disease activity and damage are not associated with increased levels of fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus patients from a multiethnic cohort: LXVII. 13 Sep 2009
• Your Guide to Diet and Diabetes: web-based diabetes education tailored to Hispanics. 30 Aug 2009
• Acculturation and gender: influence on healthy dietary outcomes for Latino adolescents in California. 30 Aug 2009
• Racial differences in motivators and barriers to blood donation among blood donors. 30 Aug 2009
• Development and validation of the eating stimulus index in low-income, minority women in early postpartum. 30 Aug 2009
• Attitudes and sociocultural factors influencing vaginal douching behavior among English-speaking Latinas. 30 Aug 2009
• Mental health considerations for speech-language services with bilingual Spanish-English speakers. 24 Aug 2009
• Downward social mobility and major depressive episodes among Latino and Asian-American immigrants to the United States. 9 Aug 2009
• Obesity treatment for urban, low-income Latinos with severe mental illness. 30 Jul 2009
• The religiosity/spirituality of Latina breast cancer survivors and influence on health-related quality of life. 30 Jul 2009
• Autonomic functioning moderates the relations between contextual factors and externalizing behaviors among inner-city children. 30 Jul 2009
• Prenatal airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and child IQ at age 5 years. 18 Jul 2009
• Racial/ethnic differences in correlates of prescription drug misuse among young adults. 16 Jul 2009
• Prevalence of sexually abusive experiences in childhood and adolescence among a community sample of Latinas: a descriptive study. 29 Jun 2009
• Spirituality and quality of life in low-income men with metastatic prostate cancer. 29 Jun 2009
• Multiculturalism and subjective happiness as mediated by cultural and relational variables. 29 Jun 2009
• Violated expectations and acculturative stress among U.S. Hispanic immigrants. 29 Jun 2009
• Spanish-English bilingual psychotherapists: personal and professional language development and use. 29 Jun 2009
• Application to graduate psychology programs by undergraduate students of color: the impact of a research training program. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Hispanic Americans'

Definition: Persons living in the United States of Mexican (MEXICAN AMERICANS), Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin. The concept does not include Brazilian Americans or Portuguese Americans.

Descriptor UI: D006630

Alternative terms: Hispanic Americans; American, Hispanic; Americans, Hispanic; Hispanic American; Spanish Americans; Americans, Spanish; Spanish American; Puerto Ricans; Puerto Rican; Latinas; Latina; Latinos; Latino; Cuban Americans; Americans, Cuban; Cuban American; Hispanics; Hispanic;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethnology; genetics;

Tree Number: M01.686.754.441;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: does not include Brazilian Americans ( = UNITED STATES + BRAZIL /ethnol) nor Portuguese Americans ( = UNITED STATES + PORTUGAL /ethnol); specify geog; despite X refs specify NIM PUERTO RICO/ethnol or other Hispanic country with /ethnol when pertinent; MEXICAN AMERICANS is available