Hispanic Americans - Statistics & numerical data
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Predictors of calcium intake at dinner meals of ethnically diverse mother-child dyads from families with limited incomes.

29 Sep 2009 Diets adequate in calcium and other key nutrients early in life are critical for optimal growth. This study's objective was to determine associations between beverage and dairy food intakes of mothers and their young children and food/beverage ... Read more...

African Americans in commercial HMOs more likely to delay prescription drugs and use the emergency room.

29 Sep 2009 Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) are designed to provide comprehensive health care, including primary care to their enrollees. However, HMOs deliver care through a wide variety of physician networks, settings and methods throughout the nation ... Read more...

Racial and ethnic disparities in the trends in primary cesarean delivery based on indications.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in primary cesarean deliveries by indications and race/ethnicity. STUDY DESIGN: We examined temporal trends in primary cesarean deliveries from 1991 through 2008 among singleton births (n = 540,953) in Kaiser Permanente ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hispanic Americans - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Invited commentary. 30 Oct 2009
• Predictors of calcium intake at dinner meals of ethnically diverse mother-child dyads from families with limited incomes. 29 Sep 2009
• African Americans in commercial HMOs more likely to delay prescription drugs and use the emergency room. 29 Sep 2009
• Racial and ethnic disparities in the trends in primary cesarean delivery based on indications. 29 Sep 2009
• An analysis of the association between parental acculturation and children's medication use. 26 Sep 2009
• Ethnic-specific risks for atherosclerotic calcification of the thoracic and abdominal aorta (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). 13 Sep 2009
• Acculturation and gender: influence on healthy dietary outcomes for Latino adolescents in California. 30 Aug 2009
• Influence of Hispanic ethnicity in prevalence of diabetes mellitus in sleep apnea and relationship to sleep phase. 30 Aug 2009
• Excess Hispanic fetal-infant mortality in a midwestern community. 30 Aug 2009
• Self-reported diabetes in Hispanic subgroup, non-Hispanic black, and non-Hispanic white populations: National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2005. 30 Aug 2009
• Not all minorities are underrepresented in academic surgery. 30 Aug 2009
• Maternal mental health and childhood asthma among Puerto Rican youth: the role of prenatal smoking. 30 Aug 2009
• Decision involvement and receipt of mastectomy among racially and ethnically diverse breast cancer patients. 29 Aug 2009
• Differential trends in weight-related health behaviors among American young adults by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status: 1984-2006. 18 Aug 2009
• Liver transplantation trends and survival in the Asian population. 13 Aug 2009
• Downward social mobility and major depressive episodes among Latino and Asian-American immigrants to the United States. 9 Aug 2009
• Tobacco dependence in light smokers. 2 Aug 2009
• Blood pressure differences by ethnic group among United States children and adolescents. Aug 2009
• High blood pressure: a lifetime issue. Aug 2009
• Immigration status and use of health services among Latina women in the San Francisco Bay Area. 30 Jul 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