Issue 3/2015
Special Focus: Cancer Risk, Screening, Prevention, and Treatment
Content (38 Articles)
Prostate Cancer Prognostic Factors Among Asian Patients Born in the US Compared to Those Born Abroad
Junjun Xu, Michael Goodman, Ahemdin Jemal, Stacey A. Fedewa
No Differences in Cervical Cancer Stage at Diagnosis for Blacks and Whites in the Mountain West
Sanae El Ibrahimi, Paulo Pinheiro
The Incidence Rate of Thyroid Cancer Among Women in Saudi Arabia: An Observational Descriptive Epidemiological Analysis of Data from Saudi Cancer Registry 2001–2008
Ibrahim G. Alghamdi, Issam I. Hussain, Mohamed S. Alghamdi, Ahlam A. Dohal, Shaia S. Almalki, Mohammed A. El-Sheemy
Trends in Cancer Screening by Citizenship and Health Insurance, 2000–2010
Adriana M Reyes, Patricia Y Miranda
Care and Survival of Mexican American Women with Node Negative Breast Cancer: Historical Cohort Evidence of Health Insurance and Barrio Advantages
Nancy L. Richter, Kevin M. Gorey, Sundus Haji-Jama, Isaac N. Luginaah
Associations Between Religion-Related Factors and Breast Cancer Screening Among American Muslims
Aasim I. Padela, Sohad Murrar, Brigid Adviento, Chuanhong Liao, Zahra Hosseinian, Monica Peek, Farr Curlin
Participation and Risk of High Grade Cytological Lesions Among Immigrants and Italian-Born Women in an Organized Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Central Italy
Carmen Beatriz Visioli, Emanuele Crocetti, Marco Zappa, Anna Iossa, Karin Louise Andersson, Paolo Bulgaresi, Antonia Alfieri, Gianni Amunni
Distribution of Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines (DARC) and Risk of Prostate Cancer in Barbados, West Indies
Barbara Nemesure, Suh-Yuh Wu, Anselm Hennis, M. Cristina Leske
Factors Affecting Hispanic Women’s Participation in Screening for Cervical Cancer
Arelis Moore de Peralta, Bonnie Holaday, James R. McDonell
Effect of Acculturation and Access to Care on Colorectal Cancer Screening in Low-Income Latinos
Lara S. Savas, Sally W. Vernon, John S. Atkinson, Maria E. Fernández
Feasibility of Cervical Cancer Screening Utilizing Self-sample Human Papillomavirus Testing Among Mexican Immigrant Women in Harris County, Texas: A Pilot Study
Jane R. Montealegre, Patricia D. Mullen, Maria L. Jibaja-Weiss, Maria M. Vargas Mendez, Michael E. Scheurer
Cultural Beliefs and Understandings of Cervical Cancer Among Mexican Immigrant Women in Southeast Georgia
John S. Luque, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Jonathan N. Maupin, Moya L. Alfonso, Lisa C. Watson, Claudia Reyes-Garcia, Daron G. Ferris
Cervical Cancer: Barriers to Screening in the Somali Community in Minnesota
Rahel G. Ghebre, Barrett Sewali, Sirad Osman, Amira Adawe, Hai T. Nguyen, Kolawole S. Okuyemi, Anne Joseph
Breast Cancer Amongst Filipino Migrants: A Review of the Literature and Ten-Year Institutional Analysis
Jory S. Simpson, Kaleigh Briggs, Ralph George
Women Supporting Patients, Men Curing Cancer: Gender-Related Variations Among Israeli Arab Practitioners of Traditional Medicine in Their Treatment of Patients with Cancer
Ariela Popper-Giveon, Elad Schiff, Noah Samuels, Eran Ben-Arye
Cultural Beliefs and Clinical Breast Examination in Hmong American Women: The Crucial Role of Modesty
Hee Yun Lee, Suzanne Vang
Breast Cancer Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Trinidad and Tobago
Marlene Camacho-Rivera, Camille Ragin, Veronica Roach, Tricia Kalwar, Emanuela Taioli
Understanding Cancer Screening Service Utilization by Somali Men in Minnesota
Barrett Sewali, Rebekah Pratt, Ekland Abdiwahab, Saeed Fahia, Kathleen Thiede Call, Kolawole S. Okuyemi
The Association of Duration of Residence in the United States with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among South Asian Immigrants
Nazleen Bharmal, Robert M. Kaplan, Martin F. Shapiro, Carol M. Mangione, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Mitchell D. Wong, William J. McCarthy
“…you earn money by suffering pain:” Beliefs About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Among Latino Poultry Processing Workers
Thomas A. Arcury, Dana C. Mora, Sara A. Quandt
Population-Based Comparison of Biomarker Concentrations for Chemicals of Concern Among Latino-American and Non-Hispanic White Children
M. E. Perla, Tessa Rue, Allen Cheadle, James Krieger, C. K. Karr
Health Status Sensed by the Adult Latin American Immigrant Population in the City of Seville, Spain
J. R. González-López, M. A. Rodríguez-Gázquez, M. M. Lomas-Campos
Revisiting the Hispanic Health Paradox: The Relative Contributions of Nativity, Country of Origin, and Race/Ethnicity to Childhood Asthma
Marlene Camacho-Rivera, Ichiro Kawachi, Gary G. Bennett, S. V. Subramanian
Comparison of Infant Sleep Practices in African–American and US Hispanic Families: Implications for Sleep-Related Infant Death
Anita A. Mathews, Brandi L. Joyner, Rosalind P. Oden, Ines Alamo, Rachel Y. Moon
The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on Miscarriage Incidence Among Italian and Immigrant Women: A Critical Analysis from Italy
Donatella Caserta, Eleonora Ralli, Eleonora Matteucci, Giulia Bordi, Ilaria Soave, Roberto Marci, Flaviano Moscarini
A Longitudinal Study of Changes in Asylum Seekers Ability Regarding Activities of Daily Living During Their Stay in the Asylum Center
Anne-Le Morville, Kirstine Amris, Mona Eklund, Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe, Lena-Karin Erlandsson
Smoking Topography in Korean American and White Men: Preliminary Findings
Sangkeun Chung, Sun S. Kim, Nisha Kini, Hua J. Fang, David Kalman, Douglas M. Ziedonis
Impact of Economic Labour Migration: A Qualitative Exploration of Left-Behind Family Member Perspectives in Sri Lanka
Chesmal Siriwardhana, Kolitha Wickramage, Kaushalya Jayaweera, Anushka Adikari, Sulochana Weerawarna, Tine Van Bortel, Sisira Siribaddana, Athula Sumathipala
Pharmacy Students’ Use of and Beliefs About Traditional Healthcare
Mudassir Anwar, Pauline Norris, James Green, Shirley Au, Grace Li, Mandy Ma, Richard Prentice, Audrey Shum, Louisa-Ann Siaw, Sujeong Yoo, Shuyi Zhang
Beyond the Black Box: A Systematic Review of Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, and Cervical Screening Among Native and Immigrant African-Descent Caribbean Populations
Nathan S. Consedine, Natalie L. Tuck, Camille R. Ragin, Benjamin A. Spencer
Breast Cancer Screening Interventions for Arabic Women: A Literature Review
Tam Truong Donnelly, Jasmine Hwang
What is Known About Health and Morbidity in the Pediatric Population of Muslim Bedouins in Southern Israel: A Descriptive Review of the Literature from the Past Two Decades
Yulia Treister-Goltzman, Roni Peleg
Evaluating the Impact of Immigration Policies on Health Status Among Undocumented Immigrants: A Systematic Review
Omar Martinez, Elwin Wu, Theo Sandfort, Brian Dodge, Alex Carballo-Dieguez, Rogeiro Pinto, Scott Rhodes, Eva Moya, Silvia Chavez-Baray
Assessing Lung Cancer Incidence Disparities Between Puerto Ricans and Other Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States, 1992–2010
William A. Calo, Erick Suárez, Marievelisse Soto-Salgado, Rafael A. Quintana, Ana P. Ortiz
Impact of Navigation on Knowledge and Attitudes About Clinical Trials Among Chinese Patients Undergoing Treatment for Breast and Gynecologic Cancers
E. Clair McClung, Sharon Watkins Davis, Stefanie S. Jeffrey, Mei-Chin Kuo, Marion M. Lee, Nelson N. H. Teng
Erratum to: Breast Cancer Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Trinidad and Tobago
Marlene Camacho-Rivera, Camille Ragin, Veronica Roach, Tricia Kalwar, Emanuela Taioli