Issue 2/2013
Special Focus: Women’s Health
Content (27 Articles)
Mammography Screening Among Mexican, Central-American, and South-American Women
Monica Rosales, Patricia Gonzalez
Association Between Parity and Obesity in Mexican and Mexican–American Women: Findings from the Ella Binational Breast Cancer Study
María Elena Martínez, Erika Pond, Betsy C. Wertheim, Jesse N. Nodora, Elizabeth T. Jacobs, Melissa Bondy, Adrian Daneri-Navarro, Maria Mercedes Meza-Montenegro, Luis Enrique Gutierrez-Millan, Abenaa Brewster, Ian K. Komenaka, Patricia Thompson
Rate of Cervical Cancer Screening Associated with Immigration Status and Number of Years Since Immigration in Ontario, Canada
Amole Khadilkar, Yue Chen
Immigrants Present Improved Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes Compared to Native Women. A Northern Greek Population Analysis
Chrysoula Margioula-Siarkou, Stamatios Petousis, Ioannis Kalogiannidis, Themistoklis Dagklis, Vasilios Traianos, Michalis Goutzioulis, Nikos Prapas, Theodoros Agorastos
Reversal of Associations Between Spanish Language Use and Mammography and Pap Smear Testing
Gita Suneja, Joseph A. Diaz, Mary Roberts, William Rakowski
“Yo No Sabía...”—Immigrant Women’s Use of National Health Systems for Reproductive and Abortion Care
Bayla Ostrach
Perception of Pregnancy Related Health Issues Among Arab Women Living in the United States
Ping Ma, Maria. C. Magnus, Jeanette. H. Magnus
Undocumented Pregnant Women: What Does the Literature Tell Us?
Kimberly Munro, Catherine Jarvis, Marie Munoz, Vinita D’Souza, Lisa Graves
The Role of Maternal Perceptions and Ethnic Background in the Mental Health Help-Seeking Pathway of Adolescent Girls
I. J. E. Flink, T. M. J. Beirens, D. Butte, H. Raat
Cultural Background and Socioeconomic Influence of Immigrant and Refugee Women Coping with Postpartum Depression
Joyce Maureen O’Mahony, Tam Truong Donnelly, Shelley Raffin Bouchal, David Este
Factors Associated with the Process of Adaptation Among Pakistani Adolescent Females Living in United States
Salma A. Khuwaja, Beatrice J. Selwyn, Osaro Mgbere, Alam Khuwaja, Asha Kapadia, Sheryl McCurdy, Chiehwen E. Hsu
Factors Associated with Sexual and Reproductive Health Care by Mexican Immigrant Women in New York City: A Mixed Method Study
Gabriela S. Betancourt, Lisa Colarossi, Amanda Perez
Limited Socioeconomic Opportunities and Latina Teen Childbearing: A Qualitative Study of Family and Structural Factors Affecting Future Expectations
Alexandra M. Minnis, Kristen Marchi, Lauren Ralph, M. Antonia Biggs, Sarah Combellick, Abigail Arons, Claire D. Brindis, Paula Braveman
Opportunities and Challenges Associated with Engaging Immigrant Women in Participatory Action Research
Rebecca Ganann
Sex Education Among Asian American College Females: Who is Teaching them and What is Being Taught
Christine Lee, Denise Yen Tran, Deanna Thoi, Melissa Chang, Lisa Wu, Sang Leng Trieu
Immigrating to the US: What Brazilian, Latin American and Haitian Women Have to Say About Changes to Their Lifestyle That May be Associated with Obesity
Alison Tovar, Aviva Must, Nesly Metayer, David M. Gute, Alex Pirie, Raymond R. Hyatt, Christina D. Economos
Monogamy and Secondary Sexual Partnerships Among Afro-Amerindian Immigrant Women in New York City: A Qualitative Study
Suzanne M. Dolwick Grieb, Jaughna Nielsen-Bobbit
Food Insecurity Among Cambodian Refugee Women Two Decades Post Resettlement
Jerusha Nelson Peterman, Parke E. Wilde, Linda Silka, Odilia I. Bermudez, Beatrice Lorge Rogers
Tuberculosis Among Africans Living in the United States, 2000–2009
Bisrat K. Abraham, Carla A. Winston, Elvin Magee, Roque Miramontes
Acute Viral Hepatitis in the United States–Mexico Border Region: Data from the Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) Project, 2000–2009
Philip R. Spradling, Jian Xing, Alba Phippard, Maureen Fonseca-Ford, Sonia Montiel, Norma Luna Guzmán, Roberto Vázquez Campuzano, Gilberto Vaughan, Guo-liang Xia, Jan Drobeniuc, Saleem Kamili, Ricardo Cortés-Alcalá, Stephen H. Waterman
Evaluation of a Fotonovela to Increase Depression Knowledge and Reduce Stigma Among Hispanic Adults
Jennifer B. Unger, Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Gregory B. Molina, Sandra Contreras, Melvin Baron
Validation of a Temperature Prediction Model for Heat Deaths in Undocumented Border Crossers
Tim Ruttan, Uwe Stolz, Sara Jackson-Vance, Bruce Parks, Samuel M. Keim
Hispanic Health Disparities After a Flood Disaster: Results of a Population-Based Survey of Individuals Experiencing Home Site Damage in El Paso (Texas, USA)
Timothy W. Collins, Anthony M. Jimenez, Sara E. Grineski
The Border Community and Immigration Stress Scale: A Preliminary Examination of a Community Responsive Measure in Two Southwest Samples
Scott C. Carvajal, Cecilia Rosales, Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith, Samantha Sabo, Maia Ingram, Debra Jean McClelland, Floribella Redondo, Emma Torres, Andrea J. Romero, Anna Ochoa O’Leary, Zoila Sanchez, Jill Guernsey de Zapien
Trends in Recreational Computer Use Among Latino Children in California
Jeroen van Meijgaard, Lu Shi, Paul Simon
Impacts of the 2010 Haitian Earthquake in the Diaspora: Findings from Little Haiti, Miami, FL
Erin Kobetz, Janelle Menard, Jonathan Kish, Ian Bishop, Gabrielle Hazan, Guerda Nicolas
Haitian Adolescent Personality Clusters and Their Problem Area Correlates
Robert C. McMahon, Vaughn E. Bryant, Jessy G. Dévieux, Michèle Jean-Gilles, Rhonda Rosenberg, Robert M. Malow