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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Issue 2/2017

Content (30 Articles)

Original Paper

Utilitarian and Recreational Walking Among Spanish- and English-Speaking Latino Adults in Micropolitan US Towns

Mark P. Doescher, Chanam Lee, Brian E. Saelens, Chunkuen Lee, Ethan M. Berke, Anna M. Adachi-Mejia, Davis G. Patterson, Anne Vernez Moudon

Original Paper

Correlates of Physical Activity Differ by Sex and Country of Birth Among Mexican-Heritage Youth

Anna V. Wilkinson, Erline E. Miller, Laura M. Koehly, Carrie R. Daniel, Michele R. Forman

Open Access Original Paper

Effects of a Randomised Controlled School-Based Health Promotion Intervention on Obesity Related Behavioural Outcomes of Children with Migration Background

Susanne Kobel, Christine Lämmle, Olivia Wartha, Dorothea Kesztyüs, Tamara Wirt, Jürgen M. Steinacker

Original Paper

Rapid Weight Gain in Pediatric Refugees after US Immigration

Brad G. Olson, Yonatan Kurland, Paula F. Rosenbaum, Travis R. Hobart

Original Paper

Residential Environment for Outdoor Play Among Children in Latino Farmworker Families

Thomas A. Arcury, Cynthia K. Suerken, Edward H. Ip, Justin B. Moore, Sara A. Quandt

Open Access Original Paper

Identifying the Complexity of Multiple Risk Factors for Obesity Among Urban Latinas

Ruth M. Masterson Creber, Elaine Fleck, Jianfang Liu, Gloria Rothenberg, Beatriz Ryan, Suzanne Bakken

Original Paper

Social Norms, Acculturation, and Physical Activity Among Latina Women

Ana F. Abraído-Lanza, Rachel C. Shelton, Mariana Cunha Martins, Danielle M. Crookes

Original Paper

The Relationship Between Dietary Acculturation and Type 2 Diabetes Risk Among Asian Indians in the U.S.

Sumathi Venkatesh, Thomas Conner, Won O. Song, Beth H. Olson, Lorraine J. Weatherspoon

Original Paper

Perception of Child Weight and Feeding Styles in Parents of Chinese-American Preschoolers

Lucy Y. Chang, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Arthur H. Fierman, Loretta Y. Au, Mary Jo Messito

Original Paper

Dietary Profiles of First-Generation South Asian Indian Adolescents in the United States

Pamela Martyn-Nemeth, Laurie Quinn, Usha Menon, Shakuntala Shrestha, Chaula Patel, Grishma Shah

Original Paper

Predictors of Obesity Among Nigerian Immigrants in the United States

Olawunmi Obisesan, Wen-Hung Kuo, Michael Brunet, Adekunle Obisesan, Olubusayo Akinola, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah

Original Paper

Nutritional Surveillance of Christian Orthodox Minority Adolescents in Istanbul

Despoina Giannopoulou, Maria G. Grammatikopoulou, Dimitrios Poulimeneas, Maria Maraki, Leonidas Dimitrakopoulos, Maria Tsigga

Original Paper

Dietary Patterns in Puerto Rican and Mexican-American Breast Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Cristina Palacios, Carrie R. Daniel, Maribel Tirado-Gómez, Velda Gonzalez-Mercado, Liliana Vallejo, Jose Lozada, Alexis Ortiz, Daniel C. Hughes, Karen Basen-Engquist

Original Paper

A Pilot Examination of a Mosque-Based Physical Activity Intervention for South Asian Muslim Women in Ontario, Canada

Ananya Tina Banerjee, Mireille Landry, Maha Zawi, Debbie Childerhose, Neil Stephens, Ammara Shafique, Jennifer Price

Original Paper

Physical Activity Behaviors and Influences Among Chinese–American Children Aged 9–13 Years: A Qualitative Study

Cassandra S. Diep, Randall Leung, Debbe Thompson, Beverly J. Gor, Tom Baranowski

Original Paper

Strategies and Challenges in Recruiting Black Immigrant Mothers for a Community-Based Study on Child Nutritional Health in Ottawa, Canada

Rosanne Blanchet, Dia Sanou, Constance P. Nana, Elise Pauzé, Malek Batal, Isabelle Giroux

Original Paper

Acculturation Strategies Among South Asian Immigrants: The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study

Belinda L. Needham, Bhramar Mukherjee, Pramita Bagchi, Catherine Kim, Arnab Mukherjea, Namratha R. Kandula, Alka M. Kanaya

Original Paper

Efficacy of a Church-Based, Culturally Tailored Program to Promote Completion of Advance Directives Among Asian Americans

Angela Sun, Quynh Bui, Janice Y. Tsoh, Ginny Gildengorin, Joanne Chan, Joyce Cheng, Ky Lai, Stephen McPhee, Tung Nguyen

Original Paper

Cultural and Religious/Spiritual Beliefs and the Impact on Health that Fear to Death has on Gender and Age, Among a Romani Minority Group from Southern Spain

Eugenio Restrepo-Madero, María Victoria Trianes-Torres, Antonio Muñoz-García, Rafael Alarcón

Original Paper

Stability of Household and Housing Characteristics Among Farmworker Families in North Carolina: Implications for Health

Thomas A. Arcury, Grisel Trejo, Cynthia K. Suerken, Edward H. Ip, Sara A. Quandt

Original Paper

Postpartum Pain in the Community Among Migrant and Non-migrant Women in Canada

Abbey Mahon, Lisa Merry, Olivia Lu, Anita J. Gagnon

Original Paper

Does CenteringPregnancy Group Prenatal Care Affect the Birth Experience of Underserved Women? A Mixed Methods Analysis

Rhianon Liu, Maria T. Chao, Ariana Jostad-Laswell, Larissa G. Duncan

Original Paper

Living in Two Cultures: Chinese Canadians’ Perspectives on Health

Chunlei Lu, Michelle K. McGinn, Xiaojian Xu, John Sylvestre

Original Paper

Morbidity, Self-Perceived Health and Mortality Among non-Western Immigrants and Their Descendants in Denmark in a Life Phase Perspective

Signe Smith Jervelund, Sanam Malik, Nanna Ahlmark, Sarah Fredsted Villadsen, Annemette Nielsen, Kathrine Vitus

Brief Communication

Length of Residence and Vehicle Ownership in Relation to Physical Activity Among U.S. Immigrants

Dale Terasaki, India Ornelas, Brian Saelens

Brief Communication

Self-Efficacy, Health Literacy, and Nutrition and Exercise Behaviors in a Low-Income, Hispanic Population

Lisa M. Guntzviller, Andy J. King, Jakob D. Jensen, LaShara A. Davis

Brief Communication

Comparison of Dietary Quality Among Puerto Ricans Living in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico

Andrea Lopez-Cepero, Alexandra Valencia, Julio Jimenez, Stephenie C. Lemon, Cristina Palacios, Milagros C. Rosal