Issue 4/2009
Special Focus: Cancer Risk and Prevention
Content (12 Articles)
Cancer Patient Ethnicity and Associations with Emotional Distress—the 6th Vital Sign: A New Look at Defining Patient Ethnicity in a Multicultural Context
Bejoy C. Thomas, Linda E. Carlson, Barry D. Bultz
Looking Under the Hispanic Umbrella: Cancer Mortality Among Cubans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Other Hispanics in Florida
Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, Elizabeth Barnett Pathak, Hosanna Soler-Vila, Ann Marie Flores
Prostate Cancer Cognitive-Behavioral Factors in a West African Population
Folakemi T. Odedina, Daohai Yu, Titilola O. Akinremi, R. Renee Reams, Matthew L. Freedman, Nagi Kumar
Developing a Culturally Competent Peer Support Intervention for Spanish-speaking Latinas with Breast Cancer
Anna M. Nápoles-Springer, Carmen Ortíz, Helen O’Brien, Marynieves Díaz-Méndez
The Jade Ribbon Campaign: A Model Program for Community Outreach and Education to Prevent Liver Cancer in Asian Americans
Stephanie D. Chao, Ellen T. Chang, Phuoc V. Le, Wijan Prapong, Michaela Kiernan, Samuel K. S. So
Fatalism or Destiny? A Qualitative Study and Interpretative Framework on Dominican Women’s Breast Cancer Beliefs
Karen R. Flórez, Alejandra N. Aguirre, Anahí Viladrich, Amarilis Céspedes, Ana Alicia De La Cruz, Ana F. Abraído-Lanza
Why are Korean American Physicians Reluctant to Recommend Colorectal Cancer Screening to Korean American Patients? Exploratory Interview Findings
Angela M. Jo, Annette E. Maxwell, Albert J. Rick, Jennifer Cha, Roshan Bastani
Comparison of Personal Characteristics, Tobacco Use, and Health States in Chaldean, Arab American, and non-Middle Eastern White Adults
H. Jamil, T. Templin, M. Fakhouri, V. H. Rice, R. Khouri, H. Fakhouri, Hasan Al-Omran, Ibrahim Al-Fauori, Omar Baker
Comparison of Personal Characteristics, Tobacco Use, and Health States in Chaldean, Arab American, and non-Middle Eastern White Adults
H. Jamil, T. Templin, M. Fakhouri, V. H. Rice, R. Khouri, H. Fakhouri
Colon Cancer Knowledge and Attitudes in an Immigrant Haitian Community
Fritz Francois, Greta Elysée, Susan Shah, Francesca Gany
Mexican Immigrant Male Knowledge and Support Toward Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
Heike Thiel de Bocanegra, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Angelica P. Herrera, Francesca Gany
Meredith Minkler: Community Organizing and Community Building for Health (2005)
Scott D. Rhodes