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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Issue 5/2018

Content (33 Articles)

Original Paper

Being a Young Migrant in Italy: The Effect of Perceived Social Support in Adolescence

Paola Dalmasso, Alberto Borraccino, Giacomo Lazzeri, Lorena Charrier, Paola Berchialla, Franco Cavallo, Patrizia Lemma

Original Paper

Immigrant Trauma and Mental Health Outcomes Among Latino Youth

Sean D. Cleary, Ryan Snead, Daniela Dietz-Chavez, Ivonne Rivera, Mark C. Edberg

Original Paper

Religious Identity and Health Inequalities in Canada

Maryam Dilmaghani

Original Paper

Acceptability of Friday Sermons as a Modality for Health Promotion and Education

Aasim I. Padela, Sana Malik, Nadia Ahmed

Original Paper

Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors, and Health Conditions of Dominican Adults Living in Puerto Rico

Martha Tamez, Carlos F. Ríos-Bedoya, José F. Rodríguez-Orengo, Katherine L. Tucker, Josiemer Mattei

Original Paper

Ethnic Discrimination and Smoking-Related Outcomes among Former and Current Arab Male Smokers in Israel: The Buffering Effects of Social Support

Amira Osman, Nihaya Daoud, James F. Thrasher, Bethany A. Bell, Katrina M. Walsemann

Original Paper

The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Immigration Law Concerns Scale (ILCS) for HIV Testing

Julia Lechuga, Carol L. Galletly, Michelle R. Broaddus, Julia B. Dickson-Gomez, Laura R. Glasman, Timothy L. McAuliffe, Miriam Y. Vega, Sarah LeGrand, Carla A. Mena, Morgan L. Barlow, Erik Valera, Judith I. Montenegro

Original Paper

HIV Testing Among Foreign-Born Men and Women in the United States: Results from a Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey

Eduardo Valverde, Elizabeth DiNenno, Emeka Oraka, Gregory Bautista, Pollyanna Chavez

Original Paper

An Innovative Mobile Health System to Improve and Standardize Antenatal Care Among Underserved Communities: A Feasibility Study in an Italian Hosting Center for Asylum Seekers

Lucia Borsari, Giovanna Stancanelli, Laura Guarenti, Teresa Grandi, Serena Leotta, Lucia Barcellini, Paola Borella, Anne Caroline Benski

Original Paper

The Association Between Acculturation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Ghanaian and Nigerian-born African Immigrants in the United States: The Afro-Cardiac Study

Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Nwakaego Ukonu, Lisa A. Cooper, Charles Agyemang, Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb

Original Paper

Cardiovascular Health in St. Louis Bosnian-Americans

Maximillian T. Bourdillon, Asad S. Akhter, Dejan Vrtikapa, Amer Avdagic, Marc A. McNeese, Richard Lee, Dawn S. Hui

Original Paper

Patients’ Mental Health Journeys: A Qualitative Case Study with Interactive Computer-Assisted Client Assessment Survey (iCASS)

Manuela Ferrari, Yogendra Shakya, Cliff Ledwos, Kwame McKenzie, Farah Ahmad

Original Paper

The Effect of a Behavioral Weight-Loss Intervention on Depressive Symptoms Among Latino Immigrants in a Randomized Controlled Trial

Sophia Colombari Figueroa, Randall S. Stafford, Catherine A. Heaney, Lisa G. Rosas

Open Access Original Paper

Comparison of Health and Risk Factors of Older, Working-age Australians, Italians and Italian-born Migrants to Australia, with Data from an Italian (PASSI), and an Australian (SAMSS) Risk Factor Surveillance System

A. W. Taylor, E. Dal Grande, P. Fateh-Moghadam, A. Montgomerie, L. Battisti, H. Barrie, C. Kourbelis, S. Campostrini

Original Paper

Medical Pluralism in the Use of Sobadores among Mexican Immigrants to North Carolina

Joanne C. Sandberg, Sara A. Quandt, Alan Graham, Trine Stub, Dana C. Mora, Thomas A. Arcury

Original Paper

Somali Older Adults’ and Their Families’ Perceptions of Adult Home Health Services

Sarah Miner, Dianne V. Liebel, Mary H. Wilde, Jennifer K. Carroll, Sadiya Omar

Original Paper

Primary Care Physicians’ Role in Parental Decision to Vaccinate with HPV Vaccine: Learnings from a South Texas Hispanic Patient Population

Ashley Anderson, Zachary Taylor, Rebekah Georges, Margaret Carlson-Cosentino, Laura Nguyen, Monica Salas, Andrea Vice, Nathan Bernal, Tajudaullah Bhaloo

Original Paper

Barriers to Physical and Mental Health: Understanding the Intersecting Needs of Cambodian and Latino Residents in Urban Communities

L. H. D’Anna, V. Peong, P. Sabado, A. Valdez-Dadia, M. C. Hansen, C. Canjura, M. Hong

Review Paper

Interventions Aimed at Decreasing Obesity in Hispanic Children in the First 1000 Days: A Systematic Review

Ahmed Ismaeel, Suzy Weems, Megan McClendon, Flor Elisa Morales

Brief Communication

Beriberi Outbreak Among Unauthorised Immigrants in a Detention Camp in Malaysia

Abdul Rahman Sunita, Jeffree Mohammad Saffree, Kamaludin Fadzilah, Din Intan Azura, Yusof Mahanim, Kamruddin Ahmed

Brief Communication

Obesity and Regional Immigrant Density

Scott D. Emerson, Nicole S. Carbert

Brief Communication

Update on Chinese American Childhood Obesity Prevalence in New York City

Loretta Au, Jennifer D. Lau, Eda Chao, Raymond Tse, Laminasti Elbaar