“…The third presentation discusses the effectiveness of an adapted framework and strategies to increase the recruitment and retention of older Latinos with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) into a clinical trial. …”
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“…Due to differences in minor allele frequencies of key genetic variants, studies conducted in Whites/Asians may not be applicable to underrepresented populations such as Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders. …”
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“…Future directions and recommendations to provide appropriate mental healthcare to Black/African-American, Asian American, and Latino communities are discussed with special attention placed on cultural adaptations, models of care, prevention, and practical strategies that can be implemented to reduce disparities and increase health equity.…”
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“…Finally, Meier and colleagues consider contexts of metal exposure for cognitive decline among Latinos aged 65 and older using the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. …”
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“…Latinos are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced cancer and have specific existential and communication needs. …”
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“…In a dataset from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), we applied principal component analysis (PCA) on seven measures characterizing SDB-associated respiratory events. …”
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“…Rates of developmental and respiratory diseases are disproportionately high in underserved, minority populations such as those in New York City's Washington Heights, Harlem, and the South Bronx. Blacks and Latinos in these neighborhoods represent high risk groups for asthma, adverse birth outcomes, impaired development, and some types of cancer. …”
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“…INTRODUCTION: In 2001, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute partnered with the National Council of La Raza to conduct a pilot test of its community-based outreach program Salud Para Su Corazón (Health for Your Heart), which aims to reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease among Latinos. METHODS: The effectiveness of promotores de salud (community health workers) in improving heart-healthy behaviors among Latino families participating in the pilot program at seven sites was evaluated. …”
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“…INTRODUCTION: Obesity has reached epidemic levels, with nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population considered overweight or obese. Latinos have some of the highest rates of overweight, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle. …”
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“…In the group-based program, younger participants, those less active at pretest, women, Hispanics/Latinos, heavier participants, and those who reported more health conditions and osteoporosis showed greater intervention effects. …”
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“…Younger patients, African Americans and Latinos were more likely to receive testing. CONCLUSIONS: By integrating CDC-recommended guidelines and applying rapid test technology, health centers were able to provide new access to HIV testing. …”
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“…The predominant ethnic group in most of our study schools was Asian American, followed by smaller numbers of Latinos, African Americans, and European Americans. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Fatalism has been identified as a dominant belief among Latinos and is believed to act as a barrier to cancer prevention. …”
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“…PURPOSE: This study evaluates the psychometric properties of three newly developed items assessing the quality of interpretation from the patient’s perspective among Spanish-speaking limited English proficient Latino patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The authors examined the psychometric properties of a patient-reported measure of quality of interpretation using a cross-sectional survey study of 1,590 adult Spanish-speaking limited English proficient Latinos in the United States. …”
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“…In a recent study, Petrovski and Goldstein reported that (non-Finnish) Europeans have significantly fewer nonsynonymous singletons in Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) disease genes compared with Africans, Latinos, South Asians, East Asians, and other unassigned non-Europeans. …”
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“…We use identity by descent and local ancestry inferred from genome-wide genetic data to estimate overall and ancestry-specific effective population size during the past hundred generations for nine admixed American populations from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, and for African-American and European-American populations from two US cities. …”
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“…African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans are historically underrepresented minorities (URMs) among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degree earners. …”
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“…Cabrera examines ADRD in the Latino community noting that there are or may be important differences among subgroups of Latinos, e.g. …”
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“…However, based on heuristics and for simplicity we refer to them as (1) Affluence, (2) Singletons in Tract, (3) African Americans in Tract, (4) Seniors in Tract, and (5) Hispanics or Latinos in Tract. African Americans in Tract (with loadings showing larger numbers of people who are black, single moms, and unemployed along with fewer people who are white) and Affluence (with loadings showing higher income, education, and home value) were strongly associated with poor mental health ([Formula: see text] , [Formula: see text]). …”
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