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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Hispanic/Latinos"”.
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Laying the Foundation in Genetic Medicine: Understanding Why African Americans and Hispanic/Latinos are Underrepresented in Genetic Testing and in Genetic Research
… forms of genetic medicine. African Americans and Hispanic/Latinos have been shown to experience certain conditions more than Caucasians. In the 2008 African American profile for North Carolina, African Americans had higher age-adjusted mortality rates for heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, …
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The social production of community garden space: Case studies of Boston, Massachusetts and Havana, Cuba
… outmigration of ethnic minorities, particularly Hispanic-Latinos and African Americans. As neighborhoods lose their ethnic diversity, so do the community gardens located in these neighborhoods. The consequence is that cultural gardening practices and traditions are lost for gardeners, and often …
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Validating the Experiences of Male Mexican American Community College Transfer Students Studying at Catholic Universities
… II student enrollment surge composed mostly of Hispanic/Latinos and Asian students in order to meet the educational needs of community college transfer students (CCTSs). Avoiding the issue will result in continued neglect of CCTS within public and private institutions; possible outcomes include …
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Influences of maternal acculturation on early childhood obesity risk: From countries to chromosomes
… for foreign-born, and less acculturated Hispanic/ Latinos, and increases in obesity prevalence for the more acculturated counterparts. Modern forms of globalization have led to modern forms of communications facilitating the development of ‘meaningful interpersonal interactions’ which can …
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Mexican-Born Immigrant Decision-Making About Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes
… of Mexican heritage almost twice as often as non-Hispanic whites (NHW); with lower insulin sensitivity, rapid prediabetes/T2D onset, and severe outcomes. Ineffectively managed blood glucose (BG) risks serious complications, reduced life quality, and premature death. T2D is primarily self-managed; …
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Math anxiety and careers among bilingual Latinos
Latinos do not enter particular occupational fields at the same rate than other ethnic groups and certainly continue to be underrepresented in math, science, and engineering (MSE) fields. Although math anxiety has been widely studied as a variable influencing MSE careers among European-American …