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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Hispanic Women"”.
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Educational journeys of Hispanic women in nursing
<p>Hispanics continue to be the fastest growing minority population in the Nation. According to U.S. Census Bureau (2011; 2008)., the Hispanic or Latino population was 16.3 percent in 2010 and is projected to be over 30 percent in 2050. However, only 3.6% of the RN population is Hispanic indicating …
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Weight control for low-income black and Hispanic women
… program for low-income, low-literate black women were conducted with intact groups from a literacy program or a recreational center. The program was then modified, translated into Spanish, and pilot-tested with Hispanic women at two churches. The 11 weekly sessions included nutrition …
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The Associations of Chronic Stress, Social Support, Health Behaviors and Metabolic Syndrome among Hispanic Women
… Health Behaviors and Metabolic Syndrome Among Hispanic Women</strong></p> <p><strong></strong><strong>Background: </strong>Metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence is 25% among Mexican American women 30 – 49 years of age, compared to 22% among non-Hispanic Whites in the United States. Little is …
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Overweight and Obesity: A Comparative Study of Black and White Non-Hispanic Women in the United States
… than they have ever been. African American women are at the forefront of this pandemic. This study addresses the higher prevalence of overweight and obesity among African American women in comparison to White women. Behavioral, psychological, and social known contributors to overweight and …
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Exercise Self-Efficacy, Stages of Exercise Change, Health Promotion Behaviors, and Physical Activity in Postmenopausal Hispanic Women
… the level of physical activity in postmenopausal Hispanic women. The significance of this study is to contribute research that enhances the understanding of the relationship of psychosocial and health promotion correlates and physical activity in postmenopausal Hispanic women. On a national level, …
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Selected Cultural, Organizational, and Economic Factors Related to Prenatal Care Utilization by Middle-Income Hispanic Women (Indiana)
Studies on health care utilization by Hispanics, which have been conducted during the past three decades, show that Hispanics do not fully utilize health resources, particularly preventive services. This research tries to clarify the extent to which selected cultural, organizational, and economic …
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Assessing the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Pregnant Hispanic Women: Developing an Effective Educational Intervention for Gestational Diabetes
Hispanic women in the United States have a greater prevalence than non-Hispanic whites of gestational diabetes (GDM), a disease with numerous negative sequelae. Although in principle gestational diabetes is a preventable condition, to date no preventive interventions aimed specifically at GDM has …
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The influence of ethnic embeddedness on the gender role attitudes and division of household labor of married Hispanic women
… attitudes and division of household labor among Hispanic women. Using a representative sub-sample drawn from the first wave of the National Study of Families and Households, I determine to what extent network processes help explain the gender role attitudes and behaviors of Hispanic women. …
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Understanding the role of personal social networks in the lives of immigrant Hispanic women : a case study of Boston
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1998.
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Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Resistant Starch-Based Cereal Products and Effects on Glycemic and Oxidative Stress Responses in Hispanic Women
… and its prevalence is more common in the Hispanic population than in non-Hispanic whites. Postprandial hyperglycemia has been associated with oxidative stress (OS), thus; reducing postprandial glycemia and/or OS through dietary consumption of resistant starch (RS) may be one approach to …
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Prediction, Communication, and Distribution of Breast Cancer Risk
Hispanic women represent the only racial/ethnic group in the United States (US) for which breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and leading cause of cancer deaths. Despite the availability of tools to assess breast cancer risk, relatively little is known about the performance of …
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Multi-level Barriers for Healthy Eating and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Hispanic Women Participating in a Healthy Eating Intervention: Findings from the Nuestras Comidas Project.
As obesity rates rise in the Hispanic community, particularly among children, there is a strong need to develop innovative interventions that effectively address multi-level barriers and increase healthy eating among this population. This study aims to assess the impact of Nuestras Comidas, a …
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Understanding the politics of Hispanic American women: Attitudes and behaviors of an emerging elite
… about the political attitudes and behaviors of Hispanic women in the United States. A survey with questions taken from the National Election Study was completed by 101 Hispanic women and 106 Anglo women at Texas Woman's University. The questionnaire examined demographics, political activity, …
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Promotora-Led Programs: How Do Program Planners Conceptualize the Role of Promotoras and Select and Train Promotoras to Deliver and Sustain Obesity-Related Health Programs Among Hispanic Women?
… diseases disproportionately affect Hispanic women. Successful health programs that prevent or control obesity-related diseases have used promotoras de salud to teach and model lifestyle behaviors aimed at reducing obesity. This study explored planners' conceptualizations of …
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Leadership in a Different Voice: An Ethnographic Study of a Latina Chief Executive Officer in a California Community College
… similar influences existed among the other eight Hispanic women presidents of community colleges in the U.S. A composite profile of the nine presidents was developed. More than 100 interviews were conducted from a broad spectrum of participants, including seven of the nine Hispanic women …
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Does Social Media Promote Disordered Eating?
<p>Hispanic people are the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the U.S. with a total of 18.5% of the U.S population being of Hispanic descent (United States Census Bureau, 2020). Although eating disorders (ED), particularly those involving binge eating, comprise a significant health …
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Cognitive Health in Black and Latina Midlife Women: The Role of Sleep and Vasomotor Symptoms
Background: Women experience changes in memory during the menopause transition, with these changes tending to be more severe and persistent in Black and Hispanic women compared to White women. Women also represent two-thirds of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and Black and Hispanic women …
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ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC MARGINALIZATION, GENDER INEQUALITY, AND OTHER EXOGENOUS FACTORS OF SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION ON FEMALE PROPERTY CRIME OFFENDING ACROSS US CITIES: A RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DISAGGREGATED ANALYSIS
… do explain some of the variation in women's offending. Economic marginality predicted total women's non-violent and violent offending, but only Black women's non-violent offending. Gender inequality was associated with women's non-violent property crime offending for total, white, …
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Sex, drugs, and religion: a multi-ethnic analysis of health behaviors, attitudes, and perceptions of childbearing women
… to correlate with health risks for childbearing women. Hispanic women – especially those less-acculturated – often have sociodemographic risk factors present, but have paradoxically positive pregnancy outcomes. Healthy behaviors in addition to religiosity have been hypothesized to contribute to …
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