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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Latino Women"”.
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Prevalence of Melasma Among Premenopausal Latino Women in Dallas and Fort Worth, TX, USA
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of melasma in Latino women is unknown. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to develop a valid instrument for determining the presence of melasma in Latino women and to administer this instrument by telephone to premenopausal Latino women living in Dallas-Fort Worth, …
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Prevalence of Melasma Among Premenopausal Latino Women in Dallas and Fort Worth, TX, USA
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of melasma in Latino women is unknown. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to develop a valid instrument for determining the presence of melasma in Latino women and to administer this instrument by telephone to premenopausal Latino women living in Dallas-Fort Worth, …
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Dietary Acculturation, Physical Activity and Body Image in Limited-Resource Latino Women in Northern Virginia
… Nutrition Education Program, Arlington County Women, Infants, and Children program, and the Fairfax County Parklawn Family Center. Demographic information, acculturation, fruit and vegetable intake, saturated fat avoidance, physical activity, and body image were assessed with written survey …
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Exploring health geography by examining physical activity in older Latino women living in rural and urban communities
Latinos are increasingly found outside of places where they have traditionally resided. Rural Midwestern communities where new Latino immigrants are settling have experienced accelerated growth in their overall population and their Latino populations. Urban communities are also experiencing an …
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Perceived Empathy and Continuity of Cancer Screening Care Among Latino and Anglo Women
… continuity of cancer screening care among non-Latino white (Anglo) and Latin American (Latino) women after perceiving health care mistreatment. A total of 225 Latino and Anglo women responded to a newly developed patient perceived healthcare professional empathy scale and a measure of …
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Stereotypes about Healthcare Professionals, Emotions, and Mammography Compliance
… screening are particularly low for minority women, with only 42% of Latin American (Latino) women in the U.S. reporting having a mammogram in the last year as compared to 53% of non-Latino White (Anglo) women [1]. Minority patients are more likely to report negative healthcare encounters with …
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Guidelines for Culturally Based Interventions with Healthcare Professionals
… cervical cancer. Unfortunately, Latin American (Latino) women in the United States are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of cancer and have poorer rates of repeat screenings when compared to non-Latino White (Anglo) women. One factor identified through research that negatively affect …
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Simpatia and Negative Interpersonal Emotions in Continuity of Health Care
… on continuity of care among Latin American (Latino) and Non-Latino White (Anglo) women. Specifically, this study examined the effect of simpatía, a cultural script that is common among Latinos that stresses interpersonal harmony and interaction-related personal characteristics (e.g. being …
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Values, ethnicity, and SES : the case of Latino and Anglo American women
… approach to identify core values among Latino and Anglo women in Southern California. The research was guided by a model for the study of culture in psychology proposed by Betancourt and collaborators (e.g., Betancourt & Fuentes, 2002, Betancourt, Hardin & Manzi, 1992; Betancourt & …
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Latina Voices of Des Moines
… The study described the lives of Hispanic women living in Des Moines, Iowa and included the Latina's views of problems and opportunities living in that city. Procedures: Twenty-four Latino women who were over the age of 17 and who had been in the area for over two years were interviewed …
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Depression and Non-Responsive Behavior Displayed By Low Socio-Economic Latino Mothers in an Urban Child and Youth Clinic
… she became aware of two types of depressed women. The first type is the withdrawn, weeping, self-isolating woman while the second type cited numerous physical complaints which prevented her from caring for her home and children. Both exhibited non-responsive behavior to her children's …
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Simpatia and Perceptions of Healthcare Mistreatment among Latino and Anglo Women
… perceptions of healthcare mistreatment among Latino and Anglo women. Specifically, this study investigated ethnic differences in perceptions of healthcare mistreatment through the investigation of simpatÃa, a cultural script that stresses interpersonal harmony and personal characteristics …
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Discrimination-Based Attributions for Mistreatment Affect Continuity of Care
… in continuity of cancer screening care for both Latino and Anglo American women (Betancourt, Flynn, & Ormseth, 2011). From a social psychological perspective, cognitive processes, such as the causal attributions patients make for the way they are treated, are expected to play a role in how …