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..To determine the extent to which uterine leiomyomas are associated with characteristics of pregnancy, labor, and neonatal outcome recorded on birth certificates...

..Differences in medical management or self-management practices may, in part, explain the relative high risk for diabetes complications among Hispanics...

..The purpose of this study was to examine Mexican American knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about colorectal cancer and barriers to receiving colorectal cancer screening exams...

..002). Intervention programs to improve HBV testing rates in Chinese Americans should include strategies to improve knowledge about the risk of HBV and encourage effective communication with health care providers about HBV testing...

..English-as-a-second-language (ESL) classes are an effective way of reaching newly immigrated individuals and are a potential channel for delivering health messages...

..Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in the United States as well as in many countries around the world, including Vietnam...

..To examine the relationship between age, race, ethnicity, education, insurance coverage, and income and use of cancer screening services...

..These findings can inform the design of internship programs aimed at increasing rates of graduate school attendance among underrepresented students...

..Data from this qualitative study could be used to inform the development of culturally-relevant physical activity survey measures and culturally-relevant physical activity interventions for Cambodian Americans...

..3 g) than those with hard mats (9.3 g) but did not differ from vehicles with plush mats (12.0 g). Further research is needed to characterize the environment in which children may be exposed to pesticides...

..The results provide support for the take-home pathway of pesticide exposure and show an association between measures of pesticide exposure and the number of pome-fruit crops worked by farmworkers...

..Hispanics in the United States are less likely than other groups to receive screening services for colorectal cancer...

..Future research should evaluate workplace protective practices of fieldworkers and the adequacy of reentry intervals for pesticides used during thinning...

..The rapidly growing Hispanic population and the excess incidence of cervical cancer in this population requires improving the accuracy of ethnicity information...

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..Future studies should compare this scale with other multidimensional scales...

..To evaluate the effectiveness of a community intervention in promoting adoption of behaviors to reduce the take-home pathway of pesticide exposure in farmworker households...

..Few studies have examined the relationship between reported health symptoms and exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides...

..The results support the take-home pathway of pesticide exposure. Ways must be found to reduce this pesticide exposure among children of farmworkers...

..To address this we conducted a study to identify factors associated with general diabetes knowledge in a rural Hispanic population...

..Socioeconomic status is explored as a predictor of differences between Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites in cancer prevention behavior...

..Our community grants program resulted in the implementation of several novel cancer prevention programs conducted by a variety of community organizations in the Lower Yakima Valley...

..Little is known about the relationship between alcohol intake and breast cancer risk among Mexican women. This association may be modified by folate and Vitamin B12...

..We conducted a group-randomized trial to increase smoking cessation and decrease smoking onset and prevalence in 30 colleges and universities in the Pacific Northwest...

..e., promotoras) conducted home-based group educational interventions (home health parties) to educate Hispanic women from the Lower Yakima Valley of Washington state about breast cancer and mammography screening...

..Recommendations have informed the design of community interventions to lessen the impact of diabetes in the Yakima Valley...

..The importance of linking survivors through support groups was emphasized and information elicited from sessions has been used to organize survivor support groups in these two communities...

..The authors report on their plans to develop and pilot test a culturally appropriate curriculum that will motivate Chinese ESL students to obtain a blood test for the detection of the HBV...

..However, many colleges and universities are reluctant to establish restrictive smoking policies for fear of student objections. Our study examined preferred smoking policies among college students in the Pacific Northwest...

..The findings suggest that a culturally appropriate high school curriculum may inform young Hispanic women about important cervical cancer screening practices...

..Exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides is an occupational hazard for farmworkers and affects their children through the take-home pathway...

..This study was undertaken to assess workplace hazards and protective practices among Hispanic men and women working post-harvest in asparagus, apple and pear packaging warehouses...

..To examine associations of diet with acculturation among Hispanic immigrants from Mexico to Washington state and to compare dietary patterns of Hispanic with non-Hispanic white residents...

..These findings may be useful in designing interventions to reduce the burden of diabetes in Hispanic populations...

..Rural parents preferred radio to television messages. Campaign messages highlighting the risks to child safety and the risk of a citation are likely to motivate booster seat use among Latino families...

..The HPV vaccine was recently approved in the United States for females aged 9-26 years. There is little information about HPV vaccination knowledge and beliefs in Southeast Asian communities...

..The PRECEDE framework has been very helpful in identifying factors associated with health practices...

..To assess the smoking behaviors, beliefs about the risks of smoking, and exposure to ETS among adolescents in Juárez, Mexico...