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| Hae Ra HanSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins University Country: USA Publications
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Experiences and challenges of informal caregiving for Korean immigrantsHae Ra Han
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Adv Nurs 63:517-26. 2008..This paper is a report of a study designed to explore the caregiving experiences of Korean Americans...
Correlates of depression in the Korean American elderly: focusing on personal resources of social supportHae Ra Han
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 N Wolfe St, Room 448, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
J Cross Cult Gerontol 22:115-27. 2007....- Barriers to and strategies for recruiting Korean Americans for community-partnered health promotion researchHae Ra Han
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, Maryland, MD 21205 2110, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 9:137-46. 2007..Multiple strategies at different levels (individual and community) to address these issues are discussed... - Development and evaluation of a hypertension knowledge test for Korean hypertensive patientsHae Ra Han
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 13:750-7. 2011..It is sensitive to differences in blood pressure control status and should provide a valid, reliable, and standardized measure of HBP knowledge with wide relevance... - Knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors about hypertension control among middle-aged Korean Americans with hypertensionHae Ra Han
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
J Community Health 32:324-42. 2007.... - Tailored lay health worker intervention improves breast cancer screening outcomes in non-adherent Korean-American womenHae Ra Han
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Educ Res 24:318-29. 2009..Further research should seek to replicate these findings and to incorporate more self-care skills such as health literacy when designing an intervention program for linguistically and culturally isolated immigrant women... - The report of coping strategies and psychosocial adjustment in Korean mothers of children with cancerHae Ra Han
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA
Psychooncology 18:956-64. 2009..Using a new cultural sample of Korean mothers, this study describes their coping strategies. In addition, the association of particular coping patterns with mothers' report of psychosocial adjustment is investigated... - A meta-analysis of interventions to promote mammography among ethnic minority womenHae Ra Han
School of Nursing, School of Nursing, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2110, USA
Nurs Res 58:246-54. 2009..Although many studies have been focused on interventions designed to promote mammography screening among ethnic minority women, few summaries of the effectiveness of the interventions are available... 
Implementation and success of nurse telephone counseling in linguistically isolated Korean American patients with high blood pressureHae Ra Han
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
Patient Educ Couns 80:130-4. 2010..This study evaluated the use of bilingual nurse-delivered telephone counseling in Korean Americans (KAs) participating in a community-based intervention trial to improve management of hypertension...- Interventions that increase use of Pap tests among ethnic minority women: a meta-analysisHae Ra Han
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
Psychooncology 20:341-51. 2011..We performed a meta-analysis to examine the overall effectiveness of these interventions in increasing Pap test use by ethnic minority women in the US... - Measuring health literacy among immigrants with a phonetic primary language: a case of Korean American womenHae Ra Han
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205 2110, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 13:253-9. 2011..Meanwhile, REALM-English could be used as a crude health literacy test for individuals with some English skills... - Evaluation of the training of Korean community health workers for chronic disease managementHae Ra Han
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Educ Res 22:513-21. 2007..While this course is judged to be effective in general, future research is warranted to determine whether CHW provision of care and support will affect health outcomes in the target population... - Korean mothers' psychosocial adjustment to their children's cancerHae Ra Han
School of Nursing, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2110, USA
J Adv Nurs 44:499-506. 2003..Although parental adjustment has been a research topic for many years, little research has been conducted among families in different cultures and countries... - The psychometric evaluation of Korean translation of the Personal Resource Questionnaire 85-Part 2Hae Ra Han
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2110, USA
Nurs Res 51:309-16. 2002.... - Effects of stressful life events in young black men with high blood pressureHae Ra Han
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
Ethn Dis 16:64-70. 2006.... - Depression, substance use, adherence behaviors, and blood pressure in urban hypertensive black menMiyong T Kim
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
Ann Behav Med 26:24-31. 2003..Further in-depth investigation is needed to identify the role of depression and BP control in urban young Blacks in order to construct effective interventions that address their unique needs... - Mail education is as effective as in-class education in hypertensive Korean patientsMiyong T Kim
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 10:176-84. 2008..In conclusion, education by mail was an effective strategy for improving BP control and may be a viable approach for other immigrant groups if the education materials address their cultural needs... - Constructing and testing a self-help intervention program for high blood pressure control in Korean American seniors--a pilot studyMiyong T Kim
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 21:77-84. 2006..3 and 75.3 mm Hg, respectively, after 6 months of follow-up. This improvement of the HBP control rate in the sample highlights the clinical efficacy of the self-help intervention for this traditionally underserved immigrant group... - Hypertension care and control in underserved urban African American men: behavioral and physiologic outcomes at 36 monthsMartha N Hill
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2110, USA
Am J Hypertens 16:906-13. 2003..African American men with hypertension in low socioeconomic urban populations achieve poor rates of hypertension control and suffer early from its complications... - Compliance with home blood pressure monitoring among middle-aged Korean Americans with hypertensionJiyun Kim
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 12:253-60. 2010..28; 95% CI, 1.79-10.23). These results suggest that the participants who checked their BP regularly at home had a stronger tendency to achieve BP control... - A community-based, culturally tailored behavioral intervention for Korean Americans with type 2 diabetesMiyong T Kim
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 N Wolfe St 432, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
Diabetes Educ 35:986-94. 2009..The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a culturally tailored comprehensive type 2 diabetes management intervention for Korean American immigrants (KAIs) with type 2 diabetes... - Correlates of self-care behaviors for managing hypertension among Korean Americans: a questionnaire surveyJong Eun Lee
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, United States
Int J Nurs Stud 47:411-7. 2010..While self-care behaviors have been documented as one of the main determinant of hypertension control, studies investigating correlates of self-care behaviors have been rare regarding hypertension among minority population... - Development and validation of the high blood pressure-focused health literacy scaleMiyong T Kim
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
Patient Educ Couns 87:165-70. 2012..A major barrier to designing and implementing such interventions is the lack of valid health literacy tools. This study developed and tested a novel health literacy scale for individuals with high blood pressure (HBP)... - Metric equivalence assessment in cross-cultural research: using an example of the Center for Epidemiological Studies--Depression ScaleMiyong Kim
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Nurs Meas 11:5-18. 2003..Although factor loadings showed similar patterns for the Korean and English versions of the CES-D, factorial similarity alone is not sufficient for testing the universality of the structure underlying an instrument... - Teletransmitted monitoring of blood pressure and bilingual nurse counseling-sustained improvements in blood pressure control during 12 months in hypertensive Korean AmericansMiyong T Kim
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 13:605-12. 2011..2%, P<.001). These findings suggest that home telemonitoring of BP and tailored counseling are both useful tools to sustain or improve short-term education effects... - Factors associated with depression experience of immigrant populations: a study of Korean immigrantsMiyong T Kim
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Psychiatr Nurs 19:217-25. 2005..Implications for future cross-cultural depression research and preventive strategies against depression in immigrant populations are discussed... - Translating current dietary guidelines into a culturally tailored nutrition education program for Korean American immigrants with type 2 diabetesHee Jung Song
Department of Health Systems and Outcomes, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 North Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Diabetes Educ 36:752-61. 2010..The purpose of this article is to describe the process of translating evidence-based dietary guidelines into a tailored nutrition education program for Korean American immigrants (KAI) with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM)... - Utility of a point-of-care device in recruiting ethnic minorities for diabetes research with community partnersSoohyun Nam
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2110, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 22:1253-63. 2011..A point-of-care (POC) A1c test could facilitate the recruitment of such populations for diabetes research in community settings... - Does access to care still affect health care utilization by immigrants? Testing of an empirical explanatory model of health care utilization by Korean American immigrants with high blood pressureHee Jung Song
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 12:513-9. 2010..These findings strongly support a need to improve access to health care for KAIs by introducing a variety of community resources and building sustainable community infrastructures... - Unmet needs for social support and effects on diabetes self-care activities in Korean Americans with type 2 diabetesYoungshin Song
Eulji University, Seongnam si, South Korea
Diabetes Educ 38:77-85. 2012.... - Advancing a program of research within a nursing faculty roleMarie T Nolan
Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Prof Nurs 24:364-70. 2008..Noting the scarcity of research that evaluates the effect of these strategies, we are actively engaged in collecting data on their relationship to the scholarly productivity of students and faculty members within our own institution... - The use of traditional and Western medicine among Korean American elderlyMiyong Kim
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21205-2110, USA
J Community Health 27:109-20. 2002..Implications for research and practice are discussed... - Improving access to mental health services for korean american immigrants: moving toward a community partnership between religious and mental health servicesHochang B Lee
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US
Psychiatry Investig 5:14-20. 2008..By working with the Korean clergy, a small voluntary organization such as the Association of Korean American Psychiatrists could provide invaluable assistance in removing the barriers to mental health services for KAs... - Work limitations and their relationship to morbidity burden among academic health center employees with diabetesMartha L Sylvia
Department of Acute and Chronic Care, John Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA
Workplace Health Saf 60:425-34. 2012..Morbidity burden level is an indicator of work limitations in employees with diabetes and can be used to identify employees who may benefit from specialized services aimed at addressing their work limitations associated with diabetes... - Does knowledge matter?: intentional medication nonadherence among middle-aged Korean Americans with high blood pressureEun Young Kim
Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, South Korea
J Cardiovasc Nurs 22:397-404. 2007..To examine predictors of intentional and unintentional nonadherence to antihypertensive medication regimens and their relationships to blood pressure outcomes... - Predictors of psychological well-being amongst Korean immigrants to the United States: a structured interview surveyHye Sook Shin
College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Int J Nurs Stud 44:415-26. 2007..As international migration becomes a common phenomenon in many countries, the health issues of immigrants are becoming an important area of concern among health care professionals worldwide... - Barriers to care and control of high blood pressure in Korean-American elderlyJeong Hee Kang
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing; 525 N. Wolfe Street; Baltimore, MD 21205-2110, USA
Ethn Dis 16:145-51. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The study unveils some of the multilevel barriers to care and control of HBP uniquely experienced by KAE and suggests the need for developing interventions to assist KAE in managing HBP... - Women's perceptions of their male batterers' characteristics and level of violenceSara Torres
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Nursing, 65 Bergen Street, Suite 1100, Newark, NJ 07107-3001, USA
Issues Ment Health Nurs 24:667-79. 2003..1% of the variability, with the behavioral indicators accounting for an additional 4.6% of the variability. Several research and clinical implications are addressed...
Research Grants
- Better Breast Health for Korean American WomenHae Ra Han; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- Better Breast and Cervical Cancer Control for Korean American WomenHae Ra Han; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Better Breast and Cervical Cancer Control for Korean American WomenHae Ra Han; Fiscal Year: 2011..abstract_text> ..