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Posttraumatic stress disorder among Hispanic Vietnam veteransA N Ortega
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale Univesity, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
Am J Psychiatry 157:615-9. 2000..The purpose of this study was to examine posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Hispanics who served in the Vietnam War...- Perceived access to pediatric primary care by insurance status and raceA N Ortega
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8034, USA
J Community Health 25:481-93. 2000..Future studies should focus on improving patient interactions with clinic personnel to ensure that access to provisions of care are understood by all consumers... - Association of psychiatric disorders and different indicators of asthma in island Puerto Rican childrenAlexander N Ortega
Yale University, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Administration, 60 College Street, P O Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:220-6. 2003.... - A childhood asthma severity scale: symptoms, medications, and health care visitsA N Ortega
Division of Health Policy and Administration, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8034, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 86:405-13. 2001..Although there are current measures to evaluate childhood asthma severity for clinical diagnosis and treatment, there is no standard valid measure to evaluate childhood asthma severity for large-scale epidemiologic studies... - Use of health services by insurance status among children with asthmaA N Ortega
Division of Health Policy and Administration, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8034, USA
Med Care 39:1065-74. 2001..These factors were explored as independent predictors of health care utilization... - Impact of site of care, race, and Hispanic ethnicity on medication use for childhood asthmaAlexander N Ortega
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Pediatrics 109:E1. 2002..To understand the importance of source of care and other factors that influence differences in asthma medication use by race and Hispanic ethnicity... - Self-reliance, mental health need, and the use of mental healthcare among island Puerto RicansAlexander N Ortega
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8034, USA
Ment Health Serv Res 4:131-40. 2002..Our findings suggest that self-reliance is a significant and robust predictor of mental healthcare utilization among Puerto Ricans living in low-income areas of the island... - Mental and physical health and acculturation among Hispanic Vietnam VeteransA N Ortega
Division of Health Policy and Administration, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Mil Med 166:894-7. 2001..Hispanics who have been through an intensive assimilating experience, such as being in the military, appear to have health outcomes similar to whites... - Hispanic client-case manager matching: differences in outcomes and service use in a program for homeless persons with severe mental illnessAlexander N Ortega
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Administration, 60 College Street, P. O. Box 208034, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8034, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 190:315-23. 2002..These results do not support the hypothesis that ethnic and racial matching improves outcomes or service use. Several explanations are offered for the results... - Childhood asthma, chronic illness, and psychiatric disordersAlexander N Ortega
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Administration, Yale University School of Medicine, 60 College Street, P.O. Box 208034, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8034, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 190:275-81. 2002..These results call for more mechanistic research that explores the specific relations between childhood anxiety disorder and asthma and between affective disorder and other pediatric chronic illnesses... - Pediatric asthma among minority populationsA N Ortega
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8034, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 12:579-83. 2000.... - Health care access, use of services, and experiences among undocumented Mexicans and other LatinosAlexander N Ortega
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:2354-60. 2007..We compared access to health care, use of services, and health care experiences for Mexicans and other Latinos by citizenship and immigrant authorization status... - Asthma disparities in the prevalence, morbidity, and treatment of Latino childrenGlorisa Canino
University of Puerto Rico, Medical School San Juan, Puerto Rica
Soc Sci Med 63:2926-37. 2006..Finally, several suggestions for future research examining determinants that account for asthma disparities are examined... 
Comorbidity between asthma attacks and internalizing disorders among Puerto Rican children at one-year follow-upJonathan M Feldman
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva Univ, Rousso Building, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Psychosomatics 47:333-9. 2006..These findings show that the association between internalizing disorders and asthma attacks was replicated 1 year later in the same sample...- Denial and its association with mental health care use: a study of island Puerto RicansAlexander N Ortega
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 32:320-31. 2005.... - Parental mental health, childhood psychiatric disorders, and asthma attacks in island Puerto Rican youthAlexander N Ortega
Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, The Ohio State University School of Public Health, Columbus, 43210, USA
Ambul Pediatr 4:308-15. 2004..This study aims to determine whether the associations between parental mental health problems and childhood asthma attacks persist after controlling for childhood anxiety and depression and other confounding factors... - Hispanic healthcare disparities: challenging the myth of a monolithic Hispanic populationRobin M Weinick
Office of Performance Accountability, Resources, and Technology, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Med Care 42:313-20. 2004..We examine the association between use of healthcare services and Hispanic Americans'country of ancestry or origin, language of interview, and length of time lived in the United States... - Comorbidity of asthma and anxiety and depression in Puerto Rican childrenAlexander N Ortega
Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, Ohio State University School of Public Health, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Psychosomatics 45:93-9. 2004..Possible explanations for the findings are discussed... - Inequalities in use of specialty mental health services among Latinos, African Americans, and non-Latino whitesMargarita Alegria
Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, Cambridge Health Alliance, 120 Beacon Street Fourth Floor, Somerville, MA 02143, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:1547-55. 2002..The authors investigated whether there are disparities in the rates of specialty mental health care for Latinos and African Americans compared with non-Latino whites in the United States... - Oral health and use of dental services among HispanicsDenice C L Stewart
School of Dentistry, Oregon Health and Science University, 611 SW Campus Drive, Portland, OR 97201, USA
J Public Health Dent 62:84-91. 2002..This study examined factors related to oral health and dental service use among Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, and Puerto Ricans from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1982-84 (HHANES)... - Unmet mental health need and access to services for children with special health care needs and their familiesMoira Inkelas
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Ambul Pediatr 7:431-8. 2007.... 
Race/ethnicity, language, and asthma care: findings from a 4-state surveyMoira Inkelas
Department of Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 100:120-7. 2008..Latino and African American children have poorer asthma control than non-Latino white children, but few studies examine the association among race/ethnicity, language, and specific processes of asthma care...- Mental health and substance use disorders among Latino and Asian American lesbian, gay, and bisexual adultsSusan D Cochran
Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:785-94. 2007..However, the level of morbidity among sexual orientation minorities in the NLAAS appears similar to or lower than that observed in population-based studies of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults... - Persistence of mental health service use among Latino children: a clinical and community studyAlexander N Ortega
Department of Health Services and Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 34:353-62. 2007..In multivariate analyses, persistence was associated in both the clinical and community samples with a measure of school functioning but not with diagnosis, impairment, or parental concerns about the child's behavior... - Co-occurrence of mental and physical illness in US LatinosAlexander N Ortega
Dept of Health Services, University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:927-34. 2006..We examined the co-occurrence of anxiety and depression with prevalent physical chronic illnesses in a representative sample of Latinos with national origins from Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and other Latin American countries... - Having issues with parental psychopathology and children's mental health risk and service useAlexander N Ortega
Med Care 41:702-5. 2003 - Lifetime and 12-month intermittent explosive disorder in LatinosAlexander N Ortega
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 78:133-9. 2008....