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Health-Related Issues in Latina Youth: Racial/Ethnic, Gender, and Generational Status Differences

Most health disparities between Latina and white female youth disappear after taking into account sociodemographic differences.

Aug 25, 2017
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Medical Mistrust as a Key Mediator in the Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-positive Latino Men

Treatment education that focused on the necessity of medication could increase adherence to ART among HIV-positive Latino men.

May 2, 2017
Research Brief

The Role of Urban Congregations in Addressing HIV

In a series of collaborative studies, RAND researchers sought to better understand urban congregations' capacity for HIV prevention and care, specifically in the areas of stigma reduction and HIV testing. This research brief outlines their findings.

Apr 27, 2017
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Improving Healthy Offerings by Food Trucks Is Possible, but Regulation May Be Needed to Sustain Efforts

Convincing low-cost lunch truck operators and their customers to embrace healthier food is possible. But regulation of menus and better marketing may be needed to make long-lasting changes.

Apr 26, 2017
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Home Sweet Home: Parent and Home Environmental Factors in Adolescent Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

Targeting parents' consumption of soda—and the availability of soda at home—may be an important step in reducing youth consumption of soda.

Mar 14, 2017
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Church-Based HIV Screening in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities of California, 2011–2012

By expanding the reach of HIV testing programs, church-based testing events could help achieve the goal of universal testing.

Mar 14, 2017
News Release

News Release

Improving Healthy Offerings by Food Trucks Is Possible, but Regulation May Be Needed to Sustain Efforts

Convincing low-cost lunch truck operators and their customers to embrace healthier food is possible. But regulation of menus and better marketing may be needed to make long-lasting changes.

Jan 23, 2017
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Towards Greater Understanding of Addiction Stigma: Intersectionality with Race/Ethnicity and Gender

Explicit beliefs about people with substance abuse disorders tend to be more compassionate than implicit beliefs, which are more punitive, especially toward Latino/a drug users.

Dec 12, 2016
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Generational Status and Social Factors Predicting Initiation of Partnered Sexual Activity Among Latino/a Youth

Social factors such as generational status, parental monitoring, and peer norms affected the timing of initial sexual activity differently in Latinas and Latinos in the Healthy Passages study.

Dec 9, 2016
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The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in the Depression Care of African Americans and Hispanics in Los Angeles

Compared with non-Hispanic whites and US-born Hispanics, a larger proportion of African Americans and Hispanics used depression care provided by community faith-based organizations.

Nov 29, 2016
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Non-citizen Mexican Youth in U.S. Higher Education: A Closer Look at the Relationship Between State Tuition Policies and College Enrollment

This paper examines state policies that extend or deny in-state tuition to children of undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

Nov 1, 2016
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Pilot Evaluation of a Brief Intervention to Improve Nicotine Patch Adherence Among Smokers Living with HIV/AIDS

Smoking cessation programs that emphasize adherence to the nicotine patch may help more smokers quit.

Oct 27, 2016
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Follow-up of Abnormal Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening by Race/Ethnicity

Follow-up was more prompt for women with abnormal mammograms than for women with abnormal fecal occult blood testing or fecal immunochemical tests.

Oct 10, 2016
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Barriers to HPV Immunization Among Blacks and Latinos: A Qualitative Analysis of Caregivers, Adolescents, and Providers

National vaccination rates for the human papilloma virus (HPV) among 11-12 year olds remain low, especially among Black and Latino youth.

Oct 5, 2016
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment

African-American and Latino children are less likely to be diagnosed with or receive medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder than their white peers.

Sep 22, 2016
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Readability and Comprehension of the Geriatric Depression Scale and PROMIS® Physical Function Items in Older African Americans and Latinos

The wording of items and response options in two commonly used measures of depression and physical functioning in older adults were found to exceed the U.S. recommended readability threshold for vulnerable populations.

Sep 20, 2016
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HIV Testing Among Black and Hispanic Immigrants in the United States

Many black and Hispanic immigrants to the United States have not been tested for HIV.

Jul 25, 2016
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A Comparison of Methods for Capturing Patient Preferences for Delivery of Mental Health Services to Low-Income Hispanics Engaged in Primary Care

Conjoint analysis, used to capture consumer preferences for designing products, can be used to package more effective mental health services for low-income Hispanics within a community-based participatory research framework.

Jul 14, 2016
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Costs of Extending the Noncontributory Pension Program for Elderly: The Mexican Case

This article reviews a non-contributory pension program introduced in Mexico in 2007 that has since expanded greatly.

Jul 12, 2016
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Ownership of a Bank Account and Health of Older Hispanics

Study of health effects of financial inclusion, particularly ownership of a bank account of older minorities, with focus on Hispanics.

Jul 12, 2016

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RAND Topic:
Latino Populations

Topic Synonyms:
Latin American Populations