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International students at a college of nursing: concerns and coping.

Journal of American college health : J of ACH

Alexander MA, Shaw E.
PMID: 1783708
J Am Coll Health. 1991 Mar;39(5):245-7. doi: 10.1080/07448481.1991.9936241.

No abstract available.

A Systematic Review of Patients' Experiences in Communicating with Primary Care Physicians: Intercultural Encounters and a Balance between Vulnerability and Integrity.

PloS one

Rocque R, Leanza Y.
PMID: 26440647
PLoS One. 2015 Oct 06;10(10):e0139577. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139577. eCollection 2015.

Communication difficulties persist between patients and physicians. In order to improve care, patients' experiences of this communication must be understood. The main objective of this study is to synthesize qualitative studies exploring patients' experiences in communicating with a primary...

Acculturation and health behaviors among international students: A qualitative approach.

Nursing & health sciences

Yan Z, FitzPatrick K.
PMID: 26273820
Nurs Health Sci. 2016 Mar;18(1):58-63. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12232. Epub 2015 Aug 14.

The process of acculturation often results in changes in the health behavior of international students. This study employed an open-ended, qualitative approach in an attempt to gain an in-depth understanding of the acculturation process for physical activity, diet, and...

Clinical characteristics, treatment patterns and outcomes of Hispanic hypertensive patients.

Progress in cardiovascular diseases

Campbell PT, Krim SR, Lavie CJ, Ventura HO.
PMID: 25537632
Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2014 Nov-Dec;57(3):244-52. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.08.006. Epub 2014 Aug 13.

Hispanics are the largest and fastest-growing minority population in the United States, currently comprising about 16.3% (52 million) of the total population. With an increased prevalence of metabolic risk factors in this population, the rate of uncontrolled hypertension (HTN)...

Diversity and Community Can Coexist.

American journal of community psychology

Stivala A, Robins G, Kashima Y, Kirley M.
PMID: 27217326
Am J Community Psychol. 2016 Mar;57(1):243-54. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12021.

We examine the (in)compatibility of diversity and sense of community by means of agent-based models based on the well-known Schelling model of residential segregation and Axelrod model of cultural dissemination. We find that diversity and highly clustered social networks,...

Constructing common ground: borderland experiences in America.

Cultural diversity and mental health

Wellman D.
PMID: 9231530
Cult Divers Ment Health. 1997;3(1):13-21.

Distinguishing among there different versions of diversity, the author provides an autobiographical account of a situation in which racial differences were treated as mutually enhancing resources. Drawing on additional historical and contemporary examples, he suggests that American social "borderlands"...

Human migration and the acculturation of minorities.

Human relations; studies towards the integration of the social sciences

Smither R.
PMID: 12339994
Hum Relat. 1982 Jan;35(1):57-68. doi: 10.1177/001872678203500105.

No abstract available.

Emotional transnationalism and family identities.

Family process

Falicov CJ.
PMID: 16433285
Fam Process. 2005 Dec;44(4):399-406. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2005.00068.x.

No abstract available.

Barriers to health promotion and disease prevention in the Latino population.

Clinical cornerstone

Betancourt JR, Carrillo JE, Green AR, Maina A.
PMID: 15707259
Clin Cornerstone. 2004;6(3):16-26; discussion 27-9. doi: 10.1016/s1098-3597(04)80061-9.

The Latino population of the United States is expected to increase substantially in the next 25 years. Although recent health promotion and disease prevention interventions have improved the health of the majority of Americans, the Latino community has derived...

Issues and challenges in the design of culturally adapted evidence-based interventions.

Annual review of clinical psychology

Castro FG, Barrera M, Holleran Steiker LK.
PMID: 20192800
Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2010;6:213-39. doi: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-033109-132032.

This article examines issues and challenges in the design of cultural adaptations that are developed from an original evidence-based intervention (EBI). Recently emerging multistep frameworks or stage models are examined, as these can systematically guide the development of culturally...

[Pomeranian nobility in the course of the 19th century].

Geschichte und Gesellschaft (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht)

Buchsteiner I.
PMID: 20677410
Gesch Ges. 1999;25(3):343-74.

No abstract available.

Defining and measuring acculturation: a systematic review of public health studies with Hispanic populations in the United States.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Thomson MD, Hoffman-Goetz L.
PMID: 19525050
Soc Sci Med. 2009 Oct;69(7):983-91. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.011. Epub 2009 Jun 13.

In this systematic review we sought to identify how the public health literature focusing on Hispanic populations in the United States defined and measured the concept of acculturation. A review of 134 studies found considerable variation in the definition...

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