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Childhood obesity continues to be a priority health concern in the United States. Faith communities present a viable venue for health promotion programming. The majority of obesity prevention programming focuses on African American populations. Subsequently, insights for obesity prevention programming in Latino faith communities are lacking. This q...
Introduction: The Latino cancer burden is expected to rise 142% by 2030. Cancer is the leading cause of death among Latinos who represent 18% of the population and are the majority minority population in the US. Yet, they represent the most underrepresented among those with a doctoral degree. This under-representation and the increasing Latino heal...
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Breast cancer survivorship is a life-long process involving challenges to health-care communities and individuals, especially Latinas. Patient Navigation has shown some success in meeting these challenges. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of an enhanced Patient Navigation program (Intervention; PN+) vs Control (PN...
Introduction: Cancer is the leading cause of death among Latinos, making it critical to develop the next generation of researchers who can tackle and solve Latino cancer issues. However, the field of cancer control lacks Latino representation. Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training aims to increase ethnic diversity in cancer health dispa...
p>Introductory sentence with purpose of study: The Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training (Éxito!) program was developed to encourage Latino master’s level students and graduates to pursue a doctoral degree and career in Latino cancer health disparities (CHD) research. Cancer is the leading cause of death among Latinos who represent 18%...
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After a diagnosis of prostate, breast, or colorectal cancer, Latinos experience higher mortality rates and lower health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in comparison with other ethnic/racial groups. Patient navigation (PN) and lay community health workers or promotores are effective in increasing cancer screening and early‐stage diagnosi...
PurposeThe aim of this study was to elucidate the prevalence of unmet supportive care needs in Hispanic/Latino cancer survivors and examine the association between unmet needs and patient-provider communication, satisfaction with cancer care, and cancer-specific symptom burden. Methods
Hispanics/Latinos diagnosed with breast, prostate, or colorecta...
Latinos lag behind other racial/ethnic groups in pursuit of master's and doctoral degrees in public health and the health sciences. Éxito! is modeled after the Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research (MTPCCR), which found that Latino participants went on to doctoral programs at a lower rate (12%) than African American (36%) and Asian p...
The Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training (Éxito!) program was developed to encourage Latino master's level students and graduates to pursue a doctoral degree and career in Latino cancer health disparities (CHD) research. Strengthening the academic pipeline for Latinos is critical for (1) ensuring that the next generation of health prac...
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The objective of the current study was to examine how modifiable factors such as satisfaction with cancer care and self-efficacy impact health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Latino cancer survivors.
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Latinos previously diagnosed with breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer (N = 288) completed questionnaires (Patient Sat...
Evidence shows that variations in the degree and type of a message's emotional arousal, particularly disgust, can influence message impact on smokers' interest in quitting and likelihood of seeking help. Negative emotional appeals are widely used to attract attention of Latino audiences, but positive appeals, especially those designed to increase s...
Smoking among Latino young adults (18-29) in South Texas is high (23.2% to 25.7%), representing a serious public health problem. Yet few are reached by services to help them quit smoking. Young adult Latinos are heavy users of mobile devices for texting and access to mobile media. These have an extraordinary theoretical potential for assisting smok...
Background: Latino cancer survivors experience an unequal burden of unmet needs following treatment. These include issues involving psychological issues, health care, wellness and ultimately, survival.
Study Design: Redes En Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network and LIVESTRONG partnered to conduct a randomized control trial utilizing...
Purpose: Latino cancer survivors experience an unequal burden of unmet needs after treatment, which compromise their health care and wellness; experts recommend providing psychosocial services as an integral part of quality cancer care.
Methods: Redes En Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network and LIVESTRONG partnered to conduct a ran...
PURPOSE: It has been evident that on average college students experienced excess weight gain as they transited from high school. The objectives of this study were to qualitatively explore college students’ perceived barriers and facilitators to maintaining a healthy bodyweight and identify the key modifiable factors underlying unhealthy behaviors....
PURPOSE:This study aimed to qualitatively explore the Hispanic faith-based communities' perceptions and willingness to address the childhood obesity epidemic. We will gain insights on faith-based communities’ perceptions of childhood obesity; their openness and willingness to address the issue of childhood obesity; their perceived barriers and faci...
