Cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities in the United States

VA Zavala, PM Bracci, JM Carethers… - British journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
There are well-established disparities in cancer incidence and outcomes by race/ethnicity
that result from the interplay between structural, socioeconomic, socio-environmental …

Health disparities in the Latino population

WA Vega, MA Rodriguez, E Gruskin - Epidemiologic reviews, 2009 - academic.oup.com
In this review, the authors provide an approach to the study of health disparities in the US
Latino population and evaluate the evidence, using mortality rates for discrete medical …

Demographic and attitudinal factors of adherence to quarantine guidelines during COVID-19: the Italian model

L Carlucci, I D'ambrosio, M Balsamo - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In Italy, a large outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred from 2020
January 30, before the World Health Organization has stated that it is a pandemic. The …

A review of cancer in US Hispanic populations

RW Haile, EM John, AJ Levine, VK Cortessis… - Cancer Prevention …, 2012 - AACR
There are compelling reasons to conduct studies of cancer in Hispanics, the fastest growing
major demographic group in the United States (from 15% to 30% of the US population by …

Long-Term Psychosocial Outcomes of BRCA1/BRCA2 Testing: Differences across Affected Status and Risk-Reducing Surgery Choice

KD Graves, P Vegella, EA Poggi, BN Peshkin… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2012 - AACR
Background: Numerous studies have documented the short-term impact of BRCA1/BRCA2
(BRCA1/2) testing; however, little research has examined the long-term impact of testing. We …

Anticipatory anxiety and participation in cancer screening. A systematic review

B Goodwin, L Anderson, K Collins, S Sanjida… - Psycho …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To synthesize current evidence on the association between anticipatory anxiety,
defined as apprehension‐specific negative affect that may be experienced when exposed to …

The perception of health risks

B Renner, H Schupp - 2011 - academic.oup.com
This chapter first examines how risk experts and nonexperts construe health risks and
indicates systematic differences between the lay and expert risk estimates. Second, it …

Compliance with COVID-19 preventive guidelines among minority communities: the case of Israeli Arabs

O Ali-Saleh, S Obeid - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Objectives The Arab ethnic minority makes up 21% of Israel's population and
accounted for 40.5% of confirmed cases during the second wave of COVID-19. This study …

The influence of nativity and neighborhoods on breast cancer stage at diagnosis and survival among California Hispanic women

THM Keegan, T Quach, S Shema, SL Glaser… - BMC cancer, 2010 - Springer
Background In the US, foreign-born Hispanics tend to live in socioeconomic conditions
typically associated with later stage of breast cancer diagnosis, yet they have lower breast …

Perceived versus objective breast cancer risk in diverse women

J Fehniger, J Livaudais-Toman, L Karliner… - Journal of women's …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Background: Prior research suggests that women do not accurately estimate their risk for
breast cancer. Estimating and informing women of their risk is essential for tailoring …