A multilevel framework to investigate cardiovascular health disparities among South Asian immigrants in the United States

NR Kandula, N Islam, BL Needham, N Ahmed… - Annals of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Prior studies of cardiovascular health (CVH) disparities among immigrants of South
Asian origin in the United States have examined South Asians as one homogenous group …

Lessons Learned from Immigrant Health Cohorts: A Review of the Evidence and Implications for Policy and Practice in Addressing Health Inequities among Asian …

A Guan, ACS Talingdan, SP Tanjasiri… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) is
uniquely impacted by structural and social determinants of health (SSDH) shaped by …

Attachment to God and psychological distress: Evidence of a curvilinear relationship

WM Henderson, BV Kent - Journal for the scientific study of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Previous religion/spirituality (R/S) research on attachment to God and mental well‐being has
relied entirely on linear models. Scholars, however, have called for more nuanced analysis …

Why is religious attendance linked to more anxiety in US South Asians? The mediating role of congregational neglect

S Stroope, BV Kent, AB Schachter, AM Kanaya… - Journal of Racial and …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives Previous research has identified a positive association between religious
attendance and anxiety in US South Asians. The current study assesses the mediating role …

Plasma protein expression profiles, cardiovascular disease, and religious struggles among South Asians in the MASALA study

LH Ngo, M Austin Argentieri, ST Dillon, BV Kent… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Blood protein concentrations are clinically useful, predictive biomarkers of cardiovascular
disease (CVD). Despite a higher burden of CVD among US South Asians, no CVD-related …

Mechanisms of recovery: Community perceptions of change and growth following multiple disasters

H Osofsky, J Osofsky, LY Saltzman, E Lightfoot… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction and purpose The geographic location of the Gulf South leaves communities in
continuous threat, response, and recovery disaster cycles. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 …

Cultural aspects of mental health in South Asians

P Singal, A Chopra - Psychiatric Annals, 2023 - journals.healio.com
South Asians tend to experience high rates of mental health disorders, which are often
unaddressed. Factors including acculturative stress, social determinants, gender …

Do Religion and Spirituality Buffer the Effect of Childhood Trauma on Depressive Symptoms? Examination of a South Asian Cohort from the USA

L Upenieks, BV Kent, M Nagaswami, Y Gu… - Journal of Religion and …, 2024 - Springer
Asian Americans have been identified as a racial group that is disproportionately affected by
childhood trauma. The goal of this study was to assess if religion/spirituality moderate the …

Religiosity/spirituality and mental health: Evidence of curvilinear relationships in a sample of religious people, spirituals, atheists, and agnostics

DF Gontijo, DMR Silva… - Archive for the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
There is much evidence that the relationship between religiosity/spirituality (R/S) and mental
health is linear and positive, but relatively few studies have included samples of non …

The relationship between spiritual well-being and life satisfaction during COVID-19

E Baykal - … of Research on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the …, 2022 - igi-global.com
Turkey is among the countries that has been significantly affected by the COVID-19
pandemic. Thousands of people have lost their lives, and the outbreak has caused millions …