Preventive care and Management of Chronic Diseases in immigrant adults

C Payton, S Kimball… - … Care: Clinics in …, 2021 - primarycare.theclinics.com
The countries with the highest proportion of foreign-born people living in the United States
include Mexico, China, India, Philippines, El Salvador, Vietnam, Cuba, Dominican Republic …

Moving diabetes upstream: the social determinants of diabetes management and control among immigrants in the US

A Martinez-Cardoso, W Jang, AA Baig - Current diabetes reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Relative to the US-born population, immigrants are less likely to
successfully manage and control their diabetes, leading to a host of diabetes-related …

Medicaid expansion improved health insurance coverage for immigrants, but disparities persist

JP Stimpson, FA Wilson - Health Affairs, 2018 - healthaffairs.org
The Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion provisions have been credited with overall
improvements in insurance coverage, access to care, and health. However, recent studies …

Stories for change: development of a diabetes digital storytelling intervention for refugees and immigrants to Minnesota using qualitative methods

JW Njeru, CA Patten, MMK Hanza, TA Brockman… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Immigrants and refugees are affected by diabetes-related health disparities,
with higher rates of incident diabetes and sub-optimal diabetes outcomes. Digital storytelling …

Diabetes self-management in a low-income population: impacts of social support and relationships with the health care system

BM Vest, LS Kahn, A Danzo… - Chronic …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: This article reports on results of a qualitative study of social supports and
institutional resources utilized by individuals living with diabetes in a high-poverty urban …

Pilot feasibility study of a digital storytelling intervention for immigrant and refugee adults with diabetes

ML Wieland, JW Njeru, MM Hanza… - The Diabetes …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose The purpose of this pilot feasibility project was to examine the potential
effectiveness of a digital storytelling intervention designed through a community-based …

The relationship between financial incentives and quality of diabetes care in Ontario, Canada

T Kiran, JC Victor, A Kopp, BR Shah… - Diabetes …, 2012 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE We assessed the impact of a diabetes incentive code introduced for primary
care physicians in Ontario, Canada, in 2002 on quality of diabetes care at the population …

Diabetes care among Somali immigrants and refugees

ML Wieland, TB Morrison, SS Cha, AS Rahman… - Journal of community …, 2012 - Springer
The risk for development of diabetes and associated complications among immigrants
increases in the years after arrival to the United States. Somali immigrants and refugees …

Disparities in oral health by immigration status in the United States

FA Wilson, Y Wang, LN Borrell, S Bae… - The Journal of the …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Few investigators have explored differences in oral health status between
immigrants and natives. To address this gap, the authors used nationally representative data …

Lessons learned: cultural and linguistic enhancement of surveys through community-based participatory research

CM Formea, AA Mohamed, A Hassan… - Progress in community …, 2014 - muse.jhu.edu
Background: Surveys are frequently implemented in community-based participatory
research (CBPR), but adaptation and translation of surveys can be logistically and …