Race and Blackness: a thematic review of communication challenges confronting the black community within the US Health Care System

CT Adebayo, K Walker, M Hawkins… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Effective communication is integral to the patient–provider relationship. Yet, as a result of
structural factors that ignore the unique health care needs of different populations of patients …

Minding the gaps: health care access for foreign-born people in the US: an integrative review

S Adigun, C Barroso, S Mixer, C Myers… - Journal of Health Care …, 2021 - muse.jhu.edu
Background. Foreign-born people encounter disproportionate health care access barriers
compared with US-born adults. Few studies in the past decade have examined how …

Factors influencing pap screening use among African immigrant women

A Adegboyega, J Hatcher - Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: Papanicolau (Pap) screenings disparities exist for immigrant women in the United
States. This study sought to have an understanding of factors influencing Pap screening …

Exploring health literacy and the correlates of Pap testing among African immigrant women: Findings from the AfroPap study

J Cudjoe, C Budhathoki, D Roter, JJ Gallo… - Journal of Cancer …, 2021 - Springer
African immigrant (AI) women have low rates of Pap testing. Health literacy plays a pivotal
role in health behaviors. Sources and types of health information could shape health literacy …

The role of sources and types of health information in shaping health literacy in cervical cancer screening among African immigrant women: A mixed-methods study

J Cudjoe, JJ Gallo, P Sharps… - HLRP: Health …, 2021 - journals.healio.com
Background: Health literacy is a strong determinant of health outcomes among immigrants.
How sources and types of health information influence health literacy in the context of …

Toward an emerging model of healthcare access: A theoretical framework

S Adigun - International Nursing Review, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To conceptualize an emerging framework of healthcare access for foreign‐born persons
based on well‐known access models in the United States. Background The COVID‐19 …

Experiences and Challenges of African American and Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Black Women in Completing Pap Screening: a Mixed Methods Study

A Adebola, A Adaeze, D Adeyimika, WB Lovoria… - Journal of racial and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Understanding Black women's Papanicolaou (Pap) screening
experiences can inform efforts to reduce cancer disparities. This study examined …

Article commentary: a public health priority: Disparities in gynecologic cancer research for African-born women in the United States

LF Pinder, BD Nelson, M Eckardt… - Clinical Medicine …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
African-born immigrants comprise one of the fastest growing populations in the US, nearly
doubling its population size in recent years. However, it is also one of the most …

Visual impairment and ocular pathology among the urban American homeless

J Henstenburg, A Thau, M Markovitz… - Journal of Health Care …, 2019 - muse.jhu.edu
Introduction. There are few studies that describe the prevalence of ocular morbidity among
people who are homeless in the United States. The goal of this study was to describe rates …

Improving Cervical Cancer Screening and HPV Vaccination Rates among Ghanaians in Ghana, and Ghanaian Immigrants Living in Georgia, USA

CT Palmer - 2019 - digitalcommons.georgiasouthern …
Introduction: Cervical cancer is the most common type of HPV-associated cancer,
disproportionately affecting minority women worldwide. Various strains of the human …