Ben Karlin

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Journal: Health Education and Behavior

In Health Care, Health disparities, Journal, Special populations on 31 May 2009 at 02:29

Lots of stuff under broad categories from the journal Health Education and Behaviors over the last several months.

African Americans

Developing Long-Term Physical Activity Participation: A Grounded Theory Study With African American Women
Amy E. Harley, Janet Buckworth, Mira L. Katz, Sharla K. Willis, Angela Odoms-Young, and Catherine A. Heaney
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 97-112

Effects of Racial Discrimination and Health Behaviors on Mental and Physical Health of Middle-Class African American Men
Sherrill L. Sellers, Vence Bonham, Harold W. Neighbors, and James W. Amell
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 31-44

Neighborhood Environment and Adherence to a Walking Intervention in African American Women
Shannon N. Zenk, JoEllen Wilbur, Edward Wang, Judith McDevitt, April Oh, Richard Block, Sue McNeil, and Nina Savar
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 167-181

Perceptions of the Religion—Health Connection Among African Americans in the Southeastern United States: Sex, Age, and Urban/Rural Differences
Cheryl L. Holt, Emily Schulz, and Theresa A. Wynn
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 62-80

Psychosocial Influences on Suboptimal Adjuvant Breast Cancer Treatment Adherence Among African American Women: Implications for Education and Intervention
Carol Magai, Nathan S. Consedine, Brenda A. Adjei, Dawn Hershman, and Alfred Neugut
Health Educ Behav 2008;35 835-854

Self-Efficacy Mediates the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Medication Adherence Among Hypertensive African Americans
Antoinette Schoenthaler, Gbenga Ogedegbe, and John P. Allegrante
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 127-137

Weighing the Consequences: Self-Disclosure of HIV-Positive Status Among African American Injection Drug Users
Maribel Valle and Judith Levy
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 155-166

Chinese

Development and Evaluation of a Culturally Tailored Educational Video: Changing Breast Cancer–Related Behaviors in Chinese Women
Judy H. Wang, Wenchi Liang, Marc D. Schwartz, Marion M. Lee, Barbara Kreling, and Jeanne S. Mandelblatt
Health Educ Behav 2008;35 806-820

Hispanics

Ecodevelopmental x Intrapersonal Risk: Substance Use and Sexual Behavior in Hispanic Adolescents
Guillermo J. Prado, Seth J. Schwartz, Mildred Maldonado-Molina, Shi Huang, Hilda M. Pantin, Barbara Lopez, and Jose Szapocznik
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 45-61

Evaluating a Stage Model in Predicting Monolingual Spanish-Speaking Latinas’ Cervical Cancer Screening Practices: The Role of Psychosocial and Cultural Predictors
Elva Maria Arredondo, Kathryn Pollak, and Philip R. Costanzo
Health Educ Behav 2008;35 791-805

Improving Diabetes Care and Health Measures Among Hispanics Using Community Health Workers: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
Kenneth S. Babamoto, Kwa A. Sey, Angela J. Camilleri, Vicki J. Karlan, Joana Catalasan, and Donald E. Morisky
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 113-126

Influence of Social Context on Eating, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behaviors of Latina Mothers and Their Preschool-Age Children
Ana C. Lindsay, Katarina M. Sussner, Mary L. Greaney, and Karen E. Peterson
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 81-96

Patient—Provider Communication: Understanding the Role of Patient Activation for Latinos in Mental Health Treatment
Dharma E. Cortes, Norah Mulvaney-Day, Lisa Fortuna, Sarah Reinfeld, and Margarita Alegría
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 138-154

Multiethnic Populations

Estimates of Intraclass Correlation for Variables Related to Behavioral HIV/STD Prevention in a Predominantly African American and Hispanic Sample of Young Women
Sherri L. Pals, Brenda L. Beaty, Samuel F. Posner, and Sheana S. Bull
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 182-194

Lunchtime Practices and Problem Behaviors Among Multiethnic Urban Youth
Tracy R. Nichols, Amanda S. Birnbaum, Kylie Bryant, and Gilbert J. Botvin
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 570-582

Native Americans

A Cervical Cancer Community-Based Participatory Research Project in a Native American Community
Suzanne Christopher, Allison L. Gidley, Bethany Letiecq, Adina Smith, and Alma Knows His Gun McCormick
Health Educ Behav 2008;35 821-834

Refugee Populations

Witnessing Violence Across the Life Course, Depressive Symptoms, and Alcohol Use Among Older Persons
Sha Juan Colbert and Neal Krause
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 259-277

JIAPAC

In Uncategorized on 30 May 2009 at 23:25

In case someone hasn’t caught on yet, health literacy is impossible without language accessibility.  How important is health literacy?  Lives depend on it.

These are from the Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care.

Association Between Health Literacy and HIV Treatment Adherence: Further Evidence from Objectively Measured Medication Adherence
Seth C. Kalichman, Howard Pope, Denise White, Chauncey Cherry, Christina M. Amaral, Connie Swetzes, Jody Flanagan, and Moira O. Kalichman
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic Ill) 2008;7 317-323

Nonadherence Increases the Risk of Hospitalization Among HIV-Infected Antiretroviral Naïve Patients Started on HAART
Sarah J. Fielden, Melanie L. A. Rusch, Benita Yip, Evan Wood, Kate Shannon, Adrian R. Levy, Julio S. G. Montaner, and Robert S. Hogg
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic Ill) 2008;7 238-244

and this:

Promoting HIV Literacy
José M. Zuniga
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic Ill) 2008;7 215-216

and finally this:

Profile of Communication Disorders in HIV-Infected Individuals: A Preliminary Study
Mili Mary Mathew and Jayashree S. Bhat
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic Ill) 2008;7 223-227