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  • Depression, acculturation, and relationship power in Mexican immigrant women: an exploratory study

    Creator:
    Helfgott, Gabriela I.
    Abstract:
    One of the largely undetected and untreated health conditions affecting the Latino population in the United States is depression. Although the onset of depression can be influenced by a variety of factors that differ among individuals, Latinos in the United States are subject to certain cultural-specific social and environmental stresses...
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    Masters Thesis
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    and women in the United States become more acculturated into the dominant American culture, their

  • Breast cancer screening behaviors among immigrant Iranian women in the United States

    Creator:
    Shirazi, Mehra A.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to describe Iranian immigrant women's knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards breast cancer, and their breast cancer screening behaviors. Specifically, this research examined the predictors of age-specific breast cancer screening participation among this population. The participants in this study consisted (n=34 1) of self-identified first...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    : Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors of Immigrant Iranian Women in the United States. Donna A. Champ-au