Hispanics are often labeled a "hard-to-reach" population in the context of health communications, yet there are indicators that corporate interests increasingly are reporting successes in designing advertising and promotional campaigns targeting Hispanic markets. The authors suggest research priorities designed to promote more effective communications programming in the substance abuse field, and they identify three key target audiences: children and adolescents, women of childbearing age, and heavy-drinking men. The significance of the diversity within the Hispanic community; the opportunities to reinforce attitudes, norms, and behaviors that counter substance use; and the centrality of family are discussed as approaches to communications planning and message development.
Preventing the initiation of cigarette smoking plays a vital role in reducing rates of cigarette smoking. The authors investigated trends in cigarette...
The maternal and child health programs of the Public Health Service have always been directed to minority populations; however, the recent surges of i...
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was established in December 1985 in response to recommendations developed by the Secretary's Task Force on Black a...
Since 1985, a black urban community in Atlanta has planned, implemented, and evaluated a cardiovascular risk reduction project. The Community Health A...
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are more prevalent among some minority populations in the U.S. than they are among the white majority. Primary and...
Mammography remains substantially under-used in low-income minority populations despite its well-established efficacy as a means of breast cancer cont...
The authors outline the development and implementation of a public health education program for cervical cancer screening among black women in Forsyth...
Most types of cancer are disproportionately present in black populations. Among all ethnic and racial groups, black people have the highest incidence ...
Despite the high rates of smoking-related cancers among black Americans, little is known about the type of smoking prevention program that might be ef...
In many metropolitan areas, homicide continues to be the scourge of black Americans despite increasing awareness of the overrepresentation of blacks a...
Paleopathologic findings provide strong evidence for the existence of tuberculosis in Andean populations of pre-Columbian America. Indirect evidence i...
Suicide rates among American Indians, especially adolescents, are higher than those for the general population. This paper summarizes the relevant lit...
Research into the causes of alcoholism is a relatively recent scientific endeavor. One area of study which could lead to better understanding of the d...
The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among American Indians in New Mexico with varied genetic and cultural backgrounds is reported. Utilizing communit...
Native Americans experienced higher reported gonorrhea and syphilis morbidity than did non-Native Americans from 1984 through 1988 in 13 States with l...
Among ethnic minorities in the U.S., blacks and Hispanics, who compose 12 percent and 7 percent of the U.S. population, respectively, constitute 24 pe...
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This paper describes the Internet adaptation of an evidenced-based intervention for Hispanic families, eHealth Familias Unidas, and explores whether a...
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