Ethnicity & Health

VOLUME 3  Number 4  November 1998

Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection and Ethnic Origin
Peter J. Cook, Paul Davies, Richard Wise and David Honeybourne 237

Does Vitamin D Deficiency Account for Ethnic Differences in Tuberculosis Seasonality in the UK?
A. Stuart Douglas, Shaukat Ali and Surinder S. Bakhshi 247

Parasuicide: a Singapore perspective
Brian Ho Kong Wai and Kua Ee Heok 255

Social Environment and Substance Misuse: a study of ethnic variations among inner London adolescents
Saffron Karlsen, Angie Rogers and Mark McCarthy 265

Gender, Marital Status and Ethnicity. A Swedish retrospective study of criminality, morbidity and mortality among victims of non-fatal firearm injuries
Sari Ponzer, Jan Sundquist, Sven-Erik Johansson and Bo Bergman 275

The Health Belief Model and HIV Risk Behaviours: a causal model analysis among Anglos, African-Americans and Mexican-Americans
James Alan Neff and Sharon L. Crawford 283

Points of View

Ageing and Ethnicity
Twinkle Dawes and Gudrun Thoner 301

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Ethnicity & Health

VOLUME 3  Number 3  August 1998

Coercive and Voluntary Referrals: how ethnic minority adults get into mental health treatment
David T. Takeuchi and Mang-King Cheung 149

Impact of Ethnicity on the Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders Among Migrants in
Germany
Christian Haasen, Martin Lambert, Reinhard Mass and Michael Krausz 159

Adiposity and Blood Pressure in a Multiethnic Population of Women in Hawaii
Rachel Novotny, James Davis, Philip Ross and Richard Wasnich 167

The Relationship Between Ethnoracial Group and Functional Level in Older Persons
Cathy S. Berkman and Barry J. Gurland 175

Breast Cancer Histology in Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and Pacific Islanders Hillary S. Klonoff-Cohen, Laura B. Schaffroth, Sharon L. Edelstein, Craig Molgaard and Sidney L. Saltzstein 189

Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Women of South Asian Descent: a qualitative study
Alison Chapple 199

Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Arabic-speaking Patients Attending Arabic-speaking General Practitioners in Sydney, Australia: opportunities for intervention Chris Rissel, Margaret Lesjak and Jeanette Ward 213

Health-related Quality of Life for Rural American Indians in New Mexico
Frank Gilliland, Renate Mahler and Sally M. Davis 223

Ethnicity & Health

VOLUME 3  Numbers 1/2  February/May 1998

Predicting Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents from Immigrant Families in Norway
David Lackland Sam 5

Public and Private Health Insurance of US Foreign-born Residents: implications of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law
Mae Thamer and Cheryl Rinehart 19

Health and Well-being Among Elderly Persons in Israel: the role of social class and immigration status
Sara Carmel and Alon Lazar 31

Ethnic Differences in Ischaemic Heart Disease and Stroke Mortality in Mauritius Between 1989 and 1994
Theo Vos, Hassam Gareeboo and Florise Roussety 45

Trends in Mortality from Diabetes in England and Wales Among Those Born in the Indian Subcontinent and the Caribbean Commonwealth
R. Balarajan 55

Dietary Implications of Oral Health Decrements Among African-American and White Older Adults
Nancy E. Schoenberg and Gregg H. Gilbert 59

Caesarean Section Rates in South Africa: evidence of bias among different ‘population groups’
K. Patrick Matshidze, Linda M. Richter, George T. H. Ellison, Jonathan B. Levin and James A. McIntyre 71

General Practitioners’ Perceptions of the Illness Behaviour and Health Needs of South Asian Women with Menorrhagia
Alison Chapple, Margaret Ling and Carl May 81

Risking for Protection: discourses around ‘safe sex’ among Chilean, Turkish and second-generation Greek women living in Melbourne, Australia
Sandra M. Gifford, Christine Bakopanos, Maria-Teresa Dawson and Zeynep Yesilyurt 95

Are We Providing for Ethnic Diversity in Accident & Emergency (A&E) Departments?
Ross Lawrenson, Geraldine Leydon, George Freeman, Jon Fuller, Janet Ballard and Bernard Ineichen 117

Cross-cultural Health Issues in Contemporary Australia
Cordia Chu 125

The Relation of Ethnic Identification with Cigarette Smoking Among US Urban African American and Latino Youth: a pilot study
Vanessa Parker, Steve Sussman, David Crippens, Pam Elder and Donna Scholl 135

Ethnicity & Health

VOLUME 2  Number 4  November 1997

Hypertension in Alaska Natives: association with overweight, glucose intolerance, diet and mechanized activity
Neil J. Murphy, Cynthia D. Schraer, Maureen C. Theile, Edward J. Boyko,
Lisa R. Bulkow, Barbara J. Doty and Anne P. Lanier 267

A Native American Community Initiative to Prevent Diabetes
Virginia L. Hood, Benson Kelly, Charlene Martinez, Shevonne Shuman and
Roger Secker-Walker 277

Classifying Ethnicity Utilizing the Canadian Mortality Data Base
Tej Sheth, Mukund Nargundkar, Karim Chagani, Sonia Anand, Cyril Nair and
Salim Yusuf 287

Reproducibility and Validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire in European and Polynesian New Zealanders
Patricia Metcalf, Boyd Swinburn, Robert Scragg and Evan Dryson 297

Variations in Health Behaviours Among Inner City 12-year-olds from Four Ethnic Groups
Angie Rogers, Jane E. Adamson and Mark McCarthy 309

Is There an Increased Prevalence of Severe Learning Disabilities Among British Asians?
Eric Emerson, Sabiha Azmi, Chris Hatton, Amanda Caine, Richard Parrott and John Wolstenholme 317

It’s More than Literacy: the assimilation effect of the translation model
Fabio Saini and Louise Rowling 323

Health Outcomes Among African American and Caucasian Adults Following a Randomized Trial of an Asthma Education Program
Marvella E. Ford, Suzanne L. Havstad, Barbara C. Tilley and Mary B. Bolton 329

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Ethnicity & Health

VOLUME 2  Number 3  August 1997

The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis by Ethnic Group in Birmingham and its Implications for Future Trends in Tuberculosis in the UK
Surinder S. Bakhshi, Jeremy Hawker and Shaukat Ali 147

Mortality Experience of Navajos with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Patrick J. O’Connor, Benjamin F. Crabtree and Roy M. Nakamura 155

Ethnocultural Predictors of Postpartum Infant-care Behaviours among Immigrants in Canada
Nancy C. Edwards and Jean-François Boivin 163

A Comparison of Perinatal Mortality Between Ethnic Chinese and Ethnic Whites: why the Chinese rate was lower
Shi Wu Wen and Michael S. Kramer 177

The African-American Health Project (AAHP): study overview and select findings on high risk behaviors and psychiatric disorders in African American men
Hector F. Myers, Paul Satz, Bruce E. Miller, Eric G. Bing, Gwen Evans, Mark A.
Richardson, David Forney, Hal Morgenstern, Ernestina Saxton, Louis D’Elia, Douglas Longshore and Ismael Mena 183

Region of Birth, Migration and Homicide Rates of African Americans
Michael Greenberg and Dona Schneider 197

Cancer Incidence and Age at Northern Migration of African Americans in Illinois, 1986–1991
Holly L. Howe, Celan J. Alo, John R. Lumpkin, Raquel Y. Qualls and Melinda Lehnherr 209

Editors’ Practice and Views on Terminology in Ethnicity and Health Research
Raj Bhopal, Harpreet Kohli and Judith Rankin 223

Community Development for Health and Identity Politics
Caroline F. Allen 229

Church-based Education: an outreach program for African Americans with hypertension
Eva D. Smith, Sharon L. Merritt and Minu K. Patel 243

Symptoms in Children of British and of Bangladeshi Parents Measured by the Rutter B2 Questionnaire
Frances M. Marks 255

Ethnicity & Health

VOLUME 2 Numbers 1/2 March/June 1997

SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE

Editorial 3

Patterns of Mortality Among Bangladeshis in England and Wales
R. Balarajan and Veena Soni Raleigh 5

Cultural Variation in Health Locus of Control
K. J. Wrightson and J. Wardle 13

Has Psychological Distress Among UK South Asians been Under-estimated?
A comparison of three measures in the west of Scotland population
Rory Williams, Susan Eley, Kate Hunt and Sheila Bhatt 21

Why are African Americans Under-represented in Medical Research Studies? Impediments to participation
Vickie L. Shavers-Hornaday, Charles F. Lynch, Leon F. Burmeister and
James C. Torner 31

Lipoprotein (a) Distribution in a Nigerian Population
Rhobert W. Evans, Clareann H. Bunker, Flora A. M. Ukoli and Lewis H. Kuller 47

Knowledge, Uptake and Availability of Health and Social Services Among Asian Gujarati and White Elderly Persons
James Lindesay, Carol Jagger, Mark J. Hibbett, Susan M. Peet and Farida Moledina 59

Use of Selected High-fat Foods by Hispanic Adults in the Northeastern US
Anthony P. Polednak 71

Epidemiology of Self-reported Past Heavy Drinking in Hispanic Adults
David J. Lee, Kyriakos S. Markides and Laura A. Ray 77

Longitudinal Effects of an HIV Testing and Counseling Programme for Low-income Latina Women
Jacquelyn H. Flaskerud, Adeline M. Nyamathi and Gwen C. Uman 89

Public Policy Analysis of Indiana's Minority Health Initiatives
Kathleen M. Russell 105

Racial Differences in Post-neonatal Mortality in Chicago: what risk factors explain
the black infant's disadvantage?
James W. Collins and Elizabeth K. Hawkes 117

Cardiovascular and Plasma Catecholamine Response to Static Exercise in Normotensive Blacks and Whites
William J. Duey, David R. Bassett Jr, Ava J. Walker, Donald J. Torok, Edward T. Howley, Daniel Ely and Mark O. Pease 127

Ethnicity & Health

VOLUME 1  Number 4  December 1996

Increased Rates of Obesity among African Americans Confirmed, but the Question
of Why Remains Unanswered
Dale A. Schoeller & Robert F. Kushner 313

Obesity in Inner-city African Americans
Cynthia L. Arfken and Cheryl A. Houston 317

Differences in Weight Gain in Relation to Race, Gender, Age and Education in Young
Adults: the CARDIA study
Gregory L. Burke, Diane E. Bild, Joan E. Hilner, Aaron R. Folsom, Lynne E. Wagenknecht and Stephen Sidney 327

Ethnic Differences in Body Composition and their Relation to Health and Disease in
Women
James Gasperino 337

Ethnicity, Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease and Renal Diseases in South Africa
Yackoob K. Seedat 349

Stigmatization, Discrimination and Fear of AIDS in Greece: implications for health policy
Joannes Chliaoutakis and Deanna J. Trakas 359

Differential Survival in Blacks and Hispanics with AIDS
Michelle Murrain 373

Language Background and Communication Skills of Medical Students
Richard B. Hays, Patricia Pearce, Christopher W. Cooper and Leonie Sanderson 383

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Ethnicity & Health

VOLUME 1  Number 3  September 1996

Body Mass Index and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Pacific Island Polynesians and
Europeans in New Zealand
Judy McAnulty and Robert Scragg 187

Increased Gallbladder-related Mortality among Hispanics: does education play a role?
Diane K. Wagener and Margaret McDonald 197

Black-white Differences in Factors Influencing Mammography use among Employed
Female Health Maintenance Organization Members
Karen Glanz, Nancy Resch, Caryn Lerman and Barbara K. Rimer 207

Barriers to Follow-up of Abnormal Screening Mammograms among Low-income Minority Women
Maria Rojas, Jeanne Mandelblatt, Kathleen Cagney, Jon Kerner, Harold Freeman
and the Cancer Control Center of Harlem 221

Estimating Breast Cancer Incidence in Hispanic Women in Connecticut, 1989-1991
Anthony P. Polednak 229

Appendicitis: higher risk in Mexican Americans?
Valerie A. Lawrence, Michael R. Tuley, Andrew K. Diehl, Carey P. Page
and Rahul Dhanda 237

Cultural Aspects of African American Eating Patterns
Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, Shiriki Kumanyika, Tanya D. Agurs, Agatha Lowe,
David Saunders and Christiaan B. Morssink 245

Risk-taking Behavior among Native American Adolescents in Minnesota Public Schools: comparisons with black and white adolescents
Enid Gruber, Ralph J. DiClimente and Martin M. Anderson 261

Hypertension Awareness, Treatment and Control Rates for an Asian Population:
results from a national survey in Korea
Daniel W. Jones, Joung Soon Kim, Sung Jin Kim and Young Pyo Hong 269

Cellular Calcium and Sodium Regulation, Salt-sensitivity and Essential Hypertension in African Americans
Abraham Aviv 275

Trends in Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities among Hispanics, Non-Hispanic Whites
and American Indians in New Mexico, 1958-1990
Melissa Schiff and Thomas Becker 283

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Self-assessed Health Status: evidence from the National
Survey of Families and Households
Xinhua Steve Ren and Benjamin C. Amick 293

Ethnicity & Health

VOLUME 1  Number 2  May 1996

SPECIAL ISSUE: HYPERTENSION IN AMERICAN ETHNIC GROUPS

Hypertension in American Ethnic Groups
Hypertension in African Americans: basic science initiatives of the national heart,
lung and blood institute
Paul A. Velletri 115

Hereditary Intermediate Phenotypes in African American Hypertension
Mala T. Kailasam, Daniel T. O'Connor and Robert J. Parmer 117

New Methods for Maintaining Human Renal Epithelial Cells and Analyzing their Ion
Transport Functions: potential analysis of genetic disease
Ulrich Hopfer, Philip G. Woost, James W. Jacobberger and Janice G. Douglas 129

Intracellular Cations and Hypertension in Blacks
Richard S. Cooper 137

The Kidney in the Hypertensive Black
Vito M. Campese 145

General Papers
Excess Admixture Proportion of Extended Major Histocompatability Complex Haplotypes of Caucasian Origin among Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Haplotypes in African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans
Patricia A. Fraser, Edmond J. Yunis and Chester A. Alper 153

Ethnicity and Use of Obstetrical Analgesia: do Pakistani women receive inadequate pain relief during labour?
Siri Vangen, Camilla Stolenberg and Berit Schei 161

The Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Positivity in Asymptomatic Children of Different Ethnic Backgrounds Living in the Same Country
Sophie Lanciers, Bruno Hauser, Yvan Vandenplas and Uwe Blecker 169

Sexually Transmitted Disease: experiences and risk factors among urban low income
African American and Hispanic youth
Kathleen Ford and Anne E. Norris 175

Ethnicity & Health

VOLUME 1 Number 1 March 1996

Editorial 3

Foreword by the Chief Medical Officer of England 7

Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Black and White Patients with Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus
John H. Summerson, M. S. Ronny A. Bell and Joseph C. Konen 9

Racial Differences in the Incidence of End Stage Renal Disease
Grethe S. Tell, Britta Hylander, Timothy E. Craven and John Burkart 21

Relationship of Hypertension to Socioeconomic Status in a West African Population
Clareann H. Bunker, Felecia I. Okoro, Nina Markovic, Ngoc Thai,
Barbara Pippin, Mark Ackrell and Lewis H. Kuller 33

Ethnic Differences in Public Health Awareness, Health Perceptions and Physical Exercise: implications for heart disease prevention
Gregory Y. H. Lip, Chris Luscombe, Maria McCarry, Ifran Malik and Gareth Beevers 47

Suicide Patterns and Trends in People of Indian Subcontinent and Caribbean Origin in England and Wales
Veena Soni Raleigh 55

Race, Socioeconomic Status and Survival in Three Female Cancers
Howard P. Greenwald, Nayak L. Polissar and Hari H. Dayal 65

Gender and Ethnic Differences in Survival in a Cohort of HIV Positive Clients
Peter E. Bright, Donna K. Arnett, Clifford Blair and Manual Bayona 77

Race/Ethnicity Misclassification of Persons Reported with AIDS
Janet J. Kelly, Susan Y. Chu, Theresa Diaz, Linda S. Leary and James W. Buehler 87

Use of the Terms 'Race', 'Ethnicity' and 'Natural Origins': A review of articles in the American Journal of Public Health, 1980-89
Linda Ahdieh and Robert A. Hahn 95

Utilization of Health Care Services by Immigrants and other Ethnic/cultural Groups
in Ontario
Shi Wu Wen, Vivek Goel and J. Ivan Williams 99