Jennifer C Molokwu, Alok Dwivedi, Adam Alomari, Jesus Guzman, Navkiran Shokar
{"title":"Effect of Text Message Reminders on Attendance at Cervical Cancer Screening Appointments in a Predominantly Hispanic Population.","authors":"Jennifer C Molokwu, Alok Dwivedi, Adam Alomari, Jesus Guzman, Navkiran Shokar","doi":"10.1177/15404153221098950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15404153221098950","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hispanic women have the highest rates of incident cervical cancer in the United States (U.S.) and are 1.9 times more likely to die from cervical cancer than non-Hispanic Whites. <b>Objective:</b> Assess the impact of text message reminders on cervical cancer screening attendance and completion. <b>Design:</b> Pragmatic non-randomized study design using propensity matched analysis. <b>Setting:</b> Community-dwelling low-income females in the U.S./Mexico border community. A total of 2,255 mainly Hispanic females aged 21-65. <b>Methods:</b> Text message reminders in addition to usual care (telephone call reminders). <b>Results:</b> After adjusting for significant factors and propensity score matching, individuals in the text reminder group had 11% lower screening incidence than individuals without text reminders (risk difference [RD] = -0.11, 95% <i>CI</i>: -0.16, -0.05; <i>p</i> < .001). <b>Conclusion:</b> Participants with text reminders were less likely to complete cervical screening than usual practice in a predominantly Hispanic population. Our study demonstrates that reminders' content rather than method may be vital to improving our population's cancer screening rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":73240,"journal":{"name":"Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses","volume":"21 3","pages":"121-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9787178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Be an Author!","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/15404153231184457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15404153231184457","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73240,"journal":{"name":"Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses","volume":"21 3","pages":"119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9816880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Culturally Tailoring Plant-Based Nutrition Interventions for Hispanic/Latino Adults at Risk for or With Type 2 Diabetes: An Integrative Review.","authors":"Linda M Koh","doi":"10.1177/15404153221085696","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15404153221085696","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Introduction:</b> Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence continues to increase among Hispanic/Latino adults. The purpose of this study was to explore and analyze literature on culturally tailored nutrition interventions to identify how to best implement a whole food plant-based (WFPB) culinary intervention to improve health outcomes for Hispanic/Latino adults at risk for developing or diagnosed with T2DM. <b>Methods:</b> A methodological review was performed by searching PubMed, CINAHL Complete, PsycINFO, and Food Science and Technology Abstracts. Inclusion criteria consisted of peer-reviewed articles in English, from January 2009 to January 2020, using the search terms: \"Hispanic adults or Latino adults\", \"culturally tailored or ethnic\", \"diabetes\", \"dietary or nutrition\", \"intervention\", and \"vegan or plant based\". Studies included adults at risk for/diagnosed with T2DM. <b>Results:</b> Of 1,474 articles retrieved, 15 met the inclusion criteria. Four main themes were identified: participant interest, feasibility of intervention, development and implementation of intervention, and impact of the intervention. <b>Conclusion:</b> Further research should focus on culturally tailored nutrition interventions and use of a WFPB diet to reduce risk for T2DM in Hispanic/Latino adults. Continued discussion should be patient- and community-centered to promote equity, health, and disease prevention through the use of culturally tailored methods and design, not only limited to curriculum and language.</p>","PeriodicalId":73240,"journal":{"name":"Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses","volume":"21 2","pages":"89-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11600662/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9352877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seiichi Villalona, Heide Castañeda, Jason W Wilson, Nancy Romero-Daza, Mery Yanez Yuncosa, Christian Jeannot
{"title":"Discordance Between Satisfaction and Health Literacy Among Spanish-Speaking Patients with Limited English-Proficiency Seeking Emergency Department Care.","authors":"Seiichi Villalona, Heide Castañeda, Jason W Wilson, Nancy Romero-Daza, Mery Yanez Yuncosa, Christian Jeannot","doi":"10.1177/15404153211067685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15404153211067685","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Introduction:</b> The emergency department (ED) is one clinical setting where issues pertaining to health communication uniquely manifest themselves on a daily basis. This pilot study sought to understand satisfaction with care, perceptions of medical staff concern, awareness, and comprehension of medical care among Spanish-speaking patients with limited English-language proficiency (LEP). <b>Methods:</b> A two-phase, mixed-methods approach was employed among Spanish-speaking patients with LEP that presented to an ED in West Central Florida. The prospective phase consisted of semistructured interviews (<i>n</i> = 25). The retrospective phase analyzed existing patient satisfaction data collected at the study site (<i>n</i> = 4,940). <b>Results:</b> Content analysis revealed several linguistic barriers among this patient population including limited individual autonomy, self-blame for being unable to effectively articulate concerns, and lack of clarity in understanding follow-up care plans. Retrospective analysis suggested differences between responses from Spanish-speaking patients when compared with their English-speaking counterparts. <b>Conclusions:</b> Our findings suggest discordance between satisfaction and health literacy in this unique patient population. Although high satisfaction was reported, this appeared to be secondary to comprehension of follow-up care instructions.</p>","PeriodicalId":73240,"journal":{"name":"Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses","volume":"21 2","pages":"60-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9346104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Street Nursing: Teaching and Improving Community Health.","authors":"Diana M Cavazos","doi":"10.1177/15404153221098958","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15404153221098958","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Living on the streets continues to be a traumatic and dangerous lifestyle that creates many challenges in society, especially challenges related to community health and health care. In San Antonio, Texas, half of the unhoused population is Hispanic, aligning with national reports that document how Hispanics/Latinxs are overrepresented in the unhoused communities. Street Medicine™ programs are surfacing nationwide and around the world, frequently as medical schools' initiatives, to provide medical care to unhoused populations, providing a unique learning opportunity for medical students and other health care disciplines, including Nursing. UT Health Street Nursing organization was formed in the context of a clinical rotation experience for the Population-Focused Health course while supporting and collaborating with Street Medicine SA. This initiative exposes nursing students to the reality of not having a place to live and the struggles vulnerable populations face to access and navigate health care services, discovering how Latinos generally have less access to quality health care and suffer from poor health.</p>","PeriodicalId":73240,"journal":{"name":"Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses","volume":"21 2","pages":"55-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9352897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth N Diaz, Joanna A Pineda, Qun Le, Julie A Wright, Mary L Greaney, Ana Cristina Lindsay
{"title":"How do Central American Parents in the United States View the Importance of and Obtain Information About Behaviors Associated with the Risk of Early Childhood Obesity?","authors":"Elizabeth N Diaz, Joanna A Pineda, Qun Le, Julie A Wright, Mary L Greaney, Ana Cristina Lindsay","doi":"10.1177/15404153221093735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15404153221093735","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Data suggest that Latinx preschool-age children are at increased risk of obesity. The fastest-growing Latinx population in the United States originates from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, also known as the Northern Triangle countries. <b>Purpose:</b> To describe how Central American parents from the Northern Triangle countries perceive the importance of energy balance-related behaviors (EBRBs), their preferred sources to obtain information about EBRBs, and to assess whether these differ by parent's gender and country of the nativity. <b>Methods:</b> Cross-sectional survey. <b>Results:</b> Seventy-four parents with at least one child between 2 and 5 years of age participated in the study. More than half were immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras and were classified as having low acculturation. Mothers perceived consuming <u>></u>5 fruits and vegetables daily, limiting sugar-sweetened beverages consumption, and having <u><</u>2 hours daily screen time as extremely important, whereas fathers perceived these behaviors as being less important. Although a higher proportion of foreign-born than US-born parents perceived most of the assessed EBRBs (4 out of 6) as extremely important, these differences were not significant. Parents reported multiple sources to obtain EBRB-related information. Direct person-to-person interactions were the most commonly preferred sources, with pediatricians being the top source (97.3%), followed by other parents (86.5%), and WIC professionals (74.3%). Pediatricians were the preferred source to obtain information about EBRBs, irrespective of parent's gender and country of the nativity. A higher proportion of US-born than foreign-born parents reported a preference to obtain EBRB-related information from other parents. <b>Conclusions:</b> Findings suggest the significance of understanding how Central American parents perceive the importance of EBRBs and the sources they would prefer to obtain information for their children's EBRBs. Study findings have implications for health education and obesity prevention interventions designed to reach and deliver key evidence-based child health information to Central American parents from the Northern Triangle countries in the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":73240,"journal":{"name":"Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses","volume":"21 2","pages":"78-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9358818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opening Remarks at the Inaugural Hispanic Health Policy Summit held in Washington, DC.","authors":"Adrianna Nava","doi":"10.1177/15404153231163404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15404153231163404","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73240,"journal":{"name":"Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses","volume":"21 2","pages":"54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9363038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dakota Daniel, Adeline Wickerham, Elizabeth A Fitzgerald, Jennifer Kue
{"title":"Interventions to Eliminate Cervical Cancer in Nicaragua: An Integrative Review of the Literature.","authors":"Dakota Daniel, Adeline Wickerham, Elizabeth A Fitzgerald, Jennifer Kue","doi":"10.1177/15404153221081280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15404153221081280","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Introduction:</b> Nicaragua has one of the highest cervical cancer death rates (19.4 per 100,000) compared to other Central American countries. This integrative review of the literature synthesizes cervical cancer prevention interventions in Nicaragua. <b>Methods:</b> The literature search was performed through Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, and Scopus. The six articles included in this integrative review were appraised using the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies (QAQTS). <b>Results:</b> Greater knowledge of Pap smears, the human papillomavirus (HPV), and cervical cancer was significantly associated with positive screening beliefs. Barriers to cervical cancer screening included access to Pap smears, preference for female providers, and the length of time to receive screening results and treatment. The probability of having a Pap smear was 94% higher among those who had a recent doctor's visit compared to those who had not. While clinician samples are more accurate in detecting HPV or cervical cancer, self-sampling was stated by the participants to be preferred. <b>Conclusion:</b> A focus on the higher efficacy of clinician sampling and providing more factual information about cervical cancer and its screening through trusted community-based efforts, such as <i>charlas</i>, would be more likely to encourage testing and thereby reduce the rate of cervical cancer in Nicaragua.</p>","PeriodicalId":73240,"journal":{"name":"Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses","volume":"21 2","pages":"104-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9707969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa N Mansfield, Gabriela A Nagy, Rosa Solorzano, Michelle Carreño, Maralis Mercado Emerson, Maria Luisa Solis Guzman, Rosa M Gonzalez-Guarda
{"title":"Targeted Strategies for Recruitment and Engagement of Latinx Immigrants in Longitudinal Biobehavioral Research.","authors":"Lisa N Mansfield, Gabriela A Nagy, Rosa Solorzano, Michelle Carreño, Maralis Mercado Emerson, Maria Luisa Solis Guzman, Rosa M Gonzalez-Guarda","doi":"10.1177/15404153221083659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15404153221083659","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Introduction:</b> Racial/ethnic minority communities are underrepresented in research. Medical mistrust and mistreatment, discrimination, and a lack of diverse research workforce may influence recruitment and engagement. Engaging Latinx immigrants for research presents unique recruitment challenges, especially for biobehavioral research which is not well explored. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of targeted strategies for recruiting young adult, Latinx immigrants. <b>Methods:</b> Recruitment occurred from 2018 to 2019 in an ongoing, longitudinal, community-engaged research study examining risk and resilience factors for health outcomes in Latinx immigrants. Strategies included active recruitment (e.g., community-based events and public events) and passive recruitment (e.g., word-of-mouth and radio and flyer advertisements). Logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the influence of type of recruitment on participant enrollment. <b>Results:</b> The study enrolled 391 participants of 701 interested individuals (55%). Greater odds of enrollment were among participants recruited through radio and flyer advertisements (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=2.90, 95%<i>CI</i> [1.59, 5.27], <i>p</i>=.001), word-of-mouth (AOR=2.50, 95% <i>CI</i> [1.55, 4.03], <i>p</i><.000), or community-based organization events (AOR=1.68, 95% <i>CI</i> [1.19, 2.38], <i>p</i>=.003). <b>Conclusions:</b> Passive recruitment strategies through trusted sources increased the odds of enrollment of Latinx immigrants in biobehavioral research. Future recruitment efforts should leverage trusted sources to disseminate recruitment materials addressing barriers to recruiting Latinx participants for research.</p>","PeriodicalId":73240,"journal":{"name":"Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses","volume":"21 2","pages":"68-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10334812/pdf/nihms-1906292.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9765489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial.","authors":"Maithe Enriquez","doi":"10.1177/15404153221149789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15404153221149789","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73240,"journal":{"name":"Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses","volume":"21 1","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10675771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}