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Publikováno v:
The Gerontologist. 35:122-126
Compared to whites, minorities have similar rates of dementia but are less likely to use services. Native language videos and brochures that incorporated culturally specific perceptions of dementia, caregiving, and help-seeking for seven Asian and Pa
Publikováno v:
Pacific health dialog. 8(2)
Native Hawaiians experience disproportionate rates of cancer incidence and mortality both nationally and in their homeland, Hawai'i. 'Imi Hale--the Native Hawaiian Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training Project, a five-year project funded by the Na
Autor:
J U, Tsark, K L, Braun
Publikováno v:
Pacific health dialog. 8(2)
Compared to women in other ethnic groups, Native Hawaiian women have the highest breast cancer mortality rates in the state of Hawai'i. Nationally, the five-year relative survival rate for Native Hawaiian women is 9% shorter than for Caucasians and a
Autor:
R, Kayashima, K L, Braun
Publikováno v:
Hawaii medical journal. 60(2)
Surveyed about barriers to good end-of-life care were 804 Hawaii physicians in specialties most likely to care for dying patients. Responses were received by 367 (46%). The majority attended terminally ill patients within the past year and felt that
Publikováno v:
The Gerontologist. 41(1)
The authors interviewed adults in five ethnic groups, used factor analysis to quantify attitudes toward planning for death, and used path analysis to test the relative influence of respondent characteristics, including ethnicity, and attitude factors
Publikováno v:
Hawaii medical journal. 59(12)
Questions on end-of-life preferences were included in two statewide, random-sample telephone surveys. Findings suggest that Hawaii residents are similar to mainlanders on their rates of advance directive completion, their preference for dying at home
Autor:
K L, Braun, R, Nichols
Publikováno v:
Hawaii medical journal. 55(12)
Although all of us experience death, not all of us think about death or respond to death the same way. This study begins to explore how cultural traditions, education, and tenure in Hawaii impact views of advanced directives, organ donation, suicide,
Publikováno v:
Hawaii medical journal. 55(12)
Life expectancy in Hawaii is among the highest in the nation. Past research, however, found significant ethnic differences in longevity. This study presents life expectancy estimations for 1980 and 1990, along with ethnic differences in mortality rat
Publikováno v:
Hawaii medical journal. 54(9)
Native Hawaiians continue to have higher mortality rates than do other ethnic groups in Hawaii. This discrepancy becomes even more pronounced when rates are calculated separately for full-Hawaiians versus part-Hawaiians versus all races. In an explor
Autor:
K L, Braun, C R, Conybeare
Publikováno v:
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). 110(4)
HealthScope is a health education based on the Health Belief Model that uses television and print materials. It was designed for a number of agendas--(a) a desire by health educators to provide health information to a broad audience at a reasonable c