Traveling for rights: Abortion trends in New Mexico after passage of restrictive Texas legislation.

Objectives: To determine the proportion of abortions provided to patients from Texas in New Mexico before and after the 2013 enactment of Texas House Bill 2 (HB2), an omnibus bill of abortion restrictions, and to compare the gestational ages at which Texans presented for abortion in New Mexico before and after HB2.

Study Design: We conducted a chart review of Texas and New Mexico patients obtaining an abortion in New Mexico abortion clinics before HB 2 was signed and implemented (time period 1: January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012) and after HB 2 went into effect (time period 2: May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015). We used random sampling of corresponding 7-day periods (by week number during the one-year sample) to obtain data until we reached the desired sample of at least 300 patients.

Prevalence and Treatment of Postpartum Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review.

Objectives: Many women present for treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after childbirth. This systematic review describes the efficacy of treatment options for SUI initiated during the 12 months after delivery.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review to identify studies comparing treatment options for SUI initiated in the 12 months after parturition.

Prediction of cardiovascular disease among hematopoietic cell transplantation survivors.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of late morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) survivors. HCT-specific CVD risk prediction models are needed to facilitate early screening and prevention. In the current study, patients who underwent HCT at City of Hope (COH) and survived 1-year free of clinically evident CVD (N = 1828) were observed for the development of heart failure (HF) or coronary artery disease (CAD) by 10-years from index date (1 year from HCT).

Identifying Ancient Settlement Patterns through LiDAR in the Mosquitia Region of Honduras.

The Mosquitia ecosystem of Honduras occupies the fulcrum between the American continents and as such constitutes a critical region for understanding past patterns of socio-political development and interaction. Heavy vegetation, rugged topography, and remoteness have limited scientific investigation. This paper presents prehistoric patterns of settlement and landuse for a critical valley within the Mosquitia derived from airborne LiDAR scanning and field investigation.

Effectiveness of Cultivando la Salud: a breast and cervical cancer screening promotion program for low-income Hispanic women.

Objectives: We tested the effectiveness of a lay health worker intervention to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among low-income Hispanic women.

Methods: Participants were women 50 years and older who were nonadherent to mammography (n = 464) or Papanicolaou (Pap) test (n = 243) screening guidelines. After the collection of baseline data, lay health workers implemented the Cultivando la Salud (CLS; Cultivating Health) intervention.

Development and validation of a cervical cancer screening self-efficacy scale for low-income Mexican American women.

Although self-efficacy, a construct from social cognitive theory, has been shown to influence other screening behaviors, few measures currently exist for measuring Papanicolaou test self-efficacy. This article describes the development and psychometric testing of such a measure for Mexican American women. Data from two separate samples of Mexican American women ages>or=50 years, obtained as part of a study to develop and evaluate a breast and cervical cancer screening educational program, were used in the current study.

Acculturation and mammography screening among Hispanic women living in farmworker communities.

The relationship between acculturation and mammography screening practices among Hispanic women is unclear due to inconsistent study findings. The purpose of this research was to further investigate the effect of acculturation on mammography screening practices among Hispanic women and to explore the effect of biculturalism on mammography screening. Hispanic female farmworkers (N = 716) who were 50 years of age and older living in communities in Texas, New Mexico, and California were interviewed at their homes.

Using intervention mapping to develop a breast and cervical cancer screening program for Hispanic farmworkers: Cultivando La Salud.

This article describes the development of the Cultivando La Salud program, an intervention to increase breast and cervical cancer screening for Hispanic farmworker women. Processes and findings of intervention mapping (IM), a planning process for development of theory and evidence-informed program are discussed. The six IM steps are presented: needs assessment, preparation of planning matrices, election of theoretic methods and practical strategies, program design, implementation planning, and evaluation.

Correlates of mammography screening among Hispanic women living in lower Rio Grande Valley farmworker communities.

Factors contributing to the underuse of mammography screening by female Hispanic farmworkers aged 50 years and older in the Lower Rio Grande Valley were determined through home-based, Spanish-language personal interviews (N = 200). Questions covered adherence to screening mammography guidelines (mammogram within 2 years), healthcare access, sociodemographic characteristics, and theoretical constructs related to breast cancer screening in the literature. Multivariate findings indicated that adherent women were 3.