An Examination of Factors Associated with Healthcare Discrimination in Latina Immigrants: The Role of Healthcare Relationships and Language.

Acknowledgement: The authors are grateful to all of the women who took time to participate in the study, Dr. Elmer Huerta and members of the Latin American Cancer Research Coalition. Funding for these activities were supported, in part, by ACS grants MRSGT-06-132-01-CPPB (VBS), Herbert W.

Perceived risk for breast cancer and its relationship to mammography in Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites.

A challenge for health behavior science is to develop theory and best practices that take cultural diversity into account. Using data from Black, Hispanic, and White respondents to the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey, we examined racial/ethnic differences in: (1) breast cancer risk perceptions/worry; (2) the associations between perceived risk/worry and ever having received a mammogram; and (3) perceived risk/worry and having had at least 2 mammograms over a 4-year period (consecutive mammography). Compared to White race/ethnicity, Black race/ethnicity was associated with lower perceived absolute risk and comparative risk for developing cancer.

The state of research on racial/ethnic discrimination in the receipt of health care.

Objectives: We conducted a review to examine current literature on the effects of interpersonal and institutional racism and discrimination occurring within health care settings on the health care received by racial/ethnic minority patients.

Methods: We searched the PsychNet, PubMed, and Scopus databases for articles on US populations published between January 1, 2008 and November 1, 2011. We used various combinations of the following search terms: discrimination, perceived discrimination, race, ethnicity, racism, institutional racism, stereotype, prejudice or bias, and health or health care.

A population-based study of therapy and survival for patients with head and neck cancer treated in the community.

Background: The objective of this study was to examine patterns of care and survival in a population-based sample of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) who were treated in the community or in hospitals that had residency training programs.

Methods: Data from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program were used to sample 1317 patients aged ≥20 years with invasive squamous HNC who were diagnosed during 2004 and who had vital status available through 2008.

Results: Treatment and survival were influenced by tumor site and disease stage.