2006
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-005-9014-5
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Influence of Nativity Status on Breast Cancer Risk Among US Black Women

Abstract: Black women are at increased risk for breast cancer mortality. The black category is assumed to be homogeneous, an assumption that may be misleading. This study aims to examine the relationship between nativity and breast cancer risk factors among women identified as black. A sample of 236 black women over 18 years of age in Brooklyn, New York, was recruited. Data were collected on race/ethnicity, breast cancer risk factors, and other sociodemographic, behavioral, and early life experience factors. Logistic re… Show more

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“…Foreign-born black and API mothers were less likely to smoke cigarettes during the periconceptional period, as previously reported (Singh and Yu, 1996;Cubbin et al, 2002;Borrell et al, 2006). We could not confirm previous findings of significantly lower rates of drug use among APIs (Singh and Yu, 1996) because our sample had no foreign-born APIs who reported substance abuse.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 55%
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“…Foreign-born black and API mothers were less likely to smoke cigarettes during the periconceptional period, as previously reported (Singh and Yu, 1996;Cubbin et al, 2002;Borrell et al, 2006). We could not confirm previous findings of significantly lower rates of drug use among APIs (Singh and Yu, 1996) because our sample had no foreign-born APIs who reported substance abuse.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 55%
“…Studies suggest that foreign-born mothers have lower household incomes and levels of education compared to U.S.-born mothers (e.g., Gould et al, 2003). Conversely, foreign-born mothers have lower rates of exposures to unfavorable behavioral characteristics such as alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, environmental tobacco smoke, and maternal illnesses compared to their U.S.-born counterparts (Ventura and Taffel, 1985;Cabral et al, 1990;Singh and Yu, 1996;Cocroft et al, 2002;Cubbin et al, 2002;Borrell et al, 2006;Perreira and Cortes, 2006;Barcenas et al, 2007;Ethen et al, 2008). Generally, most of these studies examined specific risk factors without a focus on the periconceptional period.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…[27][28][29][30][31][32][33] Less is known about the HIV-related risk behaviors of immigrants than about other aspects of their mental and physical health, and most of the literature pertains to Mexican immigrants residing in the southwestern United States. 21,[34][35][36][37] Moreover, scant information exists on the HIV-related risk profiles of Black immigrants, 32 who are indistinguishable from USborn Blacks with respect to public health indicators.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The primary topics addressed by the behavioral approach to immigration and health include health service utilization (44,64), cancer risk behaviors and screening (18,83,146), chronic disease (30,60,70), and mental health (10,64). Most articles conduct analyses of immigrants' health practices rather than of the social or economic contexts of these practices.…”
Section: Behavioral Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%