ContextAlthough practice guidelines encouraging the screening of patients for intimate partner abuse have been available several years, it is unclear how well and in which circumstances physicians adhere to them.ObjectiveTo describe practices perceptions primary care regarding interventions.Design, Setting, ParticipantsCross-sectional survey a stratified probability sample 900 practicing family medicine, general internal obstetrics/gynecology California. After meeting exclusion criteria, 582...

AbstractThe implementation of social media technology in a firm’s marketing strategy has been adopted by some forward-thinking sales forces. Sharing content and building network contacts are the principles behind media. The utilization (e.g., LinkedIn Twitter) for reaching business-to-business clients is relatively new phenomenon with performance outcomes essentially unknown. Data were collected from 1,699 salespeople over 25 different industries. Using structural equation modeling, findings...

This study identifies social, political, and cultural barriers to help seeking from health care organizations faced by abused Latina Asian immigrant women. Qualitative data were collected through four semistructured ethnic-specific focus group interviews with 28 Participants who had suffered intimate partner abuse recruited urban community-based in San Francisco, California. Sociopolitical patient-provider communication included social isolation, language barriers, and, for some,...

To determine the barriers to identification and management of domestic violence from battered women's perspective.Qualitative research methods using semistructured focus groups.Urban suburban community-based organizations serving women their families in San Francisco Bay (Calif) area.Fifty-one with histories comprised eight groups divided as follows: two Latino (n=14), white Asian African-American (n=9) women.Participants all ethnic identified major factors that affect health care setting....

We undertook a study to describe factors related depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among pregnant Latinas who were or not exposed intimate partner violence.We interviewed 210 attending prenatal clinics located in Los Angeles, California. did have histories of violence recruited. then assessed the women for strengths, adverse social behavioral circumstances, (PTSD), depression.Significantly more scored at above cutoff point than (41% vs 18.6%; P<.001). Significantly PTSD...

OBJECTIVE: Our understanding of the influence maternal race/ethnicity and nativity childhood autistic disorder (AD) in African Americans/blacks, Asians, Hispanics United States is limited. Phenotypic differences presentation AD minority groups may indicate etiologic heterogeneity or different thresholds for diagnosis. We investigated whether risk developing phenotypes differed according to nativity. METHODS: Children born Los Angeles County with a primary diagnosis at ages 3 5 years during...

Latinos are the largest minority group in United States and experience persistent disparities access to quality of health care. (1) To determine relationship between nativity/immigration status self-reported care preventive (2) assess impact a usual source on receipt among Latinos. Using cross-sectional data from 2007 Pew Hispanic Center/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthcare Survey, nationally representative telephone survey 4,013 Latino adults, we compared US-born with foreign-born...

Beginning in 1946, the United States government immorally and unethically—and, arguably, illegally—engaged research experiments which more than 5000 uninformed unconsenting Guatemalan people were intentionally infected with bacteria that cause sexually transmitted diseases. Many have been left untreated to present day. Although US President Barack Obama apologized 2010, although Presidential Commission for Study of Bioethical Issues found morally wrong, little if anything has done compensate...

Purpose: The current study explores the latest generation of workforce, Generation Z/Millennial cusp, and loyalty concerns hiring managers' experience. authors explore how characteristics entrepreneurship grit can potentially impact employee to an organization.Methodology/approach: A content analysis using responses from 51 managers their views advantages challenges millennial yielded patterns focused on grit, loyalty, entrepreneurship.Findings: Based feedback a grounded theory approach, we...

Abstract Neighborhood social ecologies may have protective effects on depression in Latinos, after adjusting for demographic risk factors, such as nativity and length of stay the US. This study examines neighborhood collective efficacy linguistic isolation a heterogeneous urban Latino population from 1,468 adult respondents Los Angeles County. We used multilevel models to analyze how major is associated with socioeconomic background, U.S., among Latinos. A significant cross‐level interaction...

Stigma associated with mental illness is an important yet understudied issue among Latinos. This study examined the psychometric properties of four stigma measures a sample Spanish-speaking Latino primary care patients. The evaluated scale for Perceived Discrimination Devaluation (PDD), Concerns About Mental Health Care (SCMHC) scale, Scale Antidepressant (LSAS), and Social Distance (SD) scale.Participants (N=200) were low-income Latinos who screened depression Patient Questionnaire (PHQ-2)...

Given the persistence of health and health-care disparities among Latinos in United States evidence that discrimination affects care, an investigation relationship between perceived quality care is warranted. To examine (in general regard to doctors medical personnel) with self-reported doctor-patient communication a nationally representative Latino population sample. Participants were 1,067 adults aged ≥18 years living US selected via random-digit dialing. Telephone interviews conducted...

The goal was to examine racial/ethnic and language disparities in family-centered care (FCC) FCC components for children with special health needs (CSHCN).Bivariate multivariate logistic regression analyses of data from the 2005-2006 National Survey CSHCN were performed.A total 66% a visit past year received FCC. In adjusted analyses, we found lower odds Latino (odds ratio: 0.53 [95% confidence interval: 0.45-0.63]), African-American 0.60 0.52-0.69]), other 0.58 0.43-0.78]) children,...

To examine factors associated with provider elicitation of parents' developmental concerns among US children.The 2007 National Survey Children's Health was used to reports in the previous 12 months. Independent variables included child characteristics, sociodemographic factors, insurance status, and having a medical home.One-half parents reported concerns. African-American (41%) Latino (49% households English as primary language 33% non-English language) were significantly less likely than...

Many conceptual frameworks that touch on immigration and health have been published over the past several years. Most discuss broad social trends or specific immigrant policies, but few address how policy environment affects context of settlement incorporation. Research determinants shows policies across multiple sectors an impact status services, has not yet identified most important for immigrants. Understanding range content state-level populations can focus in all initiatives as well...

Using a resource-based view of the firm as foundation, research investigates antecedents and outcomes social media used in organizations with large sales forces (500 or more). This study specifically process capability moderator relationship performance mediator. The results, based on 184 professionals, indicate upper management support personnel capabilities having positive effects usage. partial least squares path modeling, reveals that moderates between performance. Moreover,...