A5007533544- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Social Media in Health Education
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2020-2025
Virginia Cooperative Extension
2020-2021
Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
2020-2021
Breast cancer incidence is increasing among South Asian women in the United States (US). This qualitative study explored breast beliefs, behaviors, and experiences immigrant New Jersey (NJ). We conducted four online focus groups with from NJ, aged ≥ 25 years no prior history of cancer, English, between June 2021 July 2022. Thematic content analysis was guided by Social Contextual Framework. recruited 22 participants, average age 52 (standard deviation (SD) = 8.4) years, all born Asia, living...
Background South Asians are a rapidly growing population in the United States. Breast cancer is major concern among Asian American women, who an understudied population. We established Cancer (SABCa) study New Jersey during early 2020 to gain insights into their breast cancer-related health attitudes. Shortly after we started planning for study, COVID-19 disease spread throughout world. In this paper, describe our experiences and lessons learned from recruiting participants by partnering...
BackgroundType 2 diabetes is highly prevalent among South Asians/Asian Indians (AI) in the US, but standard Diabetes Self-Management Programs (DSMP) do not address AI's cultural characteristics. There a gap of knowledge about nutrition- and healthcare-related behaviors that are likely to influence outcomes.ObjectiveTo describe nutrition care-related characteristics AI who participate DSMP.Study Design, Setting, ParticipantsCross-sectional baseline data were collected through...
To examine the dietary intake patterns of South Asian adults by using three different assessment methods. The participants were a convenience sample 62 from descent, who lived in United States and participated community-based diabetes self-management program. Dietary data collected through Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour Assessment Tool (ASA24), self-administered Diet History Questionnaire III (self-DHQ), researcher-administered DHQ (res-DHQ) (National Cancer Institute). Thirty-seven...