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Primary Care Access: Are We Addressing Barriers to Care
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ORIGINAL REPORTS: COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Culture-Specific Foods Consumed by African-American Women in the Rural South View Article	Monique Robertson-Spencer, MS, RD, LD; R. Jean Hine, PhD; Christine Ambrosone, PhD;Mildred Savidge, PhD
Association of Perceived Family Support Through Glycemic Control in Native Greek Patients Managing Diabetes with Diet Alone View Article	Ioannis Ilias, MD, DSc; Athanasios Tselebis, MSc; Ioulia Theotoka, MSc; Eftychios Hatzimichelakis, MD
ORIGINAL REPORTS: PRIMARY CARE ACCESS
Barriers and Facilitators of Medication Adherence in Hypertensive African Americans: A Qualitative Study View Article	Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, MS; Melanie Harrison, MD, MS; Laura Robbins, DSW; Carol A. Mancuso, MD; John P. Allegrante, PhD
Prenatal Patients' Views of Prenatal Care Services: A Medical Center-Based Assessment of Knowledge and Intent to Use Support Services View Article	Wanda K. Nicholson, MD, MPH; Bergina Brickhouse, MHS; Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA;Yvonne Bronner, ScD, RD, LD
Comparison of Methods for Identifying a Population-Based Sample of Filipina Women for a Health Survey View Article	Katherine J. Hoggatt, MPH; Susan L. Stewart, PhD; Rena Pasick, DrPH; Fabio Sabogal, PhD;Noe Tuason, MA; Melen R. McBride, PhD, RN; Grace Villarin Duenas, MPH; Pamela L. Horn-Ross, PhD
Cognitive Status and Incident Disability in Older Mexican Americans: Findings from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly View Article	Mukaila A. Raji, MD; Soham Al Snih, MD; Laura A. Ray, MPA; Kushang V. Patel, MPH;Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD
Perceptions of Breast and Cervical Cancer Risk and Screening among Dominicans and Puerto View Article	Roberta E. Goldman, PhD; Patricia Markham Risica, DrPH
ORIGINAL REPORTS: CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Clustering of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors View Article	Sameer Sharma, BMSc; Ann M. Malarcher, PhD; Wayne H. Giles, MD; Gary Myers, PhD
Serum Total Homocysteine Levels and the Prevalence of Folic Acid Deficiency and C677T Mutation at the MTHFR Gene in an Indigenous Population of Amazonia: The Relationship of Homocysteine with Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors View Article	Edelweiss F. Tavares, MD, PhD; João P. B. Vieira-Filho, MD, PhD; Adagmar Andriolo, MD, PhD; Ana B. A. Perez, MD, PhD; Naja Vergani; Adriana Sañudo; Suely G. A. Gimeno, PhD; Lae´rcio J. Franco, MD, PhD
Genetic Influences on the Increase in Blood Pressure with Age in Normotensive Subjects in Barbados View Article	Miguel T. Robinson, PhD; Nathan Fischel-Ghodsian, MD; Henry S. Fraser, MBBS, PhD; George D. Nicholson, MD; Carlene M. Grim, RN, MSN, SpDN; Dorothea M. Wilson, MA; Thomas W. Wilson, PhD, MPH, DrPH; Clarence E. Grim, MS, MD
Serum Total Homocysteine Levels, Folate, and B-Vitamins Intake and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors Among Tri-Ethnic College Students View Article	Samer Koutoubi, MD, PhD; Fatma G. Huffman, PhD, RD
Countries of Ancestry Reported by Hemochromatosis Probands and Control Subjects in Central Alabama View Article	Ellen H. Barton, BA; James C. Barton, MD; William W. Hollowell, BS; Ronald T. Acton, PhD
Inadequate Control of Blood Pressure in Nigerians with Diabetes View Article	E. O. Okoro, MBBS; B. A. Oyejola
Relative Effects of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Calcium Antagonists in Advanced Diabetic Nephropathy View Article	Errol D. Crook, MD, Dean C. Preddie, MD
ORIGINAL REPORTS: WEIGHT CONTROL
Overweight as a Risk Factor in Children: A Focus on Ethnicity View Article	Shawna D. Nesbitt, MD, MS; Modele O. Ashaye, MD, MPH; Nicolas Stettler, MD, MSCE;Jonathan M. Sorof, MD; Michael I. Goran, PhD; Rulan Parekh, MD, MS; Bonita E. Falkner, MD
The Relationship Between Ethnicity and Obesity in Asian and Pacific Islander Populations: A Literature Review View Article	James Davis, PhD; Jessica Busch, MA; Zoe Hammatt, Esq; Rachel Novotny, PhD; Rosanne Harrigan, EdD; Andrew Grandinetti, PhD; David Easa, MD
Do Low-Income Women Attain Their Pre-Pregnant Weight by the 6th Week of Postpartum? View Article	Lorraine O. Walker, RN, EdD; Gayle M. Timmerman, RN, PhD; Bobbie Sue Sterling, RN, PhD; Minseong Kim, MEd; Pat Dickson, MA, MS
ORIGINAL REPORTS: CANCER
Differences in Smoking and Quitting Experiences by Levels of Smoking Among African Americans View Article	Kolawole S. Okuyemi, MD, MPH; Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS; Rachel Banks, BA;Kari Jo Harris, PhD, MPH; Michael C. Mosier, PhD; Niaman Nazir, MBBS, MPH; Joshua Powell
Socioeconomic Status, Immigration/Acculturation, and Ethnic Variations in Breast Conserving Surgery, San Francisco Bay Area View Article	Scarlett L. Gomez, PhD; Anne-Marie France, BA; Marion M. Lee, PhD
Cancer Among Arab Americans in the Metropolitan Detroit Area View Article	Kendra L. Schwartz, MD, MSPH; Anahid Kulwicki, DNS; Linda K. Weiss, PhD; Haifa Fakhouri, PhD; Wael Sakr, MD; Gregory Kau, BS; Richard K. Severson, PhD
FOR THE PATIENT View Articles
REASONS PATIENTS DO OR DO NOT TAKE THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATIONS Source: Barriers and Facilitators of Medication Adherence in Hypertensive African-Americans: A Qualitative Study	Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, MS; Melanie Harrison, MD, MS; Laura Robbins, DSW; Carol A. Mancuso, MD; John P. Allegrante, PhD
EARLY MENTAL ABILITY MAY PREDICT FUTURE ABILITY TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY Source: Cognitive Status and Incident Disability in Older Mexican Americans: Findings from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly	Mukaila A. Raji, MD; Soham Al Snih, MD; Laura A. Ray, MPA; Kushang V. Patel, MPH; Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD
RISK FACTORS FOR HEART DISEASE Source: Serum Total Homocysteine Levels and the Prevalence of Folic Acid Deficiency and C677T Mutation at the MTHFR Gene in an Indigenous Population of Amazonia: The Relation of Homocysteine with Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors	Edelweiss F. Tavares, MD, PhD; João P. B. Vieira-Filho, MD, PhD; Adagmar Andriolo, MD, PhD; Ana B. A. Perez, MD, PhD; Naja Vergani; Adriana Sañudo; Suely G. A. Gimeno, PhD; Laercio J. Franco, MD, PhD
EAT RIGHT AND EXERCISE FOR LOWER HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS AND LESS CHANCE OF HEART DISEASE Source: Serum Total Homocysteine Levels, Folate, and B-Vitamins Intake and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors Among Tri-Ethnic College Students	Samer Koutoubi, MD, PhD; Fatma G. Huffman, PhD, RD
TREATING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN AFRICANS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES Source: Treating Hypertension in Individuals of African Descent with Type 2 Diabetes	E. O. Okoro, MBBS; B. A. Oyejola
USING THE RIGHT MEDICATION TO LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHANCE FOR KIDNEY DISEASE Source: Relative Effects of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Calcium Antagonists in Advanced Diabetic Nephropathy	Errol D. Crook, MD; Dean C. Preddie, MD
KEEPING PREGNANCY-RELATED WEIGHT MAY RESULT IN LONG-TERM WEIGHT PROBLEMS FOR WOMEN Source: Do Low-income Women Attain their Pre-Pregnant Weight by the 6th Week of Postpartum?	Lorraine O. Walker, RN, EdD; Gayle M. Timmerman, RN, PhD; Bobbie Sue Sterling, RN, PhD; Minseong Kim, MEd; Pat Dickson, MS

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