2001
Mental and Physical Health and Acculturation among Hispanic Vietnam Veterans
Ortega A, Rosenheck R. Mental and Physical Health and Acculturation among Hispanic Vietnam Veterans. Military Medicine 2001, 166: 894-897. PMID: 11603242, DOI: 10.1093/milmed/166.10.894.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical health risksHispanic Vietnam veteransHispanic veteransPhysical healthVietnam veteransNon-Hispanic whitesHealth risksOutcome measuresSecondary data analysisAcculturation indexEpidemiological studiesHealth outcomesMental healthVeteransMexican AmericansHealthAcculturation scoresRepresentative samplePredictive validityHispanicsPuerto RicansScoresRiskVietnam eraAssociationPerceived Needs and Service Use of Spanish Speaking Monolingual Patients Followed at a Hispanic Clinic
Diaz E, Prigerson H, Desai R, Rosenheck R. Perceived Needs and Service Use of Spanish Speaking Monolingual Patients Followed at a Hispanic Clinic. Community Mental Health Journal 2001, 37: 335-346. PMID: 11482751, DOI: 10.1023/a:1017552608517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCommunication BarriersCommunity Mental Health CentersConnecticutCross-Sectional StudiesCultural DiversityEducational StatusFemaleHealth Care SurveysHealth Services, IndigenousHispanic or LatinoHumansLanguageMaleMiddle AgedNeeds AssessmentPatient CompliancePsychotropic DrugsSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsMonolingual patientsPhysical health care providersMental health centersHealth care providersClinic patientsHealth centersAdditional interventionsCare providersService useHealth needsSociodemographic characteristicsNon-HispanicsPatientsClinicPerceived NeedsHispanicsPersistent effectsLow levelsBetter accessGreat needMedicationsMore difficultyLanguage barriers
2000
Acculturation and the Lifetime Risk of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders among Hispanics
ORTEGA A, ROSENHECK R, ALEGRÍA M, DESAI R. Acculturation and the Lifetime Risk of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders among Hispanics. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2000, 188: 728-735. PMID: 11093374, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200011000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersNational Comorbidity SurveyUse disordersLifetime riskGreater riskSubstance abuse disordersNon-Hispanic whitesMexican AmericansMultivariate adjustmentRisk factorsAbuse disordersPsychiatric disordersPsychiatric diagnosisIllness increasesSociodemographic characteristicsDSM-IIIU.S. adultsDisordersHispanic subgroupsAmerican SocietyParental nativityNational probability sampleRiskHispanicsProbability sample