title: Workplace health promotion--strategies for low-income Hispanic immigrant women.
abstract: Addressing health disparities for vulnerable populations in the United States is a national goal. Immigrant Hispanic women, at increased risk for heart disease, face obstacles in receiving adequate health care. Health promotion, especially for Hispanic women, is hindered by language, access to care, lack of insurance, and cultural factors. Innovative health education approaches are needed to reach this population. This article describes the development and evaluation of a culturally sensitive cardiac health education program based on findings from a study of 21 older immigrant Hispanic women employed as housekeepers at a small university in south Texas. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures had decreased 17 months after the intervention.
authors.affiliation: University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Perla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zarate-Abbott
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Etnyre
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gilliland
authors.forename: Marveen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahon
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allwein
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mikan
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rauschhuber
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sethness
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Jolynn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lowry
authors.forename: Mary Elaine
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D011203:Poverty; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology