BACKGROUND Although oral health has improved remarkably in recent decades, not all populations have benefited equally. Ethnic identity, and in particular visible minority status, has been identified as an important risk factor for poor oral health. Canadian research on ethnic disparities in oral health is extremely limited. The aim of this study was to examine ethnic disparities in oral health ...

BACKGROUND Filipino Americans have low rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and high CRC mortality. To reduce this disparity, we conducted a dissemination trial in which we offered two levels of technical assistance to community organizations to disseminate an evidence-based CRC screening promotion program among their Filipino American members. This report describes the recruitment of org...

AIMS Asian American women's health has been understudied while the Asian American population is increasing. The purpose of this study was to examine the physical, behavioral, and mental health of Asian American women. METHODS Using a nationally representative sample (n=1097) from the National Latino Asian American Study (NLAAS), the first comprehensive epidemiologic survey in the United State...

OBJECTIVE To investigate associations between adult markers of childhood growth and the prevalence of diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) in Filipino-American women and to determine the role of social and educational differences, including the influence of social mobility between childhood and adulthood. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Socioeconomic disadvantage and poor infant growth, resu...

Sign Language is at the core of a progressive view of deafness as a culture and of deaf people as a cultural and linguistic minority. An in-depth study of Filipino Sign Language (FSL) is crucial in understanding the Deaf communities and the social issues surrounding them. Computer-aided recognition of sign language can help bridge the gap between signers and non-signers. In this paper, we propo...

A case of dapsone syndrome occurring in a Filipino man under treatment for multibacillary (MB) leprosy is described. The patient manifested progressive fever, erythroderma and jaundice 4 weeks after initiation of multidrug therapy (MDT) with rifampicin, clofazimine and dapsone. The clinical symptoms conformed well to the dapsone syndrome first described in the 1950s and this report proves that ...

This study is about the Filipino language in field of journalism. The issue spelling and guidelines writing poses a great challenge to National Language, which why this focuses on news articles tabloids. Using Structuralism Formalism concepts, 60 from six (6) tabloids were analyzed based set Manwal sa Masinop na Pagsulat (MMP) (Manual Proper Writing) by Commission Language (Komisyon Wikang (KWF...

Memorializing the dead through death rituals has inevitably permeated in online spaces. In particular, Facebook users have maximized platform to commemorate dead, thereby forming communal digital mourning. Hence, this paper investigates how Filipinos foster an community their practices of Filipino concept pakikipagkapwa[one-of-us] pakikiramay and pakikidalamhati. Guided by Virgilio Enriquez’s S...

Kabahagi ng wika ang nananaig na kultura isang lipunan. Dekada sitenta (70s) nang umiral mga salitang erap at nosibalasi. Sa panahon Henerasyon Z ay muli itong nagbalik dahil sa milenyal salita, hugot lines koda teknolohiya naging bahagi komunikasyon. Ang pangunahing layunin pag-aaral makabuo glosaryo tadbaliks Filipino. Gamit debelopmental pamamaraan, mananaliksik lumikom Facebook ginagamit pi...