The health of Arab Americans in the United States: an updated comprehensive literature review

NN Abuelezam, AM El-Sayed, S Galea - Frontiers in public Health, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Arab Americans are a historically understudied minority group in the United
States and their health needs and risks have been poorly documented. We aim to provide …

Middle Eastern and North African Americans may not be perceived, nor perceive themselves, to be White

N Maghbouleh, A Schachter… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
People of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent are categorized as non-White
in many Western countries but counted as White on the US Census. Yet, it is not clear that …

[HTML][HTML] Cervical cancer screening among Arab women in the United States: an integrative review

S Abboud, E De Penning, BM Brawner… - Oncology nursing …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Conclusions Cervical cancer screening rates among Arab American women are comparable
to other ethnic minorities and lower than non-Hispanic White women. Findings are …

Health care utilization before and after the “Muslim Ban” executive order among people born in Muslim-majority countries and living in the US

EA Samuels, L Orr, EB White, A Saadi… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The health effects of restrictive immigration and refugee policies targeting
individuals from Muslim-majority countries are largely unknown. Objective To analyze …

Social relations and health: Comparing “invisible” Arab Americans to Blacks and whites

KJ Ajrouch, TC Antonucci - Society and Mental Health, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper establishes preliminary benchmarks by comparing average values of social
relations and health among Arab Americans, blacks, and whites. Specifically, we expand …

Differences in health behaviors and health outcomes among non-Hispanic Whites and Arab Americans in a population-based survey in California

NN Abuelezam, AM El-Sayed, S Galea - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Few population-based studies of Arab American health behaviors and
outcomes exist outside of Michigan. We aimed to provide prevalence estimates of health …

Massive underrepresentation of Arabs in genomic studies of common disease

R Bhattacharya, NN Chen, I Shim, H Kuwahara… - Genome medicine, 2023 - Springer
Arabs represent 5% of the world population and have a high prevalence of common
disease, yet remain greatly underrepresented in genome-wide association studies, where …

Physical activity behavior and measurement in Arab American women: an integrative review

S Mansuri, MN Daniel, JC Westrick, SW Buchholz - Journal of Prevention, 2023 - Springer
Physical activity (PA) is associated with cardiovascular health; however, in the US, only 20%
of women are physically active, compared to 28% of men. Arab American women (AAW) …

Association of adversities and mental health among first‐and second‐generation Arab American young adults

M Albdour, MR DiMambro, MA Solberg… - Research in Nursing …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of mental health problems among young adults is widely recognized.
However, limited research has examined the mental health of Arab American young adults …

An intersectional exploration: Experiences of stroke prevention in middle-aged and older Arab Muslim immigrant women in Canada

J Salma, KF Hunter, L Ogilvie… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Arab immigrants have increasing rates of stroke and uncontrolled stroke risk
factors coupled with minimal resources for stroke prevention. Purpose This article describes …