Knowledge, beliefs, and risk factors for osteoporosis among African-American and Hispanic women

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-21

  Geller, Stacie E ^a   Derman, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035529966     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment. Merck & Co., 1998.
2. Bohannon AD. Osteoporosis and African American women. J Women's Health. 1999;8:609-615.
3. Meier DE, Luckey MM, Wallerstein S, Lapinski RH, Cathrwood B. Racial differences in pre-and post-menopausal bone homeostasis: association with bone density. J Bone Min Res. 1992;7:1181-1189.
4. Looker AC, Orwoll ES, Johnston CC Jr, et al. Prevalence of low femoral bone density in older U.S. women from NHANES III. J Bone Min Res. 1995;10:796-802.
5. Luckey MM, Wallenstein S, Lapinski R, Meier DE. A prospective study of bone loss in African American and white women - a clinical research center study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1996;81:2948-2956.
6. Luckey MM, Meier DE, Mandeli JP, Da Costa MC, Hubbard ML, Goldsmith SJ. Radial and vertebral bone density in white and black women: Evidence for racial differences in premenopausal bone homeostasis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1989;69: 762-770.
7. Karagras MR, Lu-Yao GL, Barrett JA, Beach ML, Baron JA. Heterogeneity of hip fracture: age, race, sex, and geographic patterns of femoral neck and trochanteric fractures among the U.S. elderly. Am J Epidemiol. 1996;143:677-682.
8. Farmer ME, White LR, Brody JA. Race and sex differences in hip fracture incidence. Am J Public Health. 1984;74:1374-1380.
9. Turner LW, Wang MQ, Fu Q. Risk factors for hip fracture among Southern older women. South Med J. 1998;91:533-540.
10. Bauer RL. Ethnic differences in hip fracture: a reduced incidence in Mexican Americans. Am J Epidemiol. 1988;127:145-149.
11. National Osteoporosis Foundation. A Women's Guide. 1998.
12. Kellie SE, Brody JA. Sex-specific and race-specific hip fracture rates. Am J Public Health. 1990;80:326-328.
13. Jacobsen SJ, Goldberg J, Miles TP, et al. Race and sex differences in mortality following fracture of the hip. Am J Public Health. 1992;82:1147-1150.
14. Grisso JA, Kelsey JL, Strom BL, et al. Risk fractures for hip fracture in black women. N Engl J Med. 1994;330:1555-1559.
15. Villa M. Cultural determinants of skeletal health: the need to consider both race and ethnicity in bone research. J Bone Min Res. 1994;9:1329-1332.
16. Renfro J, Brown JB. Understanding and preventing osteoporosis. Am Assoc Occup Health Nurse. 1998;46:181-189.
17. Haffner SM, Stern MP, Hazuda HP, et al. The role of behavioral variables and fat patterning in explaining ethnic differences in lipids. Am J Epidemiol. 1986;123:830-839.
18. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 1996.
19. Bownson R, Eyler A, King A, Brown D, Shyu YL, Sallis J. Patterns and correlates of physical activity among U.S. women 40 years and older. Am J Public Health. 2000;90:264-270.
20. Ross CE. Walking, exercising and smoking: does neighborhood matter? Soc Sci Med. 2000;51:265-274.
21. Jensen J, Christiansen C, Rodbro P. Cigarette smoking, serum estrogens, and bone loss during hormone replacement therapy early after menopause. N Engl J Med. 1985;313:973-6.
22. Handa V, Landerman LR, Hanlon JT, Harris T, Cohen HJ. Do older women use estrogen replacement? Data from the Duke Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE). J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996;44:1-6.
23. Bohannon AD, Hanlon JT, Landerman R, Gold DT. Association of race and other potential risk factors with nonvertebral fractures in community-dwelling elderly women. Am J Epidemiol. 1999;49:1002.
24. Kasper M, Peterson G, Allegrante J, Galsworthy T, Gutin B. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among college women concerning prevention of osteoporosis. Arch Family Med. 1994;3: 696-702.
25. Huff M. African-American women and osteoporosis. ABNF Journal. 1997;May/June:48-50.
26. National Institute of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Obesity research - clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults - The Evidence Report. Obesity Res. 1998;9:(suppl 2):515-2095.
27. Bassey E, Rothwell M, Littlewood J, Pye D. Pre-and postmenopausal women have different bone mineral density responses to the same high impact exercise. J Bone Min Res. 1998; 12:1805-1813.
28. Bidoli E, Schinella D, Franceschi S. Physical activity and bone mineral density in Italian middle-aged women. Eur J Epidemiol. 1998;2:153-157.
29. National Osteoporosis Foundation. Strategies for Osteoporosis. 1999.
30. National Osteoporosis Foundation, National Osteoporosis Report. 1998.
31. Kaufert A, Gilbert P. Women, menopause, and medicalization. Cult Med Psych. 1986;10:17-21.
32. Marmoreo J, Brown J, Batty H, Cummings S, Powell S. Hormone replacement therapy: Determinants of women's decisions. Patient Educ Counseling. 1998:33:289.
33. Kelch D. Changing the health care landscape: baby boomers focus on education, prevention as they approach menopause. Women Aging Well Survey. The Field Institute and the California Center for Health Improvement. 1998.
34. Goldman MB, Hatch MC. Women and Health. San Diego: Academic Press; 2000:8.