selected publications
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academic article
- The Pacific Islander Cancer Control Network's role in cancer awareness, research and training.. Asian American and Pacific Islander journal of health. 10:40-49. 2003
- Breast cancer screening among American Samoan women.. Preventive medicine. 33:9-17. 2001
- Predictors of papanicolaou smear use among american samoan women.. Journal of general internal medicine. 16:320-324. 2001
- Knowledge of and attitudes about cancer among American Samoans.. Cancer detection and prevention. 24:186-195. 2000
- Identifying the Cancer Control Needs of American Samoans.. Asian American and Pacific Islander journal of health. 6:277-285. 1998
- Improving breast cancer control among Latinas: evaluation of a theory-based educational program.. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education. 25:653-670. 1998
- The influence of fatalism on self-reported use of Papanicolaou smears. 1997
- The influence of knowledge and attitudes about breast cancer on mammography use among Latinas and Anglo women.. Journal of general internal medicine. 12:505-508. 1997
- Undocumented Latina immigrants in Orange County, California: a comparative analysis.. The International migration review. 31:88-107. 1997
- Beliefs about sexual behavior and other predictors of Papanicolaou smear screening among Latinas and Anglo women.. Archives of internal medicine. 156:2353-2358. 1996
- Differing beliefs about breast cancer among Latinas and Anglo women.. The Western journal of medicine. 164:405-409. 1996
- From ethnography to intervention: developing a breast cancer control program for Latinas.. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs. :109-115. 1995
- Structure and meaning in models of breast and cervical cancer risk factors: a comparison of perceptions among Latinas, Anglo women, and physicians.. Medical anthropology quarterly. 9:40-74. 1995
- Understanding knowledge and attitudes about breast cancer. A cultural analysis.. Archives of family medicine. 4:145-152. 1995
- Access to medical care for documented and undocumented Latinos in a southern California county.. The Western journal of medicine. 154:414-417. 1991
- Evaluating health-care needs of the poor: a community-oriented approach.. The American journal of medicine. 87:127-131. 1989
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proceedings
- Reducing disparities in breast cancer survival: a Columbia University and Avon Breast Cancer Research and Care Network Symposium.. Breast cancer research and treatment. 269-280. 2002