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Education and Training
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| MA
| 1991
| City University of New York
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| BA
| 1987
| New York University
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Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
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Director, Training Core, Columbia Center for the Health of Urban Minorities
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| Dr. Ana Abraido-Lanza's research focuses on cultural, psychosocial, and socioeconomic processes that affect psychological well-being, adjustment to chronic illness, and mortality among Latinos, as well as health disparities between Latinos and non-Latino whites. Her current research projects include the study of acculturation and cancer-related behaviors among Latinos, as well as coping and psychosocial adjustment and socioeconomic status and disability among Latinos with arthritis. Her work on cancer screening among Latina women examines the extent to which socioeconomic factors and quality of health care predict breast and cervical cancer screening among Latinas vs. non-Latina whites. Dr. Abraido-Lanza serves as the director of the Initiative for Minority Student Development (IMSD) at the Mailman School, an education project aimed at increasing the number of under-represented students who enter research careers in public health.
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Selected Professional Affiliations |
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Member, American Psychological Association |
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Member, Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals |
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Member, Society of Behavioral Medicine |
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Member, American Public Health Association |
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Board Member, APA Division 38; Chair, Committee on Ethnic and Cultural Diversity, 1999-2001 |
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Board member, Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools, Inc., Washington, DC, 2003-Present |
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| Selected Honors and Awards |
| ▪ Member, Task Force on Community Preventive Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006 - |
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Selected New York City Activities |
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Latina women and breast cancer screening: Sociocultural factors
Compared with non-Latina white women, Latinas are diagnosed with breast cancer at a later stage of disease and experience a lower survival rate. Because early detection of breast cancer is one of the most effective means of assuring timely treatment and survival, many studies focus on the differences between Latinas and non-Latinas in receipt of breast cancer screening tests. There is some controversy, however, concerning the most important determinants of screening for Latinas. The main goals of this study, which focuses on Latina women living in upper Manhattan, are to address questions concerning Latinas’ beliefs about breast cancer, and to examine the relationship between these beliefs, socioeconomic status, acculturation, access to health care, and cancer screening. The specific aims are: (1) to understand Latina’s values and beliefs about breast cancer, and (2) to use this information to test a comprehensive theory on factors that affect screening.
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Selected Publications |
Abraído-Lanza, A.F., Viladrich, A., Flórez, K.R., Céspedes, A., Aguirre, A.N., & De La Cruz, A.A. "Fatalismo reconsidered: A cautionary note for health-related research and practice with Latino populations." Ethnicity & Disease. 17 in press 2006
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Abraído-Lanza, A.F., Armbrister, A.N., Flórez, K.R., & Aguirre, A.N. "Toward a theory-driven model of acculturation in public health research." American Journal of Public Health. 96 in press 2006
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Abraído-Lanza, A.F., White, K., Armbrister, A.N., & Link, B.G. "Health status, activity limitations, and disability in work and housework among Latinos and non-Latinos with arthritis: An analysis of national data." Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research) 55(3) 442-450 2006
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Abraído-Lanza, A.F. & Revenson, T.A. "Illness intrusion and psychological adjustment to rheumatic diseases: A social identity framework." Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research) 55 224-232. 2006
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Abraído-Lanza, A.F., Chao, M.T., & Flórez, K. "Do healthy behaviors decline with greater acculturation?: Implications for the Latino mortality paradox." Social Science & Medicine 61 1243-1255 2005
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