Knowledge and Beliefs About Medical and Non‐Medical Interventions to Control Alzheimer’s Disease Among Latinos in New York City

Latinos experience significant health disparities for Alzheimer's disease (AD) with an increased likelihood in developing the disease relative to non‐Latino Whites. Our study sought to examine Latinos' beliefs about controlling the symptoms and progression of AD to identify gaps in community knowledge and improve understanding of culturally based perceptions of health and illness.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

• Publication date

  2025-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1002/gps.70128PMID 40627435PMCID PMC12356096
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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