Social & behavioral research on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia in diverse populations: A bibliography

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• Adamson, J. (2001). Awareness and understanding of dementia in African/Caribbean and South Asian families. Health & Social Care in the Community, 9(6), 391.
  
• Ayalon, L., & Arean, P. A. (2004). Knowledge of Alzheimer's disease in four ethnic groups of older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(1), 51-57.
  
• Burns, Robert; Nichols, Linda O.; Graney, Marshall J.; Martindale-Adams, Jennifer; Lummus, Alan. (2006). Cognitive abilities of Alzheimer's patients: perceptions of black and white caregivers. International Journal of Aging and Human Development 62(3): 209-19.
  
• Boustani, Malaz; Perkins, Anthony J.; Fox, Chris; Unverzagt, Fred; Austrom, Mary Guerriero; Fultz, Bridget; Hui, Siu; Callahan, Christopher M.; Hendrie, Hugh C. (2006). Who refuses the diagnostic assessment for dementia in primary care? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(6), 556-63.
  
• Crewe, Sandra Edmonds. (2007). Joy of living: A community-based mental health promotion program for African American elders. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 48(3-4), 421-38.
  
• Dilworth-Anderson, Peggye; Hendrie, Hugh C.; Manly, Jennifer J.; Khachaturian, Ara S.; Fazio, Sam. (2008). Diagnosis and assessment of Alzheimer's disease in diverse populations. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 4(4), 305-309.
  
• Ford, A. (1996). Alzheimer disease: Outreach to the African American community. Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology, 28(1-3), 121-124.
  
• Gallagher-Thompson, D., Haynie, D., Takagi, K., Valverde, I., & Thompson, L. (2000). Impact of an Alzheimer's disease education program: Focus on Hispanic families. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 20(3), 25-40.
  
• Guo, Z., Levy, B. R., Hinton, W. L., Weitzman, P. F., & Levkoff, S. E. (2000). The power of labels: Recruiting dementia-affected Chinese American elders and their caregivers. Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 6(1), 103-112.
  
• Hinton, Ladson; Franz, Carol E.; Yeo, Gwen; Levkoff, Sue E. (2005). Conceptions of dementia in a multiethnic sample of family caregivers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(8), 1405-1410.
  
• Krull, Amy C. (2005). First signs and normalizations: caregiver routes to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Aging Studies, 19(4), 407-417.
  
• Purandare, Nitin; Luthra, Vikram; Swarbrick, Caroline; Burns, Alistair. Knowledge of dementia among South Asian (Indian) older people in Manchester, UK. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(8), 777-81.
  
• Roberts, J. S., Connell, C. M., Cisewski, D., Hipps, Y. G., Demissie, S., & Green, R. C. (2003). Differences between African Americans and whites in their perceptions of Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 17(1), 19-26.
  
• Shen, Jianzhao; Gao, Sujuan; Unverzagt, Frederick W.; Ogunniyi, Adesola; Baiyewu, Olusegun; Gureje, Oye; Hendrie, Hugh C.; Hall, Kathleen S. (2006). Validation analysis of informant's ratings of cognitive function in African Americans and Nigerians. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(7), 618-25.
  
• Trinh, Nhi-Ha; Ahmed, Iqbal. (2009). Acculturation and Asian American elderly. In: Trinh, Nhi-Ha; Rho, Yanni Chun; Lu, Francis G.; Sanders, Kathy Marie (eds.) Handbook of mental health and acculturation in Asian American families. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
  
• Watari, K. F., & Gatz, M. (2004). Pathways to care for Alzheimer's disease among Korean Americans. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 10(1), 23-38.
  
• Werner, Perla. (2009). Commentary on Low and Anstey: Cross-cultural findings and insights. Alzheimer's & Dementia 5(3): 280-281.
  

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