Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, R.N., Ph.D.

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UCLA Member, JCCC Healthy and At-Risk Populations Program Area
Education:
Degrees:
R.N.
Ph.D., UCLA
M.N.
M.A.

Contact Information:

Email Address:

mkagawa@ucla.edu


Website:

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Fax Number:

(310) 794-1805

Work Phone Number:

(310) 825-9481

Mailing Address:

UCLA Pub Hlth-Cmnty Hlth Sci
BOX 951772, 41-240B CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095


Detailed Biography:

Dr. Marjorie Kagawa-Singer is a professor at the UCLA School of Public Health and Asian American Studies Center. Presently her research focuses on developing standards of cultural competence in health care research and practice and reducing disparities in health outcomes for populations of color, especially Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders.

Dr. Kagawa-Singer serves on multiple local, state, and national committees involved with issues of ethnicity and health care. She has published, lectured nationally and internationally, and taught extensively on issues in cross-cultural health care, cancer, pain, grief and bereavement, end of life decision-making, and quality of life. She also serves as consultant to community groups to reach underserved populations with cancer education and services.

Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Kagawa-Singer M.   Abstract Population science is science only if you know the population, J Cancer Educ, 2006; 21(1 Suppl): S22-31.
Kagawa-Singer M, Park Tanjasiri S, Lee SW, Foo MA, Ngoc Nguyen TU, Tran JH, Valdez A.   Breast and cervical cancer control among Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian Women: participatory action research strategies for baseline data collection in California, J Cancer Educ, 2006; 21(1 Suppl): S53-60.
Ashing-Giwa Kimlin T, Kagawa-Singer Marjorie, Padilla Geraldine V, Tejero Judith S, Hsiao Evana, Chhabra Rajinder, Martinez Lucrecia, Tucker M Belinda   The impact of cervical cancer and dysplasia: a qualitative, multiethnic study Psycho-oncology, 2004; 13(10): 709-28.
Chen Judy Y, Diamant Allison L, Kagawa-Singer Marjorie, Pourat Nadereh, Wold Cheryl   Disaggregating data on Asian and Pacific Islander women to assess cancer screening American journal of preventive medicine, 2004; 27(2): 139-45.
Tanjasiri Sora Park, Tran Jacqueline H, Kagawa-Singer Marjorie, Foo Mary Anne, Foong Heng L, Lee Susan W, Nguyen Tu-Uyen Ngoc, Rickles Jordan, Wang Jennifer S   Exploring access to cancer control services for Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities in Southern California Ethnicity & disease, 2004; 14(3 Suppl 1): S14-9.
Kagawa-Singer M, Kassim-Lakha S.   A strategy to reduce cross-cultural miscommunication and increase the likelihood of improving health outcomes, Acad Med, 2003; 78(6): 577-87.
Kagawa-Singer M, Wellisch DK.   Breast cancer patients' perceptions of their husbands' support in a cross-cultural context, Psychooncology, 2003; 12(1): 24-37.
Tam Ashing Kimlin, Padilla Geraldine, Tejero Judith, Kagawa-Singer Marjorie   Understanding the breast cancer experience of Asian American women Psycho-oncology, 2003; 12(1): 38-58.
Kagawa-Singer M, Blackhall LJ.   Negotiating cross-cultural issues at the end of life: "You got to go where he lives", JAMA, 2001; 286(23): 2993-3001.

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