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 | | Puerto Ricans are known for their hospitality and the value placed on interpersonal interaction such as simpatia, a cultural script where an individual is perceived as likeable, attractive, and fun loving (Triandis, Marín, Lisansky and Betancourt, 1984). |
 | | Puerto Ricans are at high risk for illnesses with increased mortality and morbidity rates related to alcoholism, smoking, illicit drug use, physical inactivity, poor dietary practices, sex-related behaviors, and under utilization of preventive health-care services. |
 | | Puerto Rican women have a higher prevalence of smoking than Cuban- and Mexican-American women, and when age is adjusted, Puerto Rican women younger than age 40 have the highest prevalence of smoking among all women in the United States (Escobedo, Anda, Smith, Remington, and Mast, 1990; Pletsch, 1991). |
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