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Books

Yoo, Grace (ed). (2012). Koreans in America: History, Identity and Community. San Diego: Cognella Academic Publishing.
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Yoo, Grace; Le, Mai Nhunga and Oda, Alan (eds.). (2012). Handbook of Asian American Health. New York: Springer Publishing.
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Chen, Edith and Yoo, Grace (eds). 2010. Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio/Greenwood.
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Cancer and Asian Americans

Lagman, Regina. A., Yoo, Grace. J., Levine, Ellen G., Donnell, Kira A., & Lim, Holly R.. (2012). "Leaving it to God" Religion and Spirituality among Filipina Immigrant Breast Cancer Survivors. Journal of Religion and Health, 1-12
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Yoo, Grace; Fang, Ted; Zola, Janet and Dariotis, Wei Ming. (2012). De-stigmatizing Hepatitis B in the Asian American Community: Lessons learned from the San Francisco Hep B Free Campaign. Journal of Cancer Education, 27(1), 138-144
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Yoo, Grace; Le, Mai Nhung; Vong, Stephen; Lagman, Regina and Lam, Amy. (2011). Cervical Cancer Screening: Attitudes and Behaviors of Young Asian American Women. Journal of Cancer Education, 26(4), 740-746
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Cancer and Women of Color

Yoo, Grace; Aviv, Caryn; Levine, Ellen; Ewing, Cheryl and Au, Alfred. (2010). Emotion Work: Disclosing Cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 18(2), 205-213
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Yoo, Grace; Aviv, Caryn; Levine, Ellen; Ewing, Cheryl and Au, Alfred. (2010). Older women, breast cancer, and social support. Supportive Care in Cancer, 18(12), 1521-1530
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Levine, Ellen; Aviv, Caryn; Yoo, Grace; Ewing, Cheryl and Au, Alfred. (2009). The benefits of prayer on mood and well-being of breast cancer survivors . Supportive Care in Cancer, (17)3, 295-306
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Levine, Ellen; Yoo, Grace; Aviv, Caryn; Ewing, Cheryl and Au, Alfred. (2007). Ethnicity and Spirituality in Breast Cancer Survivors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice, 1(3), 212-225


Oral Histories

Yoo, Grace, Wu, Mitch, Zimmerman, Emily and Saito, Leigh. (2010). Twenty five years later: Lessons learned from the Free Chol Soo Lee Movement. Asian American Policy Review, 19, 73-84
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Yoo, Grace. (2004). The not-so forgotten war: Memories of older Korean immigrant women. Peace Review, 16(2), 169-179
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Korean Americans, Aging and Health

Yoo, Grace and Kim, Barbara. (2010). Remembering Sacrifices: Attitudes and Beliefs among Second Generation Korean Americans Regarding Family Support. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 25(2), 165-181

Yoo, Grace and Kim, Barbara. (2008). Korean immigrants and health care access: Implications for the uninsured and underinsured. Research in the Sociology of Health Care, 25, 77-94
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Wong, Sabrina; Yoo, Grace and Stewart, Anita. (2007). An empirical evaluation of social support and psychological well-being in older Chinese and Korean Immigrants. Ethnicity and Health, 12 (1), 43-67

Lim, Kyung-Chun; Kayser-Jones, Jeannie; Waters, Catherine and Yoo, Grace. (2007). Aging, Health, and Physical Activity in Korean Americans. Geriatric Nursing, 28(2), 112-119

Wong, Sabrina; Yoo, Grace and Anita Stewart.(2006). The changing meanings of family support among older Chinese and Korean immigrants. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 61B (1), S4-S9
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Wong, Sabrina, Yoo, Grace & Stewart, Anita. (2005). Examining the Types of Social Support and the Actual Sources of Support in Older Chinese and Korean Immigrants. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 61(2), 105-121



Welfare Reform and Immigrants

Yoo, Grace. (2008). Immigrants and Welfare: Policy Constructions of Deservingness. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 6(4), 490-507
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Chow, Julian; Yoo, Grace and Vu, Catherine.(2007). Welfare reform and the delivery of welfare-to-work programs to AAPIs: What Works? AAPI Nexus, 5(2), 1-20
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Yoo, Grace. (2003). The fight to save welfare for low-income older Asian immigrants: The role of national Asian American organizations. AAPI Nexus: APA Policy, Practice and Community, 1(1), 85-100
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Yoo, Grace. (2002). Constructing deservingness: Federal welfare reform, supplemental security income, and elderly immigrants. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 13(4), 17-34
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Yoo, Grace. (2001). Shaping public perceptions of elderly immigrants on welfare: The role of editorial pages of major US newspapers. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 21(7), 47-62
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