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Book Synopsis Relationship Between Acculturation and Low Birth Weight Among Mexican American Women by : Iván Alexandre De la Rosa
Download or read book Relationship Between Acculturation and Low Birth Weight Among Mexican American Women written by Iván Alexandre De la Rosa and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Examining the Association Between US Acculturation in Latinas and Birth Outcomes as Moderated by Obesity by : Melissa J. Perez
Download or read book Examining the Association Between US Acculturation in Latinas and Birth Outcomes as Moderated by Obesity written by Melissa J. Perez and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite low socioeconomic status and lack of resources, Latinas are found to have better-than-expected birth outcomes, which deteriorate with higher US acculturation. In addition, as the incidence of obesity rises amongst Latinas, it is necessary to study this acculturation paradox in the context of obesity. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between US acculturation and poor birth outcomes, particularly examining preterm birth and/or low birth weight (PTLBW), in a sample of Mexican origin women. Furthermore, the differential effect of obesity on the association between acculturation and birth outcomes was examined. This was a longitudinal observational study using data from the Study for Hispanic Acculturation, Reproduction, and the Environment (SHARE). Participants were 1,062 pregnant women recruited from six Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics in San Joaquin County, California between 1999 and 2001. The majority of women were of Mexican descent at varying lengths of US residency. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the associations among acculturation, obesity and poor birth outcomes. Results demonstrated a significant association between US acculturation and PTLBW such that moderately acculturated women had over three times the odds of experiencing PTLBW, while low and highly acculturated women did not show an increased risk. In moderately acculturated women who were also obese, their chance of PTLBW decreased, indicating that obesity acted as a buffer for PTLBW. This effect was not demonstrated in low or highly acculturated women. In conclusion, this study re-examines the Latina Acculturation Paradox in the context of obesity. It is unique in that it demonstrates deviation from the paradox, as the most highly acculturated women did not experience the worst birth outcomes. Additionally, this is among the first study to demonstrate a protective effect of obesity in terms of perinatal health.
Book Synopsis Examining an Epidemiologic Paradox by : Kim Gwendolyn Harley
Download or read book Examining an Epidemiologic Paradox written by Kim Gwendolyn Harley and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Family Relationships and Prenatal Health Among Non-native Mexican American Women by : Iliana Rodriguez Warren
Download or read book Family Relationships and Prenatal Health Among Non-native Mexican American Women written by Iliana Rodriguez Warren and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has shown there is an association between acculturation and birth outcomes. Women who are more acculturated in the United States have worse birth outcomes than those who are less acculturated. The purpose of this current study was to, first, examine the association between acculturation variables and prenatal care and health behaviors. And second, to examine the moderation effects of family relationships and relationships with focal children’s fathers on the relationships between acculturation and prenatal care and health behaviors. Data from the Baseline surveys of the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study were used. Binary logistic regressions were run to determine the relationships between those variables. Results indicated there was no significant relationship between the acculturation variables and prenatal care; however, increased religious attendance and Spanish as the preferred language were significantly associated with decreased odds that women would engage in risky health behaviors. Binary logistic regressions indicated that neither family support nor relationships with focal children’s fathers significantly moderated the association between the main effects. Additional binary logistic regressions were run to determine if the moderators were significantly associated with prenatal care and/or risky health behaviors. Results show relationships with focal children’s fathers decreased the odds that women would partake in risky health behaviors during pregnancy.
Book Synopsis Factors Explaining the Low Incidence of Low Birthweight Among Mexican Americans by : Yolanda C. Padilla
Download or read book Factors Explaining the Low Incidence of Low Birthweight Among Mexican Americans written by Yolanda C. Padilla and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Preventing Low Birthweight by : Kathleen Laganá (L.)
Download or read book Preventing Low Birthweight written by Kathleen Laganá (L.) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Children of Immigrants by : National Research Council
Download or read book Children of Immigrants written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-12 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrant children and youth are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and so their prospects bear heavily on the well-being of the country. Children of Immigrants represents some of the very best and most extensive research efforts to date on the circumstances, health, and development of children in immigrant families and the delivery of health and social services to these children and their families. This book presents new, detailed analyses of more than a dozen existing datasets that constitute a large share of the national system for monitoring the health and well-being of the U.S. population. Prior to these new analyses, few of these datasets had been used to assess the circumstances of children in immigrant families. The analyses enormously expand the available knowledge about the physical and mental health status and risk behaviors, educational experiences and outcomes, and socioeconomic and demographic circumstances of first- and second-generation immigrant children, compared with children with U.S.-born parents.
Book Synopsis Hispanics and the Future of America by : National Research Council
Download or read book Hispanics and the Future of America written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to describe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement. They provide a rich source of information for researchers, policy makers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse population that we call "Hispanic." The current period is a critical one for getting a better understanding of how Hispanics are being shaped by the U.S. experience. This will, in turn, affect the United States and the contours of the Hispanic future remain uncertain. The uncertainties include such issues as whether Hispanics, especially immigrants, improve their educational attainment and fluency in English and thereby improve their economic position; whether growing numbers of foreign-born Hispanics become citizens and achieve empowerment at the ballot box and through elected office; whether impending health problems are successfully averted; and whether Hispanics' geographic dispersal accelerates their spatial and social integration. The papers in this volume provide invaluable information to explore these issues.
Book Synopsis Acculturation in a Rural Latino Population and Its Association with Selected Health-risk Behaviors by : Olivia Catherine Kasirye
Download or read book Acculturation in a Rural Latino Population and Its Association with Selected Health-risk Behaviors written by Olivia Catherine Kasirye and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Acculturation and Mexican American Women's Reasons for Exercise by : Shannon M. Huebert
Download or read book The Relationship Between Acculturation and Mexican American Women's Reasons for Exercise written by Shannon M. Huebert and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Relationship Between State and Trait Anxiety and Acculturation in Mexican-American Women Homemakers and Mexican-American Community College Female Students by : Elsa Alanis
Download or read book The Relationship Between State and Trait Anxiety and Acculturation in Mexican-American Women Homemakers and Mexican-American Community College Female Students written by Elsa Alanis and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Early Childbearing Among Mexican-American Young Women by : Dawn Michele Richardson
Download or read book Early Childbearing Among Mexican-American Young Women written by Dawn Michele Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the United States, Mexican-American adolescents have by far the highest rates of early childbearing. Within the public health literature, these disproportionately high rates have generally been explored as a function of acculturation, which is described as a process involving the cultural, social, and psychological changes that take place post-migration. In order to elucidate acculturation's effect, specifically on the reproductive health and behavior of Mexican-Americans, this construct has received great attention from public health researchers examining disparities in early childbearing among the this population. Yet within sociology, where the Mexican-American immigrant population is also studied extensively, the focus is on the role of post-migration contextual factors (e.g., limited educational opportunities) and how these factors - as opposed to individual-level characteristics like acculturation - are related to the high rates of early childbearing. Reflecting the sociological emphasis on the importance of structure, this dissertation considers the contexts into which the Mexican-American children of immigrants settle. While acculturation may play a role in creating risk, this process does not occur within a vacuum. These young women are exposed to specific contextual factors that may create a risk environment for early childbearing and related sexual risk behaviors. Thus, the goals of this dissertation are: to suggest that a consideration of context be further incorporated into public health investigations of the disproportionately high rates of early childbearing among Mexican-Americans; to illustrate how Mexican-American young women experience context as a risk for early childbearing, specifically at the neighborhood-level; and to determine how Mexican-American young women themselves conceptualize contextual risk as a driver of the disparate rates of early childbearing among their population. In order to achieve these goals, I conducted three studies that focus on 2nd generation Mexican-American young women. This research includes: (1) a systematic literature review synthesizing the empirical evidence on the relationship between acculturation and early childbearing among this population; (2) a mixed methods study using focus groups and participatory photography to determine what neighborhood context is and how it is experienced by this population, with the aim of learning what neighborhood-level factors might influence risk for early childbearing; and (3) a small pilot study using focus groups to determine how this population conceptualizes their risk for early childbearing across neighborhoods in Alameda County, California. In the first study, I found that the research on acculturation and early childbearing among Mexican-Americans is inconclusive due to issues related to sampling, measurement, insufficient use of theory, and an absence of a consideration of context. Findings from the second study demonstrate that as part of their neighborhood context, Mexican-American young women experience racism and discrimination, gangs and violence, and limited opportunities for upward mobility, all of which are associated with the health of adolescents. Finally, in the third study, the young women identified individual, family, and community level factors - all supported by the literature on risks for early childbearing - that they believed to vary across neighborhoods, possibly influencing the disparate rates across the county. The data collected from these studies highlights the importance of neighborhood characteristics as they influence risk of early childbearing among this population, demonstrating that contextual factors should be considered when investigating the high rates of early childbearing among Mexican-Americans. Moving forward, researchers investigating early childbearing among this population may benefit from an incorporation of neighborhood-level characteristics as potential risk factors for early childbearing among Mexican-American young women.
Book Synopsis The Relationship of Level of Acculturation and Marital Satisfaction to Depression Among Mexican American Women by : Nydia Medina
Download or read book The Relationship of Level of Acculturation and Marital Satisfaction to Depression Among Mexican American Women written by Nydia Medina and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Acculturation, Behavioral Risk Factors, and Cardio-metabolic Dysfunction in Mexican American Women Living in a Border Region by :
Download or read book Acculturation, Behavioral Risk Factors, and Cardio-metabolic Dysfunction in Mexican American Women Living in a Border Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acculturation has been associated with health behaviors, and to a lesser extent, health outcomes among Latinos; however, inconsistencies exist regarding the nature of these relationships. Moreover, little is known about the underlying mechanisms linking acculturation to Latino health outcomes. The current study examined the relationship between acculturation, behavioral risk factors, and cardio-metabolic dysfunction in Mexican American women, and evaluated the contribution of social and economic pathways to observed associations. Participants were a random sample of 302 Mexican American women (mean age 49.77 years), recruited from communities with wide-ranging socioeconomic status (SES) located on the United States (US) side of the Tijuana (Mexico) - San Diego (US) border. Women underwent a clinical exam and completed a battery of questionnaires including demographic (age, US exposure, education, and income), cultural (language acculturation, familism, fatalism, religiosity), social (social support, sociability), and behavioral (leisure-time physical activity, sedentary behavior, walking, fruit and vegetable servings, and dietary fat) variables. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) and structural equation models (SEMs) were performed in the total sample. CFAs revealed single latent constructs for English language acculturation (childhood language, English proficiency, and adult language patterns), SES (education and income), resilient cultural values (familism and religiosity), and social resources (social support and sociability). SEMs showed statistically significant direct effects of English language acculturation to more sedentary behavior and resilient cultural values to more self-reported walking. In addition, the indirect effects of US exposure to more sedentary behavior through language acculturation, English language acculturation to more sedentary behavior through SES, and resilient cultural values to more fruit and vegetable servings through social resources were also significant (CFI = 0.90, RMSEA = .10, SRMR = 0.04). Finally, significant mediated effects were found for English language acculturation to lower cardio-metabolic dysfunction via higher SES, and higher SES to lower cardio-metabolic dysfunction via lower fatalism (CFI= .89, RMSEA = .11, SRMR = .04). Behavioral variables did not appear to mediate the acculturation and cardio-metabolic dysfunction relationship. Acculturation and related cultural variables were associated with behavioral risk factors and cardio-metabolic dysfunction in middle-aged Mexican American women. SES and social resources may represent relevant pathways in explaining these associations.
Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Acculturation and Stress Among Mexican Americans in Washington State by : Darla V. Capetillo
Download or read book The Relationship Between Acculturation and Stress Among Mexican Americans in Washington State written by Darla V. Capetillo and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Association Between Acculturation and Intuitive Eating Among Latina Women by :
Download or read book Association Between Acculturation and Intuitive Eating Among Latina Women written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acculturation processes involve adaptation from the culture of origin to the host culture. As a result, foreign born Latinos experience a shift in norms, values, behaviors, and attitudes towards non-Latino (Western) culture when relocating to the United States. Acculturation among Latina women has been associated with behaviors contributing to obesity and may affect dieting behaviors. Behavior change interventions targeting weight loss through diet achieve moderate short term weight loss. Changes, however, are not sustained and disrupt homeostasis. In contrast, intuitive eating offers a non-dieting approach to weight management teaching participants to eat according to physiological hunger and satiety cues. Intuitive eating has been associated with improved physiological and mental health outcomes. A convenience sample of 54 Latina women completed surveys and anthropometric measurements at baseline as part of Valorando Nuestros Cuerpos (Valuing Our Bodies) pilot study. This aim of this study was to assess the relationship between acculturation and intuitive eating among Latina women residing near the United States-Mexico border using a cross-sectional survey. This study examined the relationship between acculturation and intuitive eating using multiple measures of acculturation including Marin's Bi-dimensional Acculturation Scale (BAS), country of birth, years of residence and age at arrival among foreign born, and the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2). Pearson's and Spearman's correlation coefficients and a multiple linear regression were run to assess the significance of the variables representing acculturation and intuitive eating (IE). Results indicated the majority of the sample was foreign born, overweight or obese, dominant in Latino culture according to the BAS, and relatively high intuitive eating scores. Contrary to the hypothesis, analyses found no significant relationship between acculturation and intuitive eating. However, the relationship between BMI and intuitive eating approached significance. Possible reasons for lack of significance include volunteer bias from convenience sampling, frequent border crossing, and low levels of acculturation. Further research is needed to validate the translation of the complete IES-2 scale into Spanish and to include a group of Latina women with more variance in generations and ethnic groups. Despite a lack of statistical significance, intuitive eating remains a promising approach to weight maintenance for Latina women.
Download or read book Pigmentocracies written by Edward Telles and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pigmentocracies--the fruit of the multiyear Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA)--is a richly revealing analysis of contemporary attitudes toward ethnicity and race in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, four of Latin America's most populous nations. Based on extensive, original sociological and anthropological data generated by PERLA, this landmark study analyzes ethnoracial classification, inequality, and discrimination, as well as public opinion about Afro-descended and indigenous social movements and policies that foster greater social inclusiveness, all set within an ethnoracial history of each country. A once-in-a-generation examination of contemporary ethnicity, this book promises to contribute in significant ways to policymaking and public opinion in Latin America. Edward Telles, PERLA's principal investigator, explains that profound historical and political forces, including multiculturalism, have helped to shape the formation of ethnic identities and the nature of social relations within and across nations. One of Pigmentocracies's many important conclusions is that unequal social and economic status is at least as much a function of skin color as of ethnoracial identification. Investigators also found high rates of discrimination by color and ethnicity widely reported by both targets and witnesses. Still, substantial support across countries was found for multicultural-affirmative policies--a notable result given that in much of modern Latin America race and ethnicity have been downplayed or ignored as key factors despite their importance for earlier nation-building.
