Acculturation and health risk behaviors among Californians of Korean descent

The association of religiosity with overweight/obese body mass index among Asian Indian immigrants in California

“…OR full sample n = 2687 Adjusted OR full n = 2213 Hindus n = 1472 Sikhs n = 449 Muslims n = 120 Other n = 152 2003; Kaplan et al, 2004;Kaushal, 2009;Koya and Egede, 2007;Lauderdale and Rathouz, 2000;Roshania et al, 2008;SanchezVaznaugh et al, 2008;Singh and Siahpush, 2002;Song et al, 2004). We found decreasing religiosity with greater acculturation to American culture among Asian Indian immigrants, and high religiosity was an independent factor associated with being overweight/obese even after controlling for acculturation.…”

Differential Effects of Acculturation on Drinking Behavior in Chinese- and Korean-American College Students

“…In these studies, lifetime prevalence of alcohol dependence was 8%-10%, a figure higher than was reported in the U.S. National Comorbidity Survey Replication study (Kessler et al, 2005). It is also demonstrated that rates of alcohol use among homeland Koreans exceed those of Korean Americans (Song et al, 2004;Weather-spoon et al, 2001). Overall, these data imply that acculturation might correspond with decreased drinking rates among Korean Americans; however, gender differences suggest this effect may be specific to men.…”

“…Some studies allow global inferences about acculturation's effects by comparing the drinking rates of U.S. Asians to their counterparts abroad (e.g., Higuchi et al, 1994;Johnson et al, 1987;Park et al, 1984;Yamamoto et al, 1994); however, these studies typically have not measured acculturation directly. Several studies of Asian Americans show that measured indices of acculturation correlate positively with drinking quantity/frequency (Hahm et al, 2003(Hahm et al, , 2004Hendershot et al, 2005;Nakashima and Wong, 2000;Nakawatase et al, 1993;Song et al, 2004;Sue et al, 1979). Most studies have assessed acculturation using unidimensional indicators such as place of birth, length of residency, or language.…”

Employment and social “determinants” of smoking in urbanizing China: A representative survey

“…The BEM has been applied in correlation and intervention studies in different countries ( Hovell et al, in press ). Studies involved acculturation Landrine & Klonoff, 2004 ), secondhand smoke exposure ( Hughes, Corcos, Hofstetter, Hovell, & Irvin, 2007 ;Hughes et al, 2008 ), home smoking bans ( Hughes et al, 2009 ;Martinez-Donate et al, 2008 ), substance use ( Bousman et al, 2005 ), dietary behaviors ( Song et al, 2004 ) and physical activity ( Adams et al, 2006 ).…”