Conclusion: Expanding on What Is Known about the Health and Development of Puerto Rican Mothers and Children

Lamberty, Gontran; Coll, Cynthia García

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“…These initial studies provide important baseline information, but significant gaps remain in our knowledge of the processes underlying the health outcomes of Puerto Rican infants (Lamberty and Garcia ColI 1994). Does the health advantage of the infants of island-born mothers result from lower maternal exposure to the U.S. social context or from the selective migration of healthier or more advantaged mothers from Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland?…”

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Migration and Infant Death: Assimilation or Selective Migration among Puerto Ricans?

2000

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Using pooled origin/destination data from the Puerto Rican Maternal and Infant Health Study, we examine the implications for infant mortality of migration from Puerto Rico to the United States. An analysis restricted to the U.S. mainland shows that children of migrants have lower risks of infant mortality than do children of mainland-born Puerto Rican women. A critical question is whether this pattern indicates that maternal exposure to U.S. culture undermines infant health or whether it is largely a result of the selective migration of healthier or more advantaged mothers to the United States. Our findings show that mother's duration of U.S. residence is positively related to infant mortality among the children of migrants, suggesting that a process of negative assimilation is occurring. However, inclusion of Puerto Rico in the analysis demonstrates the importance of selective migration in explaining the U.S. mainland pattern: Infant mortality is substantially lower among recent migrants to the mainland than it is among nonmigrant women in Puerto Rico. The roles of socioeconomic status, cultural orientation, health habits, and health care utilization in accounting for differences in infants’ survival chances by maternal migration status are assessed.

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Migration and Infant Death: Assimilation or Selective Migration among Puerto Ricans?

2000

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Sociocultural Influences on Disability Status in Puerto Rican Children

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Background and Purpose. This article describes culturally defined meanings of childhood function and disability in Puerto Rico to provide a context for the interpretation of test scores from the Spanish translation of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI). Subjects and Methods. More than 600 Puerto Rican teachers, parents and caregivers of children with and without disabilities, and members of the general community participated in ethnographic interviews, which were designed to describe their beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge about childhood function and disability. Results. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis confirmed that differences exist between Puerto Ricans and the norms established in the United States for the performance of functional skills by children, and the analysis also described Puerto Rican beliefs and attitudes toward disability. Discussion and Conclusion. Puerto Rican values of interdependence, añoñar (pampering or nurturing behaviors), and sobre protectiva (overprotectiveness) influence parental expectations for the capability of children with disabilities and should be considered when interpreting scores from the PEDI and establishing plans of care. Additional research is needed on the influence of contextual variables on child development and behavioral adaptations to disability.

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Adverse pregnancy outcomes: differences between US- and foreign-born women in major US racial and ethnic groups.

Singh¹,

Yu²

1996

Am J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether there were significant differentials between US-born and foreign-born women in risks of infant mortality, low birthweight, and preterm birth and whether these differentials, if they existed, varied across major US racial/ethnic groups. METHODS: Multivariate logistic regression was applied to national linked birth/infant death records for 1985 through 1987 to estimate overall and ethnic-specific maternal nativity effects on pregnancy outcomes. RESULTS: Substantial maternal nativity differences in risks of infant mortality and low birthweight were found, with the magnitude of the nativity effect varying significantly across racial/ethnic groups. Overall, foreign-born status was associated with 7% and 20% lower risks of low birthweight and infant mortality, respectively. However, the reduced risk of adverse pregnancy outcome associated with immigrant status tended to be substantially larger for Blacks, Cubans, Mexicans, and Chinese than for other ethnic groups. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal nativity status, along with ethnicity, may serve as an important axis of differentiation in birth outcome studies. Further research needs to be conducted to assess the effects of behavioral, cultural, and psychosocial factors in explaining the nativity differentials observed here.

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Conclusion: Expanding on What Is Known about the Health and Development of Puerto Rican Mothers and Children

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Migration and Infant Death: Assimilation or Selective Migration among Puerto Ricans?

Migration and Infant Death: Assimilation or Selective Migration among Puerto Ricans?

Sociocultural Influences on Disability Status in Puerto Rican Children

Adverse pregnancy outcomes: differences between US- and foreign-born women in major US racial and ethnic groups.

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