Food Insecurity is Associated with Acculturation and Social Networks in Puerto Rican Households

Dhokarh, Rajanigandha; Himmelgreen, David; Peng, Yu-Kuei; Segura‐Pérez, Sofía; Hromi‐Fiedler, Amber; Pérez‐Escamilla, Rafael

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2009.11.004

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“…Food security was significantly associated with ethnicity and acculturation, similar to several research studies (Dhokarh et al, 2010;Kaiser et al 2002;Weigel, Armijos, Hall, Ramirez, & Orozco, 2007). Among our sample, a greater percentage of low acculturated Hispanics experienced low food security when compared to high acculturated Hispanics and African American women.…”

Section: Bmi Was Significantly Related To Level Of Acculturation (P =supporting

confidence: 88%

Differences in Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Low-Income Hispanic and African American Women Caretakers

Acheampong

2011

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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Section: Bmi Was Significantly Related To Level Of Acculturation (P =supporting

confidence: 88%

Differences in Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Low-Income Hispanic and African American Women Caretakers

Acheampong

2011

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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“…185 The risks associated with food insecurity include poor dietary quality and overweight/obesity. 186 Perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes about foods characterize energy intake patterns and are influenced by assimilation of the mainstream culture’s dietary patterns. 187 Using nationally representative data, it was shown that US-born Hispanics consumed more unhealthy foods and had greater caloric intake than foreign-born Hispanics.…”

Section: Psychosocial Factors Affecting Cvd Risks and Health Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Status of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Hispanics/Latinos in the United States

Rodríguez¹,

Allison²,

Daviglus³

et al. 2014

Circulation

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Background and Purpose This American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement provides a comprehensive overview of current evidence on the burden cardiovascular disease (CVD) among Hispanics in the United States. Hispanics are the largest minority ethnic group in the United States, and their health is vital to the public health of the nation and to achieving the AHA’s 2020 goals. This statement describes the CVD epidemiology and related personal beliefs and the social and health issues of US Hispanics, and it identifies potential prevention and treatment opportunities. The intended audience for this statement includes healthcare professionals, researchers, and policy makers. Methods Writing group members were nominated by the AHA’s Manuscript Oversight Committee and represent a broad range of expertise in relation to Hispanic individuals and CVD. The writers used a general framework outlined by the committee chair to produce a comprehensive literature review that summarizes existing evidence, indicate gaps in current knowledge, and formulate recommendations. Only English-language studies were reviewed, with PubMed/MEDLINE as our primary resource, as well as the Cochrane Library Reviews, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the US Census data as secondary resources. Inductive methods and descriptive studies that focused on CVD outcomes incidence, prevalence, treatment response, and risks were included. Because of the wide scope of these topics, members of the writing committee were responsible for drafting individual sections selected by the chair of the writing committee, and the group chair assembled the complete statement. The conclusions of this statement are the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the AHA. All members of the writing group had the opportunity to comment on the initial drafts and approved the final version of this document. The manuscript underwent extensive AHA internal peer review before consideration and approval by the AHA Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee. Results This statement documents the status of knowledge regarding CVD among Hispanics and the sociocultural issues that impact all subgroups of Hispanics with regard to cardiovascular health. In this review, whenever possible, we identify the specific Hispanic subgroups examined to avoid generalizations. We identify specific areas for which current evidence was less robust, as well as inconsistencies and evidence gaps that inform the need for further rigorous and interdisciplinary approaches to increase our understanding of the US Hispanic population and its potential impact on the public health and cardiovascular health of the total US population. We provide recommendations specific to the 9 domains outlined by the chair to support the development of these culturally tailored and targeted approaches. Conclusions Healthcare professionals and researchers need to consider the impact of culture and ethnicity on health behavior and ultimately health outcomes. There is a...

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“…Food security was found to be correlated with network-related variables in diverse studies, e.g., with levels of social interactions with neighbors, friends, and family members in Peru (Díaz et al 2002); with the number of close friends of the head of the household in Burkina Faso (Becquey et al 2012); with attendance of social events and church used as proxy measures of social networks in a Puerto Rican community (Dhokarh et al 2011); and with the perception that an individual's neighborhood was helpful and trustworthy in a U.S. study (Walker et al 2007). In studies on coping mechanisms to address food insecurity, reliance on social support provided by extended family members, friends, or neighbors has been identified in several geographic and social contexts, including AIDS-afflicted households in rural Malawi (Mtika 2001); an Inuit coastal community in the Canadian High Arctic (Beaumier and Ford 2010); and lowincome households from North Carolina, USA (Ahluwalia et al 1998).…”

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The role of strong-tie social networks in mediating food security of fish resources by a traditional riverine community in the Brazilian Amazon

Mertens¹,

Fillion²,

Saint‐Charles³

et al. 2015

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ABSTRACT. Social networks are a significant way through which rural communities that manage resources under common property regimes obtain food resources. Previous research on food security and social network analysis has mostly focused on egocentric network data or proxy variables for social networks to explain how social relations contribute to the different dimensions of food security. Whole-network approaches have the potential to contribute to former studies by revealing how individual social ties aggregate into complex structures that create opportunities or constraints to the sharing and distribution of food resources. We used a whole-network approach to investigate the role of network structure in contributing to the four dimensions of food security: food availability, access, utilization, and stability. For a case study of a riparian community from the Brazilian Amazon that is dependent on fish as a key element of food security, we mapped the community strong-tie network among 97% of the village population over 14 years old (n = 336) by integrating reciprocated friendship and occupational ties, as well as close kinship relationships. We explored how different structural properties of the community network contribute to the understanding of (1) the availability of fish as a community resource, (2) community access to fish as a dietary resource, (3) the utilization of fish for consumption in a way that allows the villagers to maximize nutrition while at the same time minimizing toxic risks associated with mercury exposure, and (4) the stability of the fish resources in local ecosystems as a result of cooperative behaviors and community-based management. The contribution of whole-network approaches to the study of the links between community-based natural resource management and food security were discussed in the context of recent social-ecological changes in the Amazonian region.

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Food Insecurity is Associated with Acculturation and Social Networks in Puerto Rican Households

Cited by 48 publications

References 19 publications

Differences in Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Low-Income Hispanic and African American Women Caretakers

Differences in Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Low-Income Hispanic and African American Women Caretakers

Status of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Hispanics/Latinos in the United States

The role of strong-tie social networks in mediating food security of fish resources by a traditional riverine community in the Brazilian Amazon

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