Health-related quality of life among Mexican Americans living in colonias at the Texas–Mexico border

Mier, Nelda; Ory, Marcia G.; Zhan, Dongling; Conkling, Martha; Sharkey, Joseph R.; Burdine, James N.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.017

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“…24,25 We found that socioeconomic diff erences are the principal contributor to the association, extending what has been proven for Hispanics with metabolic syndrome 6 and in studies of Mexican Americans living in colonias on the TexasMexico border reporting that poorer HR-QOL is associated with lower education. 8 We explored the role of other factors potentially related to ethnic diff erences on HS, and none proved to have the same consistent and strong associations. For example, instruments and questionnaires to evaluate HR-QOL and HS could be subject to diff erences in interpretation due to cultural values and English-language profi ciency among diverse populations and minorities or to the eff ect of acculturation.…”

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“…Although there has been interest in understanding HR-QOL among Hispanics with various chronic diseases, 6 less is known about the impact of COPD in this group of Americans. 7 It is known that Mexican Americans with low education levels have poorer HR-QOL 8 and that they have low rates of regular access to health care. 9 Based on evidence of diff erences in QOL among African Americans with COPD and of the role of socioeconomic factors in explaining diff erences in HS in vulnerable groups, 10,11 we hypothesize that diff erences exist in HR-QOL in Mexican American participants with OLD in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and that socioeconomic disparities (education and access to health care) contribute to the diff erences in OLD-related HS.…”

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Socioeconomic Characteristics Are Major Contributors to Ethnic Differences in Health Status in Obstructive Lung Disease

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“…The relevance of these last Tamaulipas cities refers to the fact that they capture demand from an economically deprived region; challenged by a high poverty incidence which influence health care access: the lower Rio Grande valley in Texas, whose income levels are amongst the lowest in the us (Davies and Holz, 1992;Mier et al, 2008;Manzanares, 2013).…”

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Does the border matter for health care? A study of medical services provider’s location at cities in the Mexican side of the border

Rivera

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This work examines medical services providers’ spatial location patterns at the Mexican cities in the us Mexico border as a case study. Formal statistical methods are applied using data sources for each side of the border with the primary source being the National Statistic Directory of Economic Units (denue) published by the Mexican Census Bureau. Results identify the following specific medical services activities with particular relative concentrations at the border city scale: private dental offices (naics code 621211) ci= 1.32, general medicine private offices (naics code 621111) ci = 1.16, private medical diagnostics labs (naics code 621511) ci = 1.02, and private general hospitals (naics code 621398) ci = 1.03. In addition a cluster pattern around border Crossings was found for the largest city included in the study. Results suggest that trans-border health care needs in the region represent a binational integration mechanism with social opportunities for the local populations.

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“…Puerto Ricans, the next largest subgroup in the USA, account for only 9% of the total US Latino population (Motel & Patten, 2012;Wilkinson et al, 2012). Most Latino groups have household incomes below the median, but those that live in USA-Mexico border cities typically live in poverty, making them especially vulnerable (Leiner et al, 2012;Mier et al, 2008;Pisani, Pagan, Lackan, & Richardson, 2012). There is a paucity of studies on Mexican-Americans, especially on Mexican-American children and adolescents living in poverty.…”

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La asociación entre la exposición a la violencia, alcohol y drogas en el perfil psicosocial de adolescentes México-Americanos de bajos recursos

Peinado¹,

Villanos²,

Singh³

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El objetivo de este estudio es estudiar la asociación que la exposición a la violencia, las drogas y el alcohol tienen en la configuración del perfil psicosocial de los adolescentes mexicano-americanos de bajo nivel socioeconómico. Se trata de un estudio transversal, conducido con una muestra de 881 adolescentes de origen mexicano que describieron su exposición a la violencia, las drogas y el alcohol; mientras que sus padres respondieron a un cuestionario para determinar problemas sociales, emocionales y de conducta de sus hijos. La información sobre los participantes se extrajo de bases de datos electrónicas de seis clínicas pediátricas en El Paso, Texas, en la frontera de Estados Unidos con México. Un total de 463 adolescentes (52,6%) informó no haber estado expuesto a ninguno de los riesgos. Los 418 adolescentes restantes (47,4%) indicaron una sola categoría de exposición: violencia (25,1%), alcohol (24,9%) y drogas (8,6%). Además, algunos adolescentes informaron sobre exposiciones combinadas: violencia y alcohol (13,4%), alcohol y drogas (14,6%) o, violencia, alcohol y drogas (13,4%). La asociación entre la exposición combinada a la violencia, las drogas y/o el alcohol y los perfiles psicosociales y de conducta de estos adolescentes muestra un aumento del riesgo de problemas emocionales y de conducta. Existe poca información sobre la salud mental de estos adolescentes viviendo en la pobreza en barrios de frontera entre EEUU y México que están expuestos a los riesgos del alcohol, la violencia y las drogas. Éstos resultados muestran la importancia de la asociación entre la exposición a estos riesgos y la necesidad de intervenciones efectivas dirigidas a estos subgrupos de jóvenes mexicano-americanos y sus familias.Palabras clave: adolescentes, exposición a la violencia, exposición a las drogas, exposición al alcohol.Resumen

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Health-related quality of life among Mexican Americans living in colonias at the Texas–Mexico border

Cited by 74 publications

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Socioeconomic Characteristics Are Major Contributors to Ethnic Differences in Health Status in Obstructive Lung Disease

Socioeconomic Characteristics Are Major Contributors to Ethnic Differences in Health Status in Obstructive Lung Disease

Does the border matter for health care? A study of medical services provider’s location at cities in the Mexican side of the border

La asociación entre la exposición a la violencia, alcohol y drogas en el perfil psicosocial de adolescentes México-Americanos de bajos recursos

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