Household fear of deportation in Mexican‐origin families: Relation to body mass index percentiles and salivary uric acid

Martínez, Airín D.; Ruelas, Lillian

doi:10.1002/ajhb.23044

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“…Data collection occurred in the summer/fall of 2014 in Phoenix AZ. More detailed description of the recruitment of families for this study can be found in other publications ( Martínez et al, 2017a , Martínez et al, 2017b ).…”

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Household fear of deportation in relation to chronic stressors and salivary proinflammatory cytokines in Mexican-origin families post-SB 1070

Martínez

Ruelas²

2018

SSM - Population Health

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Sociologists recognize that immigration enforcement policies are forms of institutionalized racism that can produce adverse health effects in both undocumented and documented Latinos and Mexican-origin persons in the United States. Despite this important advancement, little research examines the relationship between fear of immigration enforcement and biobehavioral health in mixed-status Mexican-origin families. This study applies an embodiment of racism approach to examine how household fear of deportation (FOD) is related to differences in salivary proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNFα) in healthy Mexican-origin families with at least one immigrant, living in Phoenix, AZ. Participants were 111 individuals (n=46 adults, 72% female; n=65 children, 49% female) from 30 low-income, mixed-status families. During a home visit, anthropometric measures and saliva were collected from each family member and a household survey was administered. Saliva was assayed for salivary IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNFα. Random effects multilevel structural equation models estimated the relationship between household FOD and a salivary proinflammatory cytokine latent variable between families, while controlling for other chronic stressors (economic/occupational, immigration, parental, and family conflict). Household FOD (β=0.68, p=0.04) and family conflict chronic stress (β=1.96, p=0.03) were strongly related to elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines between families. These results were consistent in non-mixed and mixed-status families. Future research is needed to characterize what aspects of living with an undocumented family member shape the physical health outcomes of persons with authorized status or US-citizenship.

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Household fear of deportation in relation to chronic stressors and salivary proinflammatory cytokines in Mexican-origin families post-SB 1070

Martínez

Ruelas²

2018

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“…Furthermore, scholars have demonstrated that a precarious legal status can impact the health of immigrants in a variety of direct and indirect ways, from directly affecting physical heath, such as fear-induced headaches and weakened digestion (Aranda and Vaquera, 2015;Gonzales and Chavez, 2012), to limiting their access to medical services (Arcury and Quandt, 2007;Gómez Cervantes and Menjívar, 2020;Joseph and Marrow, 2017;Vargas et al, 2017), creating anxiety and depression that affects these immigrants' psychological well-being (Gonzales and Chavez, 2012;. More specifically, fear of deportation has been linked to poor physical health (Ayón 2018;Enriquez et al, 2018;Martínez et al, 2017), increased risks of depression and nervousness, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder (Brabeck and Xu, 2010;Garcia 2018;Moya Salas and Ayón, 2013;Sullivan and Rehm, 2005;. Indeed, some researchers have argued that undocumented status is inimical to health and well-being (McGuire and Georges, 2003;Van Natta et al, 2019) and that illegality itself can be a health risk (Castañeda 2009;Gómez Cervantes and Menjívar, 2020).…”

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The Development and Evaluation of the Stigma of Illegality and Marginalization of Latinxs (Siml) Scale

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Drawing on two online studies among predominantly U.S.-born and lawful permanent resident Latinxs, we developed a self-report scale intended to capture how discrimination related to perceived legal status, as well as perceptions of racial/ethnic marginalization of Latinxs in U.S. society, are experienced among a wide swath of the Latinx population. We also explore how these processes may be associated with psychological distress in this population. In line with the immigration scholarship that has identified a spillover effect of immigration enforcement and the racialization of legal status beyond the undocumented population, our exploratory factor analysis results from Study I (N = 355 Latinxs) collected in fall of 2013 revealed four factors among our study population: Fear of Deportation, Marginalization of Latinxs in U.S. Society, Marginalization Due to Perceived Illegality, and Fear Due to Perceived Illegality. Results from a confirmatory factor analysis from a separate study conducted in spring of 2016 (Study II; N = 295 Latinxs) provided evidence in support of the structure identified in Study I. Results also revealed evidence of the association between the Stigma of Illegality and Marginalization of Latinxs (SIML) subscales and psychological distress, measured as anxiety and depression. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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“…Future research might model human biology research that routinely combines MICBS with psychosocial frameworks. For example, social determinants of health frameworks (see Marmot, 2005) have been used to understand multilevel environmental exposures (see Dufour, 2006) within socioeconomic and political contexts (Levy et al, 2016;Liebert et al, 2013;Martínez, Ruelas, & Granger, 2017 ;Thompson, Nicholas, Watson, Terán, & Bentley, 2019;Wutich & Brewis, 2014). Investigating the social, economic, and political factors shaping the biologies of everyday life among TGD people is critically important for future research.…”

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Biocultural approaches to transgender and gender diverse experience and health: Integrating biomarkers and advancing gender/sex research

DuBois

Gibb

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American J Hum Biol

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Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people are increasingly visible in U.S. communities and in national media. With this increased visibility, access to gender affirming healthcare is also on the rise, particularly for urban youth. Political backlash and entrenchment in a gender binary, however, continue to marginalize TGD people, increasing risk for health disparities. The 2016 National Institute of Health recognition of sexual and gender minority people as a health disparities population increases available funding for much-needed research. In this article, we speak to the need for a biocultural human biology of gender/sex diversity by delineating factors that influence physiological functioning, mental health, and physical health of TGD people. We propose that many of these factors can best be investigated with minimally invasively collected biomarker samples (MICBS) and discuss how to integrate MICBS into research inclusive of TGD people. Research use of MICBS among TGD people remains limited, and wider use could enable essential biological and health data to be collected from a population often excluded from research. We provide a broad overview of terminology and current literature, point to key research questions, and address potential challenges researchers might face when aiming to integrate MCIBS in research inclusive of transgender and gender diverse people. We argue that, when used effectively, MICBS can enhance human biologists' ability to empirically measure physiology and health-related outcomes and enable more accurate identification of pathways linking human experience, embodiment, and health.

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Household fear of deportation in Mexican‐origin families: Relation to body mass index percentiles and salivary uric acid

Abstract: Key features of the social ecology in which mixed-status families are embedded are associated with individual differences in biological processes linked to increased risk for chronic disease.

Cited by 24 publications

References 70 publications

Household fear of deportation in relation to chronic stressors and salivary proinflammatory cytokines in Mexican-origin families post-SB 1070

Household fear of deportation in relation to chronic stressors and salivary proinflammatory cytokines in Mexican-origin families post-SB 1070

The Development and Evaluation of the Stigma of Illegality and Marginalization of Latinxs (Siml) Scale

Biocultural approaches to transgender and gender diverse experience and health: Integrating biomarkers and advancing gender/sex research

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