New Latino Destinations

Vásquez, Manuel A.; Seales, Chad E.; Marquardt, Marie Friedmann

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-71943-6_2

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“…Latinos immigrating to the United States are settling in new areas beyond traditional immigrant gateway communities (Vásquez, Seales et al 2008). The Southeast has become a new frontier for Latino immigrants as they respond to labor demands or relocate from traditional gateway communities, in search of areas with lower cost of living.…”

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Results From a Pilot Promotora Program to Reduce Depression and Stress Among Immigrant Latinas

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Ornelas

Kim

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Health Promotion Practice

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The stressful experiences that Latino immigrants face throughout the migration process to the United States put them at increased risk for poor mental health. Latinas are at heightened risk due to stigma, limited access to mental health resources, domestic violence, and gender role expectations. In addition, for those who live in new immigrant settlement areas, such as the Southeast, these disparities are magnified by even fewer culturally appropriate services and limited social support. This study evaluates the impact of ALMA (Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma/Latina Friends Motivating the Soul), a pilot promotora intervention offered in three North Carolina counties to improve mental health among Latinas by offering coping skills training. The intervention trained community-based promotoras to conduct outreach to Latina women in their social network (compañeras). Using a pre–post test design, we assessed the mental health outcomes of compañeras. Compañeras improved on the following outcomes: depressive symptoms, attitudes of depression treatment, perceived and acculturative stress, perceived social support, and positive coping responses. Our findings suggest that promotora interventions, such as ALMA, that focus on building self-care strategies can be valuable to reducing preclinical symptoms and addressing health care disparities that are exacerbated by unavailable or underused mental health services.

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Results From a Pilot Promotora Program to Reduce Depression and Stress Among Immigrant Latinas

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“…An important Latino demographic trend occurring in the United States, aside from continued, strong population growth, is the increasing geographic dispersion of Latinos across the country. Indeed, although native and foreign‐born Latinos still concentrate in particular places, such as Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, and New York City, many have shifted to “new” locations around the country (Liaw and Frey, 1998; Frey, 2002; Saenz, 2004; Suro and Tafoya, 2004; Ellis and Goodwin‐White, 2006; Frey, 2006; Light, 2006; Vásquez et al ., 2008). Dozens of rural locations and metropolitan areas with surging Latino populations in recent decades previously had very few Latinos (Stull, Broadway, and Griffith, 1995; Gouveia and Stull, 1997; Durand, Massey et al ., 2000; Suro and Singer, 2002; Arreola, 2004; Millard and Chapa, 2004; Kandel and Parrado, 2005; Zúñiga and Hernández‐León, 2005).…”

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The U.S. Destinations of Contemporary Mexican Immigrants

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2008

International Migration Review

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Although U.S. Latinos continue to be concentrated in particular places, many have shifted to “new” locations around the country. This study employs data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP107) to examine the relationship between individual‐level characteristics and diverse U.S. destinations chosen by post‐1965 Mexican immigrants. Multinomial logistic regression analyses confirm the importance of human capital, social networks, and temporal context in directing immigrants to particular U.S. sites. The findings also suggest that employing a typology of U.S. destinations is useful for understanding the spatial distributions of contemporary Mexican immigrants.

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“…The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that about 500,000 Latinos turn 18 every year. Another interesting trend is that, over the past 2 decades, Latinos have increasingly moved away from “traditional” immigrant urban centers (eg, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Miami) and into “nontraditional” rural areas across the country . Historically, Latino immigrant enclaves have served an important function in meeting newcomers’ needs, including help in finding and using health care .…”

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