Physical and Mental Health Characteristics of U.S. and Foreign-Born Adults: United States, 1998-2003

Dey, Anup; Lucas, Jacqueline W.

doi:10.1037/e609222007-001

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“…Past research has found that foreign-born Latino men are more likely to smoke compared to their female compatriots and that, viewed collectively, a smaller percent of all foreign-born Latino adults smoke compared to all US-born adults and to other US-born minority groups separately (except for Asians). [24][25][26] These results should be interpreted with some caution, however, given that Latino immigrants are also more likely to underreport smoking behavior. 27 And, it is important to note when considering factors influencing Latino immigrant smoking, especially "acculturation," which has often been viewed simply as an individual-level adjustment process, that the tobacco industry has developed strategies to market directly to foreign-born Latin American populations in the USA.…”

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Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Smoking among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants in Metropolitan Boston

Holmes

Marcelli

2014

J Urban Health

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Tobacco smoking is estimated to be the largest preventable cause of mortality in the USA, but little is known about the relationship between neighborhood social environment and current smoking behavior or how this may differ by population and geography. We investigate how neighborhood social cohesion and disorder are associated with smoking behavior among legal and unauthorized Brazilian migrant adults using data from the 2007 Harvard-UMASS Boston Metropolitan Immigrant Health and Legal Status Survey (BM-IHLSS), a probabilistic household survey of adult Brazilian migrants. We employ logistic regression to estimate associations between neighborhood social cohesion, neighborhood disorder, and current smoking. We find that neighborhood-level social cohesion is associated with lower likelihood of being a current smoker (O.R.=.836; pG.05), and neighborhood disorder, measured as crime experienced in the neighborhood, is not associated with current smoking. Neighborhood population density, age, being male, and residing with someone who smokes are each positively associated with current smoking (pG.10). The health of participants' parents at the age of 35, being married, and individual earnings are associated with a reduction in the probability of being a current smoker (pG.05). Migrant legal status and length of residence in the USA are not associated with current smoking. Our findings suggest that neighborhood social cohesion may be protective against smoking. Alternatively, neighborhood disorder does not appear to be related to current smoking among Brazilian migrants.

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Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Smoking among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants in Metropolitan Boston

Holmes

Marcelli

2014

J Urban Health

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“…The NHIS has been used to examine health care issues regarding both Hispanic subgroups as well as people who are foreign born and living in the United States. 15,20 …”

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Heterogeneity in Management of Diabetes Mellitus Among Latino Ethnic Subgroups in the United States

Mainous¹,

Díaz²,

Saxena³

et al. 2007

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Background: Recent debate suggests that general racial/ethnic categories may obscure potentially important subgroup differences within minority groups. The purpose of this study was to examine the quality of diabetes care among ethnic subgroups of the Latino population in the United States while accounting for aspects of acculturation and access to care.Methods: We evaluated adults (>18 years old) with previously diagnosed diabetes in the 2003 National Health Interview Survey (n ‫؍‬ 2136; United States population estimate ‫؍‬ 13,471,587). The Latino subgroups (n ‫؍‬ 373; United States population estimate ‫؍‬ 1,556,259) were Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Other Latinos. Through a series of logistic regressions we examined ethnic group and quality of care for diabetes while controlling for demographics, access to care, and acculturation.Results: Among Latinos, 43% conducted their interview in Spanish and 59% were immigrants to the United States. Ethnic group differences were apparent in the analyses.

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“…Al respecto, se han realizado estudios que muestran que la autopercepción de salud general y salud mental de este grupo sería de regular a mala 4,5 . Además, se ha evidenciado que la salud mental en los inmigrantes puede estar afectada negativamente por el mismo proceso migratorio 6,7 .…”

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“…Además, se ha evidenciado que la salud mental en los inmigrantes puede estar afectada negativamente por el mismo proceso migratorio 6,7 . Estudios realizados en Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, han reportado que la tasa de trastornos psiquiátricos de la población inmigrante es menor en comparación a los sujetos nacidos en ese país 4,8 . En Europa, las cifras encontradas son variadas.…”

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Physical and Mental Health Characteristics of U.S. and Foreign-Born Adults: United States, 1998-2003

Cited by 119 publications

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Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Smoking among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants in Metropolitan Boston

Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Smoking among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants in Metropolitan Boston

Heterogeneity in Management of Diabetes Mellitus Among Latino Ethnic Subgroups in the United States

Trastornos mentales comunes y uso de servicios de salud en población inmigrante

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