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Vahk A, Monsivais P, Johnson CM, Sharkey JR. An Evaluation of ¡Haz Espacio Para Papi!, a Culturally Tailored Nutrition and Physical Activity Pilot Program for Mexican-Heritage Fathers. Nutrients 2024; 16:1153. [PMID: 38674844 PMCID: PMC11053541 DOI: 10.3390/nu16081153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Fathers are potential leaders of healthy behavior changes in their families. Culturally tailored programs are needed to support behavior changes within families, including Latino families; however, there have been few father-focused nutrition programs for Latino families. This study evaluated the immediate effects of ¡Haz Espacio Para Papi! (Make Room for Daddy!; HEPP), a six-week, father-focused, family-centered program focused on nutrition and physical activity near the Texas-Mexico border. A modified stepped-wedge study design included a treatment group for the HEPP pilot and a wait-listed control group. Pre/post-tests included instant skin carotenoid scores, the self-reported dietary intake of fruits and vegetables (FV), and healthy dietary behavior scores (HDBSs). A 2 × 2 mixed analysis of variance evaluated changes in outcomes across time and between groups for 42 fathers with pre/post-test measures. There were no statistically significant changes in fathers' VM scores and FV intake across time or between groups. Fathers' HDBSs increased across time (p ≤ 0.01, 95% CI [0.23, 1.38]). Age, educational attainment, and the number of children living in the household did not have a significant effect on the program outcomes (p > 0.05). The HEPP program may guide the design of future father-focused nutrition interventions aimed at dietary behavior changes.
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- Annika Vahk
- Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Program, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane, WA 99202, USA;
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- Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Program, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane, WA 99202, USA;
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- Nutrition and Foods Program, School of Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA;
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- School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA;
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Hannan KE, Bourque SL, Passarella M, Radack J, Formanowski B, Lorch SA, Hwang SS. The association of maternal country/region of origin and nativity with infant mortality rate among Hispanic preterm infants. J Perinatol 2024; 44:179-186. [PMID: 38233581 DOI: 10.1038/s41372-024-01875-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Among US-born preterm infants of Hispanic mothers, we analyzed the unadjusted and adjusted infant mortality rate (IMR) by country/region of origin and maternal nativity status. STUDY DESIGN Using linked national US birth and death certificate data (2005-2014), we examined preterm infants of Hispanic mothers by subgroup and nativity. Clinical and sociodemographic covariates were included and the main outcome was death in the first year of life. RESULTS In our cohort of 891,216 preterm Hispanic infants, we demonstrated different rates of infant mortality by country and region of origin, but no difference between infants of Hispanic mothers who were US vs. foreign-born. CONCLUSION These findings highlight the need to disaggregate the heterogenous Hispanic birthing population into regional and national origin groups to better understand unique factors associated with adverse perinatal outcomes in order to develop more targeted interventions for these subgroups.
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- Kathleen E Hannan
- Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, USA.
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- Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, USA
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Ingram M, Wilkinson-Lee AM, Mantina NM, Velasco M, Coronado G, Gallegos M, Carvajal SC. A Community-Based Participatory Approach in Applying the Sociocultural Resilience Model in U.S-Mexico Border Communities. Prog Community Health Partnersh 2024; 18:131-139. [PMID: 38661834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND Behavioral models play a key role in identifying pathways to better health and provide a foundation for health promotion interventions. However, behavioral models based in epidemiological research may be limited in relevance and utility in practice. OBJECTIVES We describe a participatory approach within a community-based participatory research partnership for integrating epidemiological and community perspectives into the application of the sociocultural resilience model (SRM). The SRM posits that cultural processes have a symbiotic relationship with health-promoting social processes, which contribute to the health advantages among Mexicanorigin and other Latinx populations. METHODS Community action board members engaged with academic partners to interpret and apply the SRM to a community-clinical linkages intervention implemented in the context of three U.S.-Mexico border communities. In a two-day workshop, partners engaged in a series of iterative discussions to reach common definitions and measures for SRM constructs. RESULTS Partners described daily cultural processes as the food they eat, how they communicate, and a collectivist approach to getting things done. For intervention activities, the partners opted for intergenerational storytelling, sharing of food, and artistic forms of expression. Partners included measures of cultural nuances such as border identity and the complexities that often arise from navigating bicultural norms. CONCLUSIONS Collaborative approaches within community-based participatory research partnerships can facilitate the adaptation and measurement of conceptual health behavior models in community practice.
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Parker-Collins W, Njie F, Goodman DA, Cox S, Chang J, Petersen EE, Beauregard JL. Pregnancy-Related Deaths by Hispanic Origin, United States, 2009-2018. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2023; 32:1320-1327. [PMID: 37672570 PMCID: PMC11002520 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Objective: To describe pregnancy-related mortality among Hispanic people by place of origin (country or region of Hispanic ancestry), 2009-2018. Materials and Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study of pregnancy-related deaths among Hispanic people, stratified by place of origin (Central or South America, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Other and Unknown Hispanic), using Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System data, 2009-2018. We describe distributions of pregnancy-related deaths and pregnancy-related mortality ratios (number of pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births) overall and by place of origin for select demographic and clinical characteristics. Results: For 2009-2018, the overall pregnancy-related mortality ratio among Hispanic people was 11.5 pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births (95% confidence intervals [CI]: 10.8-12.2). In general, pregnancy-related mortality ratios were higher among older age groups (i.e., 35 years and older) and lower among those with higher educational attainment (i.e., college degree or higher). Approximately two in five pregnancy-related deaths among Hispanic people occurred on the day of delivery through 6 days postpartum. Place of origin-specific pregnancy-related mortality ratios ranged from 9.6 (95% CI: 5.8-15.0) among people of Cuban origin to 15.3 (95% CI: 12.4-18.3) among people of Puerto Rican origin. Hemorrhage and infection were the most frequent causes of pregnancy-related deaths overall among Hispanic people. People of Puerto Rican origin had a higher proportion of deaths because of cardiomyopathy. Conclusions: We identified differences in pregnancy-related mortality by place of origin among Hispanic people that can help inform prevention of pregnancy-related deaths.
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- Wilda Parker-Collins
- Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Public Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Public Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Public Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Public Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Public Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Public Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- U.S. Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Public Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- U.S. Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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Nakatsuka N, Holguin B, Sedig J, Langenwalter PE, Carpenter J, Culleton BJ, García-Moreno C, Harper TK, Martin D, Martínez-Ramírez J, Porcayo-Michelini A, Tiesler V, Villapando-Canchola ME, Valdes Herrera A, Callan K, Curtis E, Kearns A, Iliev L, Lawson AM, Mah M, Mallick S, Micco A, Michel M, Workman JN, Oppenheimer J, Qiu L, Zalzala F, Rohland N, Punzo Diaz JL, Johnson JR, Reich D. Genetic continuity and change among the Indigenous peoples of California. Nature 2023; 624:122-129. [PMID: 37993721 PMCID: PMC10872549 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06771-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Before the colonial period, California harboured more language variation than all of Europe, and linguistic and archaeological analyses have led to many hypotheses to explain this diversity1. We report genome-wide data from 79 ancient individuals from California and 40 ancient individuals from Northern Mexico dating to 7,400-200 years before present (BP). Our analyses document long-term genetic continuity between people living on the Northern Channel Islands of California and the adjacent Santa Barbara mainland coast from 7,400 years BP to modern Chumash groups represented by individuals who lived around 200 years BP. The distinctive genetic lineages that characterize present-day and ancient people from Northwest Mexico increased in frequency in Southern and Central California by 5,200 years BP, providing evidence for northward migrations that are candidates for spreading Uto-Aztecan languages before the dispersal of maize agriculture from Mexico2-4. Individuals from Baja California share more alleles with the earliest individual from Central California in the dataset than with later individuals from Central California, potentially reflecting an earlier linguistic substrate, whose impact on local ancestry was diluted by later migrations from inland regions1,5. After 1,600 years BP, ancient individuals from the Channel Islands lived in communities with effective sizes similar to those in pre-agricultural Caribbean and Patagonia, and smaller than those on the California mainland and in sampled regions of Mexico.
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- Nathan Nakatsuka
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Sonora, Hermosillo, México
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- Institute of Energy and the Environment, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Institute of Energy and the Environment, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
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- Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas, Mérida, México
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Wolwowicz-Lopez E, Boniface E, Díaz-Anaya S, Cornejo-Torres Y, Darney BG. Awareness of the public charge, confidence in knowledge, and the use of public healthcare programs among Mexican-origin Oregon Latino/as. Int J Equity Health 2023; 22:212. [PMID: 37817208 PMCID: PMC10566138 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-023-02027-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE We describe awareness about the modified "public charge" rule among Oregon's Mexican-origin Latino/a population and whether concerns about the rule influenced disenrollment from state-funded programs, which do not fall under the public charge. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of adults (ages 18-59) recruited at the Mexican consulate and living in the state of Oregon. Our outcomes were awareness (of the public charge, source of knowledge, and confidence in knowledge of the public charge) and disenrolling self or family members from state-funded public healthcare programs due to concerns about the rule. We described outcomes and used logistic regression and calculated adjusted probabilities to identify factors associated with awareness of the public charge. RESULTS Of 498 Latino/a respondents, 48% reported awareness of the public charge. Among those who knew about the public charge, 14.6% had disenrolled themselves or family members from public healthcare programs and 12.1% were hesitant to seek care due to concerns about the public charge. Younger respondents had a lower adjusted probability of awareness of the public charge (18-24 years: 15.6% (95% CI 3.1-28.2); 30-39 years 54.9% (95% CI 47.7-62.0). Higher education was associated with a higher adjusted probability of awareness of the public charge; ability to speak English was not associated with awareness of the public charge. CONCLUSION Our study reveals limited awareness about the public charge among Mexican-origin Oregon Latino/as. Outreach and advocacy are essential to ensure Latino/as know their rights to access available state-funded healthcare programs.
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- Edlyn Wolwowicz-Lopez
- Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
- OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, 506 SW Mill St, Portland, OR, 97201, USA.
- National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Center for Population Health (CISP), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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Bilani N, Itani M, Soweid L, Iska S, Bertasi T, Bertasi R, Yaghi M, Mohanna M, Dominguez B, Saravia D, Alley E, Nahleh Z, Arteta-Bulos R. Geographic Origin may Affect Outcomes for Hispanic Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the United States. Clin Lung Cancer 2023; 24:e219-e225. [PMID: 37271715 DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2023.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Social determinants of health thoroughly explored in the literature include insurance status, race, and ethnicity. There are over 50 million self-identifying Hispanics in the United States. This, however, represents a heterogeneous population. We used a national registry to investigate for significant differences in outcomes of Hispanic patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the Unites states, by geographic region of origin. MATERIALS AND METHODS We identified a cohort of Hispanic patients in the Unites states with NSCLC for which region of origin was documented within the 2004 to 2016 National Cancer Database (NCDB) registry. This included patients from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, South and Central America, and the Dominican Republic. We performed multivariate logistic regression modeling to determine whether origin was a significant predictor of cancer staging at diagnosis, adjusting for age, sex, histology, grade, insurance status, and facility type. Race was not included due to a nonsignificant association with stage at diagnosis at the bivariate level in this cohort. Subsequently, we used Kaplan-Meier modeling to identify whether overall survival (OS) of Hispanic patients differed by origin. RESULTS A total of 12,557 Hispanic patients with NSCLC were included in this analysis. The breakdown by origin was as follows: n = 2071 (16.5%) Cuban, n = 2360 (18.8%) Puerto Rican, n = 4950 (39.4%) Mexican, n = 2329 (18.5%) from South or Central America, and n = 847 (6.7%) from the Dominican Republic. After controlling for age, sex, histology, grade, insurance status and treating facility type, we found that geographic origin was a significant predictor of advanced stage at diagnosis (P = .015). Compared to Cubans, patients of Puerto Rican origin were less likely to present with advanced disease (68.4% vs. 71.9%; OR: 0.82; 95%CI: 0.69-0.98; P = .026). We also identified a significant (log-rank P-value<.001) difference in OS by geographic origin, even at early-stages of diagnosis. Dominican patients with NSCLC exhibited the highest 5-year OS rate (63.3%), followed by patients from South/Central America (59.7%), Puerto Rico (52.3%), Mexico (45.9%), and Cuba (43.8%). CONCLUSION This study showed that for Hispanic individuals living in the Unites states, region/country of origin is significantly associated with outcomes, even after accounting for other known determinants of health. We suggest that region of origin should be studied further as a potential determinant of outcomes in patients with cancer.
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- Nadeem Bilani
- Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside-West, New York, NY.
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maroone Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maroone Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside-West, New York, NY
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside-West, New York, NY
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maroone Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maroone Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maroone Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maroone Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maroone Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maroone Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maroone Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
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Cheney AM, Ortiz G, Trinidad A, Rodriguez S, Moran A, Gonzalez A, Chavez J, Pozar M. Latinx and Indigenous Mexican Caregivers' Perspectives of the Salton Sea Environment on Children's Asthma, Respiratory Health, and Co-Presenting Health Conditions. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:6023. [PMID: 37297627 PMCID: PMC10252982 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20116023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
This research investigated Latinx and Indigenous Mexican caregivers' perspectives of the Salton Sea's environment (e.g., dust concentrations and other toxins) on child health conditions. The Salton Sea is a highly saline drying lakebed located in the Inland Southern California desert borderland region and is surrounded by agricultural fields. Children of Latinx and Indigenous Mexican immigrant families are especially vulnerable to the Salton Sea's environmental impact on chronic health conditions due to their proximity to the Salton Sea and structural vulnerability. From September 2020 to February 2021, we conducted semi-structured interviews and focus groups with a total of 36 Latinx and Indigenous Mexican caregivers of children with asthma or respiratory distress living along the Salton Sea. A community investigator trained in qualitative research conducted interviews in Spanish or Purépecha, an indigenous language spoken by immigrants from Michoacán, Mexico. Template and matrix analysis was used to identify themes and patterns across interviews and focus groups. Participants characterized the Salton Sea's environment as toxic, marked by exposure to sulfuric smells, dust storms, chemicals, and fires, all of which contribute to children's chronic health conditions (e.g., respiratory illnesses such as asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia, co-presenting with allergies and nosebleeds). The findings have important environmental public health significance for structurally vulnerable child populations in the United States and globally.
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- Ann Marie Cheney
- Department of Social Medicine Population and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Social Medicine Population and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Conchita Servicios de la Comunidad, Mecca, CA 92254, USA
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Morales M, Ingram M, Coulter KM, Nuño T, Wilkinson-Lee AM, Guernsey De Zapien JE, Carvajal S. Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Mexican-Origin Adults in a Community Sample at the US Mexico Border Region. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:6017. [PMID: 37297621 PMCID: PMC10252936 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20116017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Using baseline data from three partnering federally qualified health centers, we examined factors associated with depressive symptoms among Mexican-origin adults at risk of chronic disease living in three counties in Southern Arizona (i.e., Pima, Yuma, and Santa Cruz). Multivariable linear regression models identified correlates of depressive symptoms for this population controlling for sociodemographic characteristics. Among 206 participants, 85.9% were female and 49% were between 45 and 64 years of age. The proportion of depressive symptoms was 26.8%. Low levels of physical pain and high levels of hope and social support were also reported. Physical pain was positively and significantly related to depressive symptoms (β = 0.22; 95% CI = 0.13, 0.30). Conversely, hope was negatively and significantly associated with depressive symptoms (β = -0.53; 95% CI = -0.78, -0.29). A better understanding of factors related to depressive symptoms among Mexican-origin adults is necessary to fulfill their mental health needs, as well as to achieve health equity and to eliminate health disparities in the US-Mexico border region.
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- Mario Morales
- Arizona Prevention Research Center, Health Promotion Sciences Department, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Arizona Prevention Research Center, Health Promotion Sciences Department, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Population Research Center, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Arizona Prevention Research Center, Health Promotion Sciences Department, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Arizona Prevention Research Center, Health Promotion Sciences Department, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
- Department of Mexican American Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Arizona Prevention Research Center, Health Promotion Sciences Department, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Arizona Prevention Research Center, Health Promotion Sciences Department, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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Ayala GX, Canale K, Ibarra L, Parada H, Crespo NC, Pérez R, Horton LA, Cherrington A. Facilitators of peer leader retention within a Type 2 diabetes intervention trial for US Latinos/Hispanics of Mexican origin. Health Educ Res 2023; 38:204-219. [PMID: 36848036 PMCID: PMC10203040 DOI: 10.1093/her/cyad006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Peer support is effective in improving self-management behaviors and health outcomes among individuals with Type 2 diabetes. Volunteer peer support programs offer a cost-effective resource for diabetes self-management support; however, factors affecting the retention of volunteer peer leaders remain understudied. Herein, we examined factors associated with volunteer retention and satisfaction among 34 predominantly Mexican-origin peer leaders who assisted patients from a Federally Qualified Health Center located on the US/Mexico border with their diabetes management. Peer leaders completed surveys with open- and close-ended questions at baseline, 6 months and 12 months. Quantitative and qualitative data analyses were guided by the Volunteer Process Model. Using nonparametric Mann-Whitney U tests, self-efficacy as a peer leader at 6 months was most associated with interest to continue volunteering (P = 0.01), and satisfaction with support from the program at 12 months was most associated with interest to continue volunteering (P = 0.01). The qualitative data indicated that the relationship between the peer leaders and their patients was the primary factor for a satisfying volunteer experience. Future research should focus on increasing peer leaders' self-efficacy and satisfaction with program support and examine how organizations can support the development of the patient-peer relationship. Practitioners should consider appealing to volunteer peers' motivations to promote their retention.
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- G X Ayala
- School of Public Health, Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 221, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
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- School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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- Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 221, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
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- School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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- School of Public Health, Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 221, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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- Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 221, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
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- Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1717 11th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
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Elias S, Turkson‐Ocran R, Koirala B, Byiringiro S, Baptiste D, Himmelfarb CR, Commodore‐Mensah Y. Heterogeneity in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Latino Immigrant Subgroups: Evidence From the 2010 to 2018 National Health Interview Survey. J Am Heart Assoc 2023; 12:e027433. [PMID: 37158060 PMCID: PMC10227289 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.027433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Background The Latino population is a growing and diverse share of the US population. Previous studies have examined Latino immigrants as a homogenous group. The authors hypothesized that there would be heterogeneity in cardiovascular disease risk factors among Latino immigrant subgroups (from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Central America, or South America) compared with non-Latino White adults. Methods and Results A cross-sectional analysis of the 2010 to 2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) among 548 739 individuals was performed. Generalized linear models with Poisson distribution were fitted to compare the prevalence of self-reported hypertension, overweight/obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, physical inactivity, and current smoking, adjusting for known confounders. The authors included 474 968 non-Latino White adults and 73 771 Latino immigrants from Mexico (59%), Puerto Rico (7%), Cuba (6%), Dominican Republic (5%), Central America (15%), and South America (9%). Compared with White adults, Mexican immigrants had the highest prevalence of overweight/obesity (prevalence ratio [PR], 1.17 [95% CI, 1.15-1.19]); Puerto Rican individuals had the highest prevalence of diabetes (PR, 1.63 [95% CI, 1.45-1.83]); individuals from Central America had the highest prevalence of high cholesterol (PR, 1.16 [95% CI, 1.04-1.28]); and individuals from the Dominican Republic had the highest prevalence of physical inactivity (PR, 1.25 [95% CI, 1.18-1.32]). All Latino immigrant subgroups were less likely to be smokers than White adults. Conclusions The authors observed advantages and disparities in cardiovascular disease risk factors among Latino immigrants. Aggregating data on Latino individuals may mask differences in cardiovascular disease risk and hinder efforts to reduce health disparities in this population. Study findings provide Latino group-specific actionable information and targets for improving cardiovascular health.
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- Division of General MedicineBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMA
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- Johns Hopkins School of NursingBaltimoreMD
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimoreMD
- Johns Hopkins School of MedicineBaltimoreMD
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- Johns Hopkins School of NursingBaltimoreMD
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimoreMD
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Clark P, Mendoza-Gutiérrez CF, Montiel-Ojeda D, Denova-Gutiérrez E, López-González D, Moreno-Altamirano L, Reyes A. A Healthy Diet Is Not More Expensive than Less Healthy Options: Cost-Analysis of Different Dietary Patterns in Mexican Children and Adolescents. Nutrients 2021; 13:3871. [PMID: 34836126 PMCID: PMC8624608 DOI: 10.3390/nu13113871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Unhealthy diets are recognized as a major risk factor for many diseases. The decrease in costs of industrialized products, as well as the possible misinformation about a healthy diet, has led to new behaviors in the dietary patterns of the pediatric population. The costs of dietary patterns have not been estimated in our population, so the objective of this study was to determine the cost associated with dietary patterns in Mexican children and adolescents, hypothesizing that a healthy diet is not necessarily more economically expensive. This study analyzed data from a population-based cross-sectional study of healthy children and adolescents in Mexico City. Data were collected from a food frequency questionnaire and the meal cost of habitual food shopping. Eating patterns were obtained by using principal component analysis. A micro-costing technique was performed to obtain the direct costs of each pattern. When comparing the healthy pattern with the transition and non-healthy patterns, it was observed that there were no statistically significant differences between the dietary patterns (p = 0.8293). The cost of the healthy pattern only takes up 16.6% of the total biweekly income of a salaried Mexican. In this study, no differences were observed between the costs of a healthy and a less healthy diet.
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- Patricia Clark
- Clinical Epidemiology Research Unit, Children’s Hospital of Mexico Federico Gomez-Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (P.C.); (D.M.-O.); (D.L.-G.)
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- Clinical Epidemiology Research Unit, Children’s Hospital of Mexico Federico Gomez-Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (P.C.); (D.M.-O.); (D.L.-G.)
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- Clinical Epidemiology Research Unit, Children’s Hospital of Mexico Federico Gomez-Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (P.C.); (D.M.-O.); (D.L.-G.)
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- Nutrition and Health Research Center, Public Health National Institute, Cuernavaca 62000, Mexico;
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- Clinical Epidemiology Research Unit, Children’s Hospital of Mexico Federico Gomez-Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (P.C.); (D.M.-O.); (D.L.-G.)
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM, Mexico City 04510, Mexico;
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- Center for Economic and Social Studies in Health, Children’s Hospital of Mexico Federico Gomez, Mexico City 06720, Mexico;
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Rodilitz S, Kaplan EH. Snapshot Models of Undocumented Immigration. Risk Anal 2021; 41:1643-1661. [PMID: 33373472 DOI: 10.1111/risa.13658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Accurately estimating the size of the undocumented immigrant population is a critical component of assessing the health and security risks of undocumented immigration to the United States. To provide one such estimate, we use data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP), a study that includes samples of undocumented Mexican immigrants to the United States after their return to Mexico. Of particular interest are the departure and return dates of a sampled migrant's most recent sojourn in the United States, and the total number of such journeys undertaken by that migrant household, for these data enable the construction of data-driven undocumented immigration models. However, such data are subject to an extreme physical bias, for to be included in such a sample, a migrant must have returned to Mexico by the time of the survey, excluding those undocumented immigrants still in the United States. In our analysis, we account for this bias by jointly modeling trip timing and duration to produce the likelihood of observing the data in such a "snapshot" sample. Our analysis characterizes undocumented migration flows including single-visit migrants, repeat visitors, and "retirement" from circular migration. Starting with 1987, we apply our models to 30 annual random snapshot surveys of returned undocumented Mexican migrants accounting for undocumented Mexican migration from 1980 to 2016. Scaling to population quantities and supplementing our analysis of southern border crossings with estimates of visa overstays, we produce lower bounds on the total number of undocumented immigrants that are much larger than conventional estimates based on U.S.-based census-linked surveys, and broadly consistent with the more recent estimates reported by Fazel-Zarandi, Feinstein, and Kaplan.
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- Yale School of Management, Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Favela-Mendoza AF, Fricke-Galindo I, Cuevas-Sánchez WF, Aguilar-Velázquez JA, Martínez-Cortés G, Rangel-Villalobos H. Population diversity of three variants of the SLC47A2 gene (MATE2-K transporter) in Mexican Mestizos and Native Americans. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:6343-6348. [PMID: 34383246 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06628-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND MATE2-K is an efflux transporter protein of organic cation expressed mainly in the kidney and encoded by the SLC47A2 gene. Different variants of this gene have shown an impact on the pharmacokinetics of various drugs, including metformin, which represents one of the most widely used drugs in treating type 2 diabetes. The SLC47A2 gene variants have been scarcely studied in Mexican populations, especially in Native American groups. For this reason, we analyzed the distribution of the variants rs12943590, rs35263947, and rs9900497 within the SLC47A2 gene in 173 Native Americans (Tarahumara, Huichol, Maya, Puerépecha) and 182 Mestizos (admixed) individuals from Mexico. METHODS AND RESULTS Genotypes were determined through TaqMan probes (qPCR). The Hardy-Weinberg agreement was confirmed for all three SLC47A2 gene variants in all the Mexican populations analyzed. When worldwide populations were included for comparison purposes, for alleles and genotypes a relative interpopulation homogeneity was observed for rs35263947 (T allele; range 23.3-51.1%) and rs9900497 (T allele; range 18.6-40.9%). Conversely, heterogeneity was evident for rs12943590 (A allele, range 22.1-59.1%), where the most differentiated population was the Huichol, with high frequencies of the risk genotype associated with decreased response to metformin treatment (A/A = 40.9%). CONCLUSIONS Although the SLC47A2 gene variants allow predicting favorable response to the metformin treatment in Mexican populations, the probable high frequency of ineffectiveness should be discarded in Huichols.
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- Alma Faviola Favela-Mendoza
- Instituto de Investigación en Genética Molecular, Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara (CUCiénega-UdeG), Av. Universidad, No. 1115, Col. Lindavista, CP. 47810, Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
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- HLA Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villega, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigación en Genética Molecular, Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara (CUCiénega-UdeG), Av. Universidad, No. 1115, Col. Lindavista, CP. 47810, Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigación en Genética Molecular, Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara (CUCiénega-UdeG), Av. Universidad, No. 1115, Col. Lindavista, CP. 47810, Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigación en Genética Molecular, Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara (CUCiénega-UdeG), Av. Universidad, No. 1115, Col. Lindavista, CP. 47810, Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigación en Genética Molecular, Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara (CUCiénega-UdeG), Av. Universidad, No. 1115, Col. Lindavista, CP. 47810, Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
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Cabrera LY, Kelly P, Vega IE. Knowledge and Attitudes of two Latino Groups about Alzheimer Disease: a Qualitative Study. J Cross Cult Gerontol 2021; 36:265-284. [PMID: 34196838 PMCID: PMC8421275 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-021-09432-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Clustering Latinos under a single group in Alzheimer Disease (AD) research, neglects, among other things cultural and environmental differences. To address this, we examine knowledge and attitudes about AD among two Latino groups. We held 5 focus groups and 2 interviews all in Spanish with Mexicans and Puerto Ricans between 40 and 60 years old living in the Grand Rapids area in Michigan. Using content analysis of the discussions, we identified themes related to knowledge, attitudes and concerns about AD and caregiving. A total of 20 Mexicans and 9 Puerto Ricans participated. Improving knowledge and awareness, barriers and home-based family care were important themes in both Latino groups. Puerto Rican groups raised more concerns about the disease, whereas lack of knowledge was a key theme among Mexican participants. The exploratory study is a first step in promoting research that is attentive to the commonalities and differences of Latino groups and in continuing efforts to enhance health literacy among these groups.
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- Laura Y Cabrera
- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Center for Neural Engineering, College of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, W-316 Millennium Science Complex, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
- Rock Ethics Institute and Huck Institute of Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
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- College of Natural Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Translational Neuroscience, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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Aguilar-Ordoñez I, Pérez-Villatoro F, García-Ortiz H, Barajas-Olmos F, Ballesteros-Villascán J, González-Buenfil R, Fresno C, Garcíarrubio A, Fernández-López JC, Tovar H, Hernández-Lemus E, Orozco L, Soberón X, Morett E. Whole genome variation in 27 Mexican indigenous populations, demographic and biomedical insights. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0249773. [PMID: 33831079 PMCID: PMC8031408 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
There has been limited study of Native American whole genome diversity to date, which impairs effective implementation of personalized medicine and a detailed description of its demographic history. Here we report high coverage whole genome sequencing of 76 unrelated individuals, from 27 indigenous groups across Mexico, with more than 97% average Native American ancestry. On average, each individual has 3.26 million Single Nucleotide Variants and short indels, that together comprise a catalog of 9,737,152 variants, 44,118 of which are novel. We report 497 common Single Nucleotide Variants (with allele frequency > 5%) mapped to drug responses and 316,577 in enhancer or promoter elements; interestingly we found some of these enhancer variants in PPARG, a nuclear receptor involved in highly prevalent health problems in Mexican population, such as obesity, diabetes, and insulin resistance. By detecting signals of positive selection we report 24 enriched key pathways under selection, most of them related to immune mechanisms. No missense variants in ACE2, the receptor responsible for the entry of the SARS CoV-2 virus, were found in any individual. Population genomics and phylogenetic analyses demonstrated stratification in a Northern-Central-Southern axis, with major substructure in the Central region. The Seri, a northern group with the most genetic divergence in our study, showed a distinctive genomic context with the most novel variants, and the most population specific genotypes. Genome-wide analysis showed that the average haplotype blocks are longer in Native Mexicans than in other world populations. With this dataset we describe previously undetected population level variation in Native Mexicans, helping to reduce the gap in genomic data representation of such groups.
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- Israel Aguilar-Ordoñez
- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
- Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
- Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Mexico City, México
- Winter Genomics, Mexico City, México
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- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, México
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- Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Mexico City, México
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- Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
- Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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Tsang CA, Langer AJ, Kammerer JS, Navin TR. US Tuberculosis Rates among Persons Born Outside the United States Compared with Rates in Their Countries of Birth, 2012-2016 1. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 26:533-540. [PMID: 32091367 PMCID: PMC7045845 DOI: 10.3201/eid2603.190974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends screening populations at increased risk for tuberculosis (TB), including persons born in countries with high TB rates. This approach assumes that TB risk for expatriates living in the United States is representative of TB risk in their countries of birth. We compared US TB rates by country of birth with corresponding country rates by calculating incidence rate ratios (IRRs) (World Health Organization rate/US rate). The median IRR was 5.4. The median IRR was 0.5 for persons who received a TB diagnosis <1 year after US entry, 4.9 at 1 to <10 years, and 10.0 at >10 years. Our analysis suggests that World Health Organization TB rates are not representative of TB risk among expatriates in the United States and that TB testing prioritization in the United States might better be based on US rates by country of birth and years in the United States.
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Rodríguez-Labrada R, Martins AC, Magaña JJ, Vazquez-Mojena Y, Medrano-Montero J, Fernandez-Ruíz J, Cisneros B, Teive H, McFarland KN, Saraiva-Pereira ML, Cerecedo-Zapata CM, Gomez CM, Ashizawa T, Velázquez-Pérez L, Jardim LB. Founder Effects of Spinocerebellar Ataxias in the American Continents and the Caribbean. Cerebellum 2021; 19:446-458. [PMID: 32086717 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-020-01109-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) comprise a heterogeneous group of autosomal dominant disorders. The relative frequency of the different SCA subtypes varies broadly among different geographical and ethnic groups as result of genetic drifts. This review aims to provide an update regarding SCA founders in the American continents and the Caribbean as well as to discuss characteristics of these populations. Clusters of SCAs were detected in Eastern regions of Cuba for SCA2, in South Brazil for SCA3/MJD, and in Southeast regions of Mexico for SCA7. Prevalence rates were obtained and reached 154 (municipality of Báguano, Cuba), 166 (General Câmara, Brazil), and 423 (Tlaltetela, Mexico) patients/100,000 for SCA2, SCA3/MJD, and SCA7, respectively. In contrast, the scattered families with spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) reported all over North and South Americas have been associated to a common Native American ancestry that may have risen in East Asia and migrated to Americas 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. The comprehensive review showed that for each of these SCAs corresponded at least the development of one study group with a large production of scientific evidence often generalizable to all carriers of these conditions. Clusters of SCA populations in the American continents and the Caribbean provide unusual opportunity to gain insights into clinical and genetic characteristics of these disorders. Furthermore, the presence of large populations of patients living close to study centers can favor the development of meaningful clinical trials, which will impact on therapies and on quality of life of SCA carriers worldwide.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, 91540-070, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Laboratory of Genomic Medicine, National Rehabilitation Institute (INR-LGII), 14389, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Centre for the Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias, 80100, Holguín, Cuba
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Center of Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), 07360, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Clínicas Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 80240-440, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, 91540-070, Brazil
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-903, Brazil
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-903, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Laboratory of Genomic Medicine, National Rehabilitation Institute (INR-LGII), 14389, Mexico City, Mexico
- Rehabilitation and Social Inclusion Center of Veracruz (CRIS-DIF), Xalapa, 91070, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Program of Neuroscience, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Centre for the Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias, 80100, Holguín, Cuba.
- Cuban Academy of Sciences, 10100, La Havana, Cuba.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, 91540-070, Brazil
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-903, Brazil
- Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-903, Brazil
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Jilg N, Lau ES, Baker MA, Levy BD, Loscalzo J. A Treacherous Course. N Engl J Med 2021; 384:860-865. [PMID: 33657298 DOI: 10.1056/nejmcps2020668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Nikolaus Jilg
- From the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (N.J., E.S.L., M.A.B., B.D.L., J.L.), the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (N.J.), and the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (M.A.B.) - all in Boston
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- From the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (N.J., E.S.L., M.A.B., B.D.L., J.L.), the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (N.J.), and the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (M.A.B.) - all in Boston
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- From the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (N.J., E.S.L., M.A.B., B.D.L., J.L.), the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (N.J.), and the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (M.A.B.) - all in Boston
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- From the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (N.J., E.S.L., M.A.B., B.D.L., J.L.), the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (N.J.), and the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (M.A.B.) - all in Boston
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- From the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (N.J., E.S.L., M.A.B., B.D.L., J.L.), the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (N.J.), and the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (M.A.B.) - all in Boston
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Aylward LL, Schneider KL, Sanchez-Johnsen L. Misreporting Weight and Height Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Men. Am J Mens Health 2021; 15:15579883211001198. [PMID: 33759632 PMCID: PMC7995458 DOI: 10.1177/15579883211001198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Most obesity prevalence data rely on self-report, which typically differs when compared to objectively measured height, weight, and body mass index (BMI). Given that Latino men have high rates of obesity in the United States and demonstrate greater misreporting compared to Caucasian men, examining the factors that contribute to misreporting among Latino men is warranted. This study examined BMI, Latino ethnic background (Mexican or Puerto Rican), and social desirability in relation to misreporting of BMI, as defined as the discrepancy between self-reported and measured height and weight, in Latino men. Participants were 203 adult Mexican and Puerto Rican men, average age 39.41 years, who participated in a larger study. Participants self-reported their weight and height, had their weight and height objectively measured, and completed a measure of social desirability. Measured BMI was the strongest predictor of misreporting BMI, such that the greater the participants' BMI, the greater the discrepancy in BMI (p < .001). Misreporting of BMI did not vary based on ethnic background, and measured BMI did not moderate the relationship between social desirability and misreporting of BMI. When normative error was distinguished from misreporting in post-hoc analyses, results showed that only 34.5% of participants demonstrated misreporting. Findings highlight the importance of identifying normative error when examining misreporting in order to improve the accuracy of self-reported BMI data. Future research on misreporting for Latino men should include weight awareness, acculturation, and length of U.S. residency as these variables may be related to self-reported weight and height.
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- Laura L. Aylward
- Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Surgery, and Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Willroth EC, Atherton OE, Robins RW. Life satisfaction trajectories during adolescence and the transition to young adulthood: Findings from a longitudinal study of Mexican-origin youth. J Pers Soc Psychol 2021; 120:192-205. [PMID: 32271086 PMCID: PMC7544637 DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Despite the importance of life satisfaction for health and well-being, there is a paucity of longitudinal studies tracking changes in life satisfaction in ethnic minority youth. In a sample of 674 Mexican-origin youth, the present research examined life satisfaction trajectories from middle (age 14) to late adolescence (age 17) and from late adolescence to young adulthood (age 21). On average, life satisfaction did not change significantly from age 14 to 17, and then decreased from age 17 to 21 (d = .30), perhaps reflecting difficulties transitioning into adult roles. Drawing on ecological systems theory, we examined both proximal (i.e., family) and distal (i.e., social-contextual) environmental factors (measured via self- and parent-reports) that may account for between-person variation in life satisfaction trajectories. Youth with more positive family environments in middle adolescence (age 14) had higher mean life satisfaction from middle adolescence to young adulthood (age 21). In contrast, youth with more negative family environments and who experienced greater economic hardship and more ethnic discrimination in middle adolescence (age 14) had lower life satisfaction during this period. Many of these factors also predicted change in life satisfaction from middle (age 14) to late adolescence (age 17), but not from late adolescence to young adulthood (age 21). This research extends the current understanding of life satisfaction during a critical developmental period in an understudied population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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Townsend MS, Shilts MK, Lanoue L, Drake C, Rios LKD, Styne DM, Keim NL, Ontai L. Obesity Risk Assessment Tool for Low-Income Spanish Speaking Immigrant Parents with Young Children: Validity with BMI and Biomarkers of Obesity. Nutrients 2020; 12:E3582. [PMID: 33266497 PMCID: PMC7700341 DOI: 10.3390/nu12113582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Children of Hispanic origin bear a high risk of obesity. Child weight gain trajectories are influenced by the family environment, including parent feeding practices. Excessive body fat can result in unhealthful metabolic and lipid profiles and increased risk of metabolic diseases. The objective was to estimate criterion validity of an obesity risk assessment tool targeting Spanish-speaking families of Mexican origin using anthropometric measures and blood values of their young children. A cross-sectional study design with five data collection sessions was conducted over an eight-week period and involved 206 parent/child dyads recruited at Head Start and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children in Northern California. Main outcome measures were criterion validity of Niños Sanos, a pediatric obesity risk assessment tool, using anthropometric measures and blood biomarkers. Niños Sanos scores were inversely related to child BMI-for-age percentiles (p = 0.02), waist-for-height ratios (p = 0.05) and inversely related to blood biomarkers for the metabolic index (p = 0.03) and lipid index (p = 0.05) and positively related to anti-inflammatory index (p = 0.047). Overall, children with higher Niños Sanos scores had more healthful lipid, metabolic and inflammatory profiles, as well as lower BMI-for-age percentiles and waist-to height ratios, providing evidence for the criterion validity of the tool. Niños Sanos can be used by child obesity researchers, by counselors and medical professionals during clinic visits as a screening tool and by educators as a tool to set goals for behavior change.
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- Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition, Food & Dietetics Program, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95819, USA;
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA;
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- Department of Statistics, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA;
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- Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Public Health Department, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA;
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- Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA;
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- USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA;
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- Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA;
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Arcury TA, Trejo G, Moore D, Howard TD, Quandt SA, Ip EH, Sandberg JC. "It's Worse to Breathe It Than to Smoke It": Secondhand Smoke Beliefs in a Group of Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:E8630. [PMID: 33233697 PMCID: PMC7699747 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17228630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This analysis describes beliefs about secondhand smoke and its health effects held by Mexican and Central American immigrants in North Carolina. Data from 60 semistructured, in-depth interviews were subjected to saliency analysis. Participant discussions of secondhand smoke centered on four domains: (1) familiarity and definition of secondhand smoke, (2) potency of secondhand smoke, (3) general health effects of secondhand smoke, and (4) child health effects of secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke was generally believed to be more harmful than primary smoke. Mechanisms for the potency and health effects of secondhand smoke involved the smell of secondhand smoke, secondhand smoke being an infection and affecting the immune system, and personal strength being protective of secondhand smoke. Understanding these health beliefs informs a framework for further health education and intervention to reduce smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in this vulnerable population.
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- Thomas A. Arcury
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; (G.T.); (J.C.S.)
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; (G.T.); (J.C.S.)
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- Department of Visual, Performing, & Communication Arts, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC 28216, USA;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA;
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA;
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- Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA;
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; (G.T.); (J.C.S.)
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Infante C, Leyva-Flores R, Gutierrez JP, Quintino-Perez F, Torres-Robles CA, Gomez-Zaldívar M. Rape, transactional sex and related factors among migrants in transit through Mexico to the USA. Cult Health Sex 2020; 22:1145-1160. [PMID: 31682779 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2019.1662088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Migrants in transit through Mexico to the USA are at risk of violence, including sexual violence, during the immigration process. This study sought to identify the socio-demographic factors, migration experiences and health conditions associated with the likelihood of sexual violence. A mixed methods study was conducted between 2012 and 2015. The quantitative phase of the work involved a non-random sample (n = 3539) of migrants who were the users of migrant shelters in Mexico. A probit regression model was used to identify the variables associated with the experience of sexual violence by participants. A total of 58 semi-structured interviews took place with migrants who had either experienced sexual violence or who were acquainted with the sexual violence experienced by other migrants. Of those who experienced any kind of violence, 5.7% reported having experienced sexual violence, with statistically significant differences by gender. According to male migrants, women in transit had the advantage of having an 'entry ticket [to the USA] between their legs'. The dynamics of undocumented transit migration provide multiple opportunities for gender-based inequality and sexual violence. We consider the major underreporting of sexual violence due to the stigma and normalisation of violence, in a social context marked by impunity.
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- Cesar Infante
- Centre for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Centre for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Centre for Policy, Population and Health Research, School of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, México
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- College of Science and Humanities, Autonomous University of Mexico City, Mexico City, México
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- Centre for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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Ghani SB, Delgadillo ME, Granados K, Okuagu AC, Alfonso-Miller P, Buxton OM, Patel SR, Ruiz J, Parthasarathy S, Haynes PL, Molina P, Seixas A, Williams N, Jean-Louis G, Grandner MA. Acculturation Associated with Sleep Duration, Sleep Quality, and Sleep Disorders at the US-Mexico Border. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:ijerph17197138. [PMID: 33003508 PMCID: PMC7579100 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17197138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sleep disparities exist among Hispanics/Latinos, although little work has characterized individuals at the United States (US)-Mexico border, particularly as it relates to acculturation. This study examined the association of Anglo and Mexican acculturation to various facets of sleep health among those of Mexican descent at the US-Mexico border. Data were collected from N = 100 adults of Mexican descent in the city of Nogales, Arizona (AZ). Surveys were presented in English or Spanish. Acculturation was assessed with the Acculturation Scale for Mexican-Americans (ARSMA-II). Insomnia was assessed with the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), sleepiness was assessed with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), sleep apnea risk was assessed with the Multivariable Apnea Prediction (MAP) index, weekday and weekend sleep duration and efficiency were assessed with the Sleep Timing Questionnaire, sleep quality was assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and sleep duration and sleep medication use were assessed with PSQI items. No associations were found between Mexican acculturation and any sleep outcomes in adjusted analyses. Anglo acculturation was associated with less weekend sleep duration and efficiency, worse insomnia severity and sleep quality, and more sleep apnea risk and sleep medication use. These results support the idea that sleep disparities may depend on the degree of acculturation, which should be considered in risk screening and interventions.
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- Sadia B. Ghani
- Sleep Health and Research Program and Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; (M.E.D.); (K.G.); (A.C.O.); (P.A.-M.); (M.A.G.)
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- Sleep Health and Research Program and Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; (M.E.D.); (K.G.); (A.C.O.); (P.A.-M.); (M.A.G.)
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- Sleep Health and Research Program and Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; (M.E.D.); (K.G.); (A.C.O.); (P.A.-M.); (M.A.G.)
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- Sleep Health and Research Program and Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; (M.E.D.); (K.G.); (A.C.O.); (P.A.-M.); (M.A.G.)
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- Sleep Health and Research Program and Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; (M.E.D.); (K.G.); (A.C.O.); (P.A.-M.); (M.A.G.)
- Centre for Sleep Research, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE18ST, UK
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA;
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA;
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- Center for Sleep Disorders and Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA;
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- Department of Health Promotion Sciences, University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA;
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- Senior Director, Mariposa Community Health Center, Nogales, AZ 85621, USA;
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- Department of Population Health, and Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA; (A.S.); (N.W.); (G.J.-L.)
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- Department of Population Health, and Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA; (A.S.); (N.W.); (G.J.-L.)
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- Department of Population Health, and Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA; (A.S.); (N.W.); (G.J.-L.)
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- Sleep Health and Research Program and Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; (M.E.D.); (K.G.); (A.C.O.); (P.A.-M.); (M.A.G.)
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Meanwell JL, Paris EH, Peraza Lope C, Seymour LM, Masic A. Blowpipes and their metalworking applications: New evidence from Mayapán, Yucatán, Mexico. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0238885. [PMID: 32960895 PMCID: PMC7508413 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study presents evidence of two tuyères, or blowpipe tips, used in metalworking at the Postclassic period city of Mayapán. Blowpipe technology has long been hypothesized to be the production technique for introducing oxygen to furnaces during the metal casting process on the basis of ethnohistorical depictions of the process in ancient Mesoamerica. To our knowledge, the tuyères recovered at Mayapán are the first archaeologically documented tuyères for pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica. The dimensions, internal perforation, vitrification, and presence of copper prills within the ceramic fabric, suggest that they were used in pyrotechnological production, likely metalworking, and is consistent with previous evidence for small-scale metalworking at Mayapán. Blowpipe use in metallurgical production is a logical extension of a much longer tradition of blowgun use in hunting, which was likely already present in Mesoamerica by the time metal was introduced to West Mexico from South America. Furthermore, the dimensions of the Mayapán tuyères are consistent with the internal diameter of ethnohistorically-documented blowguns from Jacaltenango in the southwest Maya region. We conducted replication experiments that suggest that when combined with wooden blowpipes, the Mayapán tuyères would have been ideal for small-scale, furnace-based metallurgy, of the type identified at Mayapán from Postclassic period contexts.
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- Jennifer L. Meanwell
- Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Centro INAH Yucatán, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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López-Zerón G, Parra-Cardona JR, Yeh HH. Addressing Immigration-Related Stress in a Culturally Adapted Parenting Intervention for Mexican-Origin Immigrants: Initial Positive Effects and Key Areas of Improvement. Fam Process 2020; 59:1094-1112. [PMID: 31381814 PMCID: PMC7000298 DOI: 10.1111/famp.12481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Culturally adapted evidence-based parenting interventions constitute a key strategy to reduce widespread mental health disparities experienced by Latinx populations throughout the United States. Most recently, the relevance of culturally adapted parenting interventions has become more prominent as vulnerable Latinx populations are exposed to considerable contextual stressors resulting from an increasingly anti-immigration climate in the country. The current study was embedded within a larger NIMH-funded investigation, aimed at contrasting the differential impact of two culturally adapted versions of the evidence-based parenting intervention known as GenerationPMTO©. Specifically, a sample of low-income Mexican-origin immigrants was exposed either to a culturally adapted version of GenerationPMTO primarily focused on parent training components, or to an enhanced culturally adapted version in which parenting components were complemented by sessions focused on immigration-related challenges. The sample for the study consisted of 103 Mexican-origin immigrant families (190 individual parents). Descriptive analysis and generalized estimating equations (GEEs) indicated that exposure to the enhanced intervention, which included context- and culture-specific sessions, resulted in specific benefits for parents. However, the magnitude of the impact was not uniform for mothers and fathers and differed according to the type of immigration-related stress being examined (i.e., intrafamilial vs. extrafamilial stress). Overall, findings indicate the relevance of overtly addressing contextual (e.g., discrimination) and cultural challenges in culturally adapted interventions, as well as the need to increase precision according to the extent to which immigration-related stressors impact immigrant mothers and fathers in common and contrasting ways. Implications for family therapy practice and research are discussed.
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- Henry Ford Health System, Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research, Detroit, MI
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DiMascio TC, Zhen-Duan J, Rabin J, Vaughn LM, Jacquez F. Intercultural differences in healthcare experiences of Latinos in a nontraditional destination area. Fam Syst Health 2020; 38:232-241. [PMID: 32955282 DOI: 10.1037/fsh0000516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Background: Disparities in health care access for Latinos are well documented, but little is known about how they may impact immigrants from diverse countries of origin differently. Immigrants in nontraditional destination areas face greater disparities, allowing more robust comparison of Latino heritage groups in such regions. Method: Mexican (N = 258) and Guatemalan (N = 143) participants were recruited for a community-based participatory research (CBPR) initiative in Cincinnati, Ohio: Latinos Unidos por la Salud (LU-Salud). Community partners recruited Latino immigrants to complete a brief survey about health care difficulties. Mixed methods data analysis was employed using t tests, Fisher's exact test, and a qualitative content analysis approach to analyze group differences. Results: Although both groups reported challenges, Guatemalans reported greater difficulty navigating health care. Conversely, Mexicans more commonly used local resources like health fairs to seek health information and described fewer language barriers. Qualitatively, Guatemalans and Mexicans had different perceptions of the biggest health problem for Latinos in Cincinnati. Notably, Mexicans identified major chronic diseases as community health problems. Discussion: Mexicans and Guatemalans show different patterns of health care engagement and express distinct concerns. Future work should consider the role of health literacy in informing the heterogenous experiences and needs of Latinos from diverse countries of origin. Further, interventions should train health care providers to provide culturally sensitive services, with interpreters available in multiple languages to address heterogenous language needs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Disparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Parker A, Johnson-Motoyama M, Mariscal ES, Guilamo-Ramos V, Reynoso E, Fernandez C. Novel Service Delivery Approach to Address Reproductive Health Disparities within Immigrant Latino Communities in Geographic Hot Spots: An Implementation Study. Health Soc Work 2020; 45:155-163. [PMID: 32632448 DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlaa014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Latinx youths continue to have the highest rates of teenage births in the United States and are at increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. A community-based research partnership piloted Families Talking Together, a brief, parent-based sexual risk reduction program using a novel and culturally relevant approach. This mixed-methods study examined the feasibility and acceptability of Spanish-speaking promotoras de salud (that is, community health workers) as implementers of an evidence-based intervention (EBI) to reach underserved immigrant communities. Findings suggest that promotoras are capable of implementing the EBI with positive organizational, client, and implementation outcomes. Furthermore, promotoras hold particular promise for addressing reproductive health disparities as they are indigenous and trusted members of the community who can reach members of marginalized Latino populations.
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- Amittia Parker
- School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, 1545 Lilac Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045
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This paper develops the concept of 'abortion exile' to understand the situation of women who are forced to travel for abortion services because the procedure is outlawed, stigmatized, unaffordable or otherwise inaccessible in their place of residence. A number of legislative, economic, and moral mechanisms conspire to deny women abortion rights at home such that they must journey within and across national borders in pursuit of needed abortion care. While anthropologists have examined the movement of women and men in search of fertility care that is unavailable at home, attention to the situation of women forced to relocate to terminate an untenable pregnancy is surprisingly scarce. Taking Mexico's fractured abortion landscape as an ethnographic starting place, this paper examines the experiences of women made to venture to the capital for legal abortion services because the procedure is criminalised and difficult to access elsewhere in the country. The concept of 'abortion exile' can helpfully explain the forced movement, political status and subjective experiences of women in different world regions where abortion rights are limited, absent, or under threat, and for whom reproductive citizenship remains elusive.
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- Elyse Ona Singer
- Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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Winstone LK, Luecken LJ, Crnic KA, Gonzales NA. Patterns of family negativity in the perinatal period: Implications for mental health among Mexican-origin women. J Fam Psychol 2020; 34:642-651. [PMID: 32162941 PMCID: PMC7373671 DOI: 10.1037/fam0000648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Negativity in the family environment during the perinatal period is likely to have detrimental effects on maternal well-being, especially among low-income ethnic minority mothers who are at increased risk for experiencing postpartum depressive symptoms. With a sample of 322 Mexican and Mexican American families, this study used latent class growth analysis to identify meaningful subgroups of women based on their perceived family negativity reported prenatally and at 6, 12, 18, and 24 weeks postpartum. A 4-trajectory model of family negativity fit the data well: low-stable (58%), moderate-increasing (26%), high-decreasing (8%), and high-increasing (8%). Higher prenatal depressive symptomatology predicted membership in the moderate-increasing, high-decreasing, and high-increasing trajectories, relative to the low-stable trajectory. Findings suggest substantial heterogeneity in family negativity, identifying three significant growth patterns during the perinatal period with differential implications for maternal depressive symptomatology at 24 weeks and 12 months after delivery. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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Chambers SN, McMahan B, Bongers CCWG. Developing a geospatial measure of change in core temperature for migrating persons in the Mexico-U.S. border region. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 2020; 35:100363. [PMID: 33138953 DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2020.100363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although heat exposure is the leading cause of mortality for undocumented immigrants attempting to traverse the Mexico-U.S. border, there has been little work in quantifying risk. Therefore, our study aims to develop a methodology projecting increase in core temperature over time and space for migrants in Southern Arizona using spatial analysis and remote sensing in combination with the heat balance equation-adapting physiological formulae to a multi-step geospatial model using local climate conditions, terrain, and body specifics. We sought to quantitatively compare the results by demographic categories of age and sex and qualitatively compare them to known terrestrial conditions and prior studies of those conditions. We demonstrated a more detailed measure of risk for migrants than those used most recently: energy expenditure and terrain ruggedness. Our study not only gives a better understanding of the 'funnel effect' mechanisms, but also provides an opportunity for relief and rescue operations.
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- Samuel N Chambers
- School of Geography, Development & Environment, The University of Arizona, 1064 E Lowell Street, PO Box 210137 Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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- Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) and Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA), The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Physiology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Salinas JJ, Sheen J, Carlyle M, Shokar NK, Vazquez G, Murphy D, Alozie O. Using Electronic Medical Record Data to Better Understand Obesity in Hispanic Neighborhoods in El Paso, Texas. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:ijerph17124591. [PMID: 32604719 PMCID: PMC7345673 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17124591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The prevalence of obesity has been persistent amongst Hispanics over the last 20 years. Socioeconomic inequities have led to delayed diagnosis and treatment of chronic medical conditions related to obesity. Factors contributing include lack of insurance and insufficient health education. It is well-documented that obesity amongst Hispanics is higher in comparison to non-Hispanics, but it is not well-understood how the socioeconomic context along with Hispanic ethnic concentration impact the prevalence of obesity within a community. Specifically studying obesity within Hispanic dominant regions of the United States, along the Texas–Mexico border will aid in understanding this relationship. El Paso, Texas is predominantly Mexican-origin Hispanic, making up 83% of the county’s total population. Through the use of electronic medical records, BMI averages along with obesity prevalence were analyzed for 161 census tracts in the El Paso County. Geographic weighted regression and Hot Spot technology were used to analyze the data. This study did identify a positive association between Hispanic ethnic concentration and obesity prevalence within the El Paso County. Median income did have a direct effect on obesity prevalence while evidence demonstrates that higher education is protective for health.
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- Jennifer J. Salinas
- Department of Molecular and Translational, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA; (J.S.); (M.C.)
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA; (N.K.S.); (G.V.); (D.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-915-215-4827
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- Department of Molecular and Translational, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA; (J.S.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Molecular and Translational, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA; (J.S.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA; (N.K.S.); (G.V.); (D.M.)
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA; (N.K.S.); (G.V.); (D.M.)
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA; (N.K.S.); (G.V.); (D.M.)
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Pelcastre-Villafuerte BE, Meneses-Navarro S, Reyes-Morales H, Rivera-Dommarco JÁ. [The health of indigenous peoples: challenges and perspectives]. Salud Publica Mex 2020; 62:235-236. [PMID: 32520480 PMCID: PMC7462360 DOI: 10.21149/1078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023] Open
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- Cátedras Conacyt/Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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Coleman-Minahan K, Samari G. 'He supported me 100%': Mexican-immigrant fathers, daughters, and adolescent sexual health. Ethn Health 2020; 25:560-579. [PMID: 29455566 PMCID: PMC6136983 DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2018.1439897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Objective: First and second generation Mexican-origin adolescents in the U.S. face social and economic disadvantage and sexual health disparities. Although fathers can support child and adolescent development, the literature has portrayed Mexican-origin immigrant fathers as emotionally distant and sexist. This study aims to treat migration as a social determinant of health to examine father-daughter relationships and adolescent sexual health in Mexican-origin immigrant families.Methods: Integrating qualitative data from life history interviews with 21 Mexican-origin young women in immigrant families with quantitative data on first and second generation Mexican-origin young women in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, this study describes father-daughter relationships, examines the association between father-daughter relationships and daughters' early sexual initiation, and considers the impact of migration on the father-daughter relationship and sexual health among Mexican-origin young women.Results: Qualitative data identify four types of father-daughter relationships: 'good,' hostile, distant, and conflicted. Supporting the qualitative patterns, quantitative data find that positive or 'good' father-daughter relationship quality is significantly associated with reduced risk of early sexual initiation. Importantly, father-daughter separation across borders and economic inequality facing immigrant families is associated with hostile or distant father-daughter relationship quality and increased risk of early sexual initiation.Conclusions: Reports of good father-daughter relationships are common and may protect against early sexual initiation in Mexican-origin immigrant families. Policies that keep families together and reduce economic inequality among immigrants may also reduce sexual health disparities among immigrant adolescents.
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- Advancing Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1330 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612,
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Marker KM, Zavala VA, Vidaurre T, Lott PC, Vásquez JN, Casavilca-Zambrano S, Calderón M, Abugattas JE, Gómez HL, Fuentes HA, Picoaga RL, Cotrina JM, Neciosup SP, Castañeda CA, Morante Z, Valencia F, Torres J, Echeverry M, Bohórquez ME, Polanco-Echeverry G, Estrada-Florez AP, Serrano-Gómez SJ, Carmona-Valencia JA, Alvarado-Cabrero I, Sanabria-Salas MC, Velez A, Donado J, Song S, Cherry D, Tamayo LI, Huntsman S, Hu D, Ruiz-Cordero R, Balassanian R, Ziv E, Zabaleta J, Carvajal-Carmona L, Fejerman L. Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Breast Cancer Is Associated with Indigenous American Ancestry in Latin American Women. Cancer Res 2020; 80:1893-1901. [PMID: 32245796 PMCID: PMC7202960 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-3659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 01/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Women of Latin American origin in the United States are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and have a higher risk of mortality than non-Hispanic White women. Studies in U.S. Latinas and Latin American women have reported a high incidence of HER2 positive (+) tumors; however, the factors contributing to this observation are unknown. Genome-wide genotype data for 1,312 patients from the Peruvian Genetics and Genomics of Breast Cancer Study (PEGEN-BC) were used to estimate genetic ancestry. We tested the association between HER2 status and genetic ancestry using logistic and multinomial logistic regression models. Findings were replicated in 616 samples from Mexico and Colombia. Average Indigenous American (IA) ancestry differed by subtype. In multivariate models, the odds of having an HER2+ tumor increased by a factor of 1.20 with every 10% increase in IA ancestry proportion (95% CI, 1.07-1.35; P = 0.001). The association between HER2 status and IA ancestry was independently replicated in samples from Mexico and Colombia. Results suggest that the high prevalence of HER2+ tumors in Latinas could be due in part to the presence of population-specific genetic variant(s) affecting HER2 expression in breast cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: The positive association between Indigenous American genetic ancestry and HER2+ breast cancer suggests that the high incidence of HER2+ subtypes in Latinas might be due to population and subtype-specific genetic risk variants.
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- Katie M Marker
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- UC Davis Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
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- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Lima, Peru
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- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Lima, Peru
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- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Lima, Peru
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- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Lima, Peru
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- Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social; México City, México
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- Grupo de Citogenética, Filogenia y Evolución de Poblaciones, Facultades de Ciencias y Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia
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- Grupo de Citogenética, Filogenia y Evolución de Poblaciones, Facultades de Ciencias y Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia
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- UC Davis Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
- Grupo de Citogenética, Filogenia y Evolución de Poblaciones, Facultades de Ciencias y Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Dinamica IPS, Medellín, Colombia
- Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Medellín, Colombia
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, LSUHSC, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Department of Pediatrics, LSUHSC, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Szlyk HS, Berger Cardoso J, Barros Lane L, Evans K. "Me Perdía en la Escuela": Latino Newcomer Youths in the U.S. School System. Soc Work 2020; 65:131-139. [PMID: 32236470 PMCID: PMC7927750 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swaa001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Unaccompanied minors, or "newcomer youths," come to the United States from Mexico and Central America to escape violence and persecution, and to seek financial and academic opportunities. Many newcomer youths arrive with gaps in their formal education attributed to the immigration process and the heterogeneity of their pre-U.S. lives. Once they are enrolled in the U.S. school system, many educators struggle to accommodate the academic needs of these students. Drawing on the framework of social and cultural capital, this article aimed to expand the current knowledge on the experiences of Latino unaccompanied youths in the U.S. school system. A thematic analysis of semistructured interviews with 30 newcomer students and 10 key informants revealed six themes: socialización con los demás compañeros (getting along with the other students); poca confianza (little trust); no sé lo que decían (I do not know what they were saying); it is a hard landing; education, interrupted; and estoy agradecido (I am grateful). The article offers suggestions for school social workers and educators on how to promote academic success, student resilience, and school connectedness for a vulnerable youth population.
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Perez HR, Starrels JL, Gonzalez S, Vidot DC, Hua S, Strizich GM, Zeng D, Daviglus M, Gellman MD, Kaplan RC. Prescription Opioid Use Among Hispanics/Latinos With Arthritis Symptoms: Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Hisp Health Care Int 2020; 18:12-19. [PMID: 31674199 PMCID: PMC7012704 DOI: 10.1177/1540415319881755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION To determine the prevalence of prescription opioid (PO) use among Hispanics/Latinos with arthritis symptoms and to characterize how demographic and cultural factors are associated with PO use. METHOD Cross-sectional analysis of baseline visit data during 2008 to 2011 from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, a population-based cohort study of 16,415 Hispanics/Latinos living in Chicago, Illinois, Miami, Florida, Bronx, New York, and San Diego, California. Included participants self-reported painful inflammation or swelling in one or more joints. Multivariate models controlling for physical and mental health scores were constructed to assess how demographic and cultural factors were associated with PO use. RESULTS A total of 9.3% were using POs at the time of the baseline visit. In multivariate models, persons of Cuban background (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.42, 95% confidence interval [CI; 0.21, 0.81]) and of Dominican background (AOR = 0.38, 95% CI [0.18, 0.80]) were significantly less likely to use POs compared with a reference group of persons of Mexican background. Greater language acculturation was also negatively associated with PO use (AOR = 0.68, 95% CI [0.53, 0.87]). CONCLUSION POs were used relatively uncommonly, and use showed marked variation between Hispanic/Latino groups. Future study should determine mechanisms for why greater use of English among Hispanics/Latinos might influence PO use.
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Durazo EM, Haan MN, Dang K, Aiello AE, Torres JM. Nativity, Neighborhoods, and Body Composition in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. Gerontologist 2020; 60:239-249. [PMID: 31774118 PMCID: PMC7039378 DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnz139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Globally, obesity influences the risk of many major chronic diseases. Our study examines the association between individual nativity and neighborhood level concentration of immigrants with 10-year changes in weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (WC) among older Latinos. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA) is a population-based prospective study of community-dwelling older adults of Mexican origin (baseline ages 58-101 years). The primary outcome was repeated measures of weight over a 10-year period for 1,628 respondents. Nativity was defined by participants' reported place of birth (US-born or Latin American foreign born). Neighborhood immigrant concentration was measured as the percentage of foreign born at census tract level (2000 US Census). We used linear mixed models with repeated measures of weight, height, BMI, and WC as dependent variables (level 1), clustered within individuals (level 2) and neighborhood migrant concentration (level 3). RESULTS Foreign born (FB) respondents had lower baseline weight than the US-born (mean, 160 vs. 171 lbs, p < .0001). Over time, weight differences between the FB and the US-born decreased by 1.7 lbs/5 years as US-born weight decreased more rapidly. We observed a significant interaction between individual nativity and neighborhood immigrant concentration (p = .012). We found similar patterns for BMI, but did not find statistically significant differences in WC trajectories. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS Our study observed significant differences by foreign born vs. US nativity in baseline weight/BMI and in their trajectories over time. Additionally, we found weight/BMI differences in neighborhood immigrant concentration for the FB, but not for the US-born.
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- Eva M Durazo
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
- Center for the Study of Adversity and Cardiovascular Disease (NURTURE Center), Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
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Barquera R, Zuniga J, Flores-Rivera J, Corona T, Penman BS, Hernández-Zaragoza DI, Soler M, Jonapá-Gómez L, Mallempati KC, Yescas P, Ochoa-Morales A, Barsakis K, Aguilar-Vázquez JA, García-Lechuga M, Mindrinos M, Yunis M, Jiménez-Alvarez L, Mena-Hernández L, Ortega E, Cruz-Lagunas A, Tovar-Méndez VH, Granados J, Fernández-Viña M, Yunis E. Diversity of HLA Class I and Class II blocks and conserved extended haplotypes in Lacandon Mayans. Sci Rep 2020; 10:3248. [PMID: 32094421 PMCID: PMC7039995 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58897-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Here we studied HLA blocks and haplotypes in a group of 218 Lacandon Maya Native American using a high-resolution next generation sequencing (NGS) method. We assessed the genetic diversity of HLA class I and class II in this population, and determined the most probable ancestry of Lacandon Maya HLA class I and class II haplotypes. Importantly, this Native American group showed a high degree of both HLA homozygosity and linkage disequilibrium across the HLA region and also lower class II HLA allelic diversity than most previously reported populations (including other Native American groups). Distinctive alleles present in the Lacandon population include HLA-A*24:14 and HLA-B*40:08. Furthermore, in Lacandons we observed a high frequency of haplotypes containing the allele HLA-DRB1*04:11, a relatively frequent allele in comparison with other neighboring indigenous groups. The specific demographic history of the Lacandon population including inbreeding, as well as pathogen selection, may have elevated the frequencies of a small number of HLA class II alleles and DNA blocks. To assess the possible role of different selective pressures in determining Native American HLA diversity, we evaluated the relationship between genetic diversity at HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DRB1 and pathogen richness for a global dataset and for Native American populations alone. In keeping with previous studies of such relationships we included distance from Africa as a covariate. After correction for multiple comparisons we did not find any significant relationship between pathogen diversity and HLA genetic diversity (as measured by polymorphism information content) in either our global dataset or the Native American subset of the dataset. We found the expected negative relationship between genetic diversity and distance from Africa in the global dataset, but no relationship between HLA genetic diversity and distance from Africa when Native American populations were considered alone.
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- Rodrigo Barquera
- Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH), Jena, Germany
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas (INER), Mexico City, Mexico
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Clinical Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, Mexico
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- Clinical Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, Mexico
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- University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), Mexico City, Mexico
- Immunogenetics Unit, Técnicas Genéticas Aplicadas a la Clínica (TGAC), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Transplantation, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMSZ), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Histocompatibility, Immunogenetics and Disease Profiling Laboratory, Stanford Blood Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Biology Department, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Neurogenetics and Molecular Biology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Neurogenetics and Molecular Biology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, Mexico
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- Histocompatibility, Immunogenetics and Disease Profiling Laboratory, Stanford Blood Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, CA, USA
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- Clinical Analysis Laboratory, Unidad Médica Familiar (UMF) No. 23, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
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- Department of Transplantation, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMSZ), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas (INER), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Transplantation, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMSZ), Mexico City, Mexico
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- The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas (INER), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Transplantation, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMSZ), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Transplantation, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMSZ), Mexico City, Mexico.
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Rodriguez AL, Arcara J, Deardorff J, Gomez AM. The association between religiosity and pregnancy acceptability among Latino/a young adults: does generational status matter? Cult Health Sex 2020; 22:184-200. [PMID: 30931805 PMCID: PMC7607687 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2019.1581260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The US Latino/a population is considered to be at high risk for unintended pregnancy; some research indicates that Latino/a parents are more likely to express happiness about an unintended pregnancy than other racial/ethnic groups. Associations between pregnancy attitudes and factors such as religiosity and nativity have also been documented in the Latino/a population, but existing research is sparse, dated and primarily focused on women of Mexican heritage. This study sought to expand this literature by examining the relationship between religiosity and pregnancy acceptability and assessing effect modification by generational status and gender in a national sample of young Latino/a cisgender women and men of various ancestral backgrounds currently in relationships. In multivariable logistic regression models, there was a positive association between importance of religion and pregnancy acceptability for both men and women; being highly or moderately religious was associated with elevated odds of finding a pregnancy acceptable. Effect modification by generational status was significant for women, but not for men. Results suggest that religiosity, gender and generational status have differential influences on and relationships to pregnancy orientations for Latina women and Latino men and should be considered in the design and delivery of family planning care for Latino/a clients.
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- Allison L. Rodriguez
- Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity (SHARE) Program, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity (SHARE) Program, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity (SHARE) Program, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Castro-Juarez AA, Serna-Gutiérrez A, Dórame-López NA, Solano-Morales M, Gallegos-Aguilar AC, Díaz-Zavala RG, Alemán-Mateo H, Urquidez-Romero R, Campa-Quijada F, Valenzuela-Guzmán DM, Esparza-Romero J. Effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyle Promotion Program for Yaquis with Obesity and Risk of Diabetes in the Short and Medium Term: A Translational Study. J Diabetes Res 2020; 2020:6320402. [PMID: 33062713 PMCID: PMC7545430 DOI: 10.1155/2020/6320402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a public health problem worldwide, and the main risk factor for its development is obesity. The Yaqui ethnic group of Sonora has serious obesity problems, resulting in an increased risk of T2D in its inhabitants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a health promotion program on obesity parameters and cardiovascular risk factors in short- (6 months) and medium-term periods (12 months) in indigenous Yaquis of Sonora. The design is a translational clinical study of a single cohort with prepost intervention measurements in a sample of 93 subjects. The effectiveness of the program was evaluated by comparing obesity parameters, metabolic markers, and physical activity 6 and 12 months with those measured under basal conditions using a paired t-test or Wilcoxon rank-sum test. The short-term retention percentage was 58.0%. There was a decrease in body weight (Δ = -3.9 kg, p ≤ 0.05) and other obesity parameters, and an increase in physical activity and improvements in metabolic markers (p ≤ 0.05) was observed. Similar findings were obtained for the medium-term period; body weight loss was also -3.9 kg (p ≤ 0.05). The short and medium-term results of the program showed improvements in the obesity parameters and other cardiovascular risk factors of the participants. These results support the effectiveness of the program and its translation in this ethnic group.
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- Alejandro Arturo Castro-Juarez
- Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Public Nutrition and Health, Nutrition Coordination, Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD), A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico
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- Sociocultural Department, Technological Institute of Sonora, Cd. Obregon, Sonora 85137, Mexico
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- Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Public Nutrition and Health, Nutrition Coordination, Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD), A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico
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- Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Public Nutrition and Health, Nutrition Coordination, Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD), A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico
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- Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Public Nutrition and Health, Nutrition Coordination, Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD), A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico
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- Nutrition Health Promotion Center, Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora 83000, Mexico
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Nutrition Coordination, Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD), A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico
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- Department of Health Sciences, Nutrition Program, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua 32315, Mexico
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- Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Public Nutrition and Health, Nutrition Coordination, Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD), A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico
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- Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Public Nutrition and Health, Nutrition Coordination, Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD), A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico
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- Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Public Nutrition and Health, Nutrition Coordination, Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD), A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico
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Torres JM, Deardorff J, Holland N, Harley KG, Kogut K, Long K, Eskenazi B. Deportation Worry, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Trajectories, and Incident Hypertension: A Community-Based Cohort Study. J Am Heart Assoc 2019; 8:e013086. [PMID: 31771437 PMCID: PMC6912982 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.013086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Background Worry about deportation has been associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors in cross-sectional research. No research has evaluated this association longitudinally or examined the association between deportation worry and incident cardiovascular disease outcomes. Methods and Results We used data from an ongoing community-based cohort of 572 women primarily of Mexican origin. We estimated associations between self-reported deportation worry and: (1) trajectories of blood pressure, body mass index, and waist circumference with linear mixed models, and (2) incident hypertension with Cox proportional hazards models. Nearly half (48%) of women reported "a lot," 24% reported "moderate," and 28% reported "not too much" deportation worry. Higher worry at baseline was associated with nonlinear systolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure trajectories. For example, compared with not too much worry, a lot of worry was associated with a faster initial increase (β, interaction with linear year term: 4.10; 95% CI, 1.17-7.03) followed by a faster decrease in systolic blood pressure (β, interaction with quadratic year term: -0.80; 95% CI, -1.55 to -0.06). There was weak evidence of an association between deportation worry and diastolic blood pressure and no association with body mass index, waist circumference, or pulse pressure trajectories. Among 408 women without baseline hypertension, reporting a lot (hazard ratio, 2.17; 95% CI, 1.15-4.10) and moderate deportation worry (hazard ratio, 2.48; 95% CI, 1.17-4.30) were each associated with greater risk of incident hypertension compared with reporting not too much worry. Conclusions Deportation worry may contribute to widening disparities in some cardiovascular disease risk factors and outcomes over time.
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- Jacqueline M. Torres
- Department of Epidemiology & BiostatisticsUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCA
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- Center for Environmental Research and Children's HealthSchool of Public HealthUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCA
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- Center for Environmental Research and Children's HealthSchool of Public HealthUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCA
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- Center for Environmental Research and Children's HealthSchool of Public HealthUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCA
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- Center for Environmental Research and Children's HealthSchool of Public HealthUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCA
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- Center for Environmental Research and Children's HealthSchool of Public HealthUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCA
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- Center for Environmental Research and Children's HealthSchool of Public HealthUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCA
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Valerino-Perea S, Lara-Castor L, Armstrong MEG, Papadaki A. Definition of the Traditional Mexican Diet and Its Role in Health: A Systematic Review. Nutrients 2019; 11:E2803. [PMID: 31744179 PMCID: PMC6893605 DOI: 10.3390/nu11112803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Promoting traditional diets could potentially reduce the current high rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) globally. While the traditional Mexican diet (TMexD) could be specifically promoted in Mexico, a concise definition of the TMexD and evidence of its association with NCDs are needed before its promotion. To evaluate what constitutes this diet pattern, we aimed to systematically review, for the first time, how the TMexD has been described in the literature to date. A secondary aim was to examine whether the TMexD, as described by available definitions, is associated with NCD outcomes. We searched for records describing a whole TMexD up to July 2019 in 12 electronic databases, reference lists, a relevant journal, and by contacting experts on the topic. We reported the results using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We included 61 records for the definition of the diet and six for the association with NCD outcomes. The food groups characterising the TMexD that were consistently mentioned in all the study subgroups were grains and tubers, legumes, and vegetables; specific foods included maize, beans, chile, squash, tomato, and onion. Other groups also mentioned, although with lesser frequency, were maize products, fruits, beverages, fish and seafood, meats, sweets and sweeteners, and herbs and condiments. Only a few studies reported on the frequency of consumption or the amounts in which these foods were consumed in the TMexD. It was not possible to reach strong conclusions for the association between adherence to the TMexD and NCD outcomes. The TMexD was weakly associated with developing breast cancer, not associated with triglyceride levels, and inconsistently associated with obesity and diabetes outcomes. However, results were limited by the small number of studies (n = 6), of which most were of observational nature and evaluated diets using different TMexD definitions. These findings provide systematically identified evidence of the characteristics of the TMexD. More studies are needed to ascertain the exact quantities by which foods were consumed in the TMexD in order to establish whether this dietary pattern is associated with health and should be promoted within the Mexican population.
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- Selene Valerino-Perea
- Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK; (M.E.G.A.); (A.P.)
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- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts, Tufts University, 150 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA;
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- Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK; (M.E.G.A.); (A.P.)
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- Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK; (M.E.G.A.); (A.P.)
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López-Ramírez YL, Aguilar-Velázquez JA, López-Armenta M, Ruiz-Hernández M, Rangel-Villalobos H. Paternal lineages and forensic parameters based on 23 Y-STRs (Powerplex® Y23) in Mestizo males from Mexico City. Int J Legal Med 2019; 134:199-202. [PMID: 31707567 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-019-02183-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We analyzed 307 Mexican-Mestizo (admixed) males from Mexico City with the Powerplex® Y23 system. The complete list of Y-STR haplotypes was uploaded into the YHRD database (accession number YA004275). The discriminatory capacity (98.70 %) and gene diversity (D = 99.99 %) were calculated, improving the haplotype diversity regarding previous studies in Mexico based on 17 Y-STRs and 12 Y-STRs. Haplogroup distribution assignment was inferred by means of two different online-available algorithms. The Native American Q* haplogroup was the most frequent (66.2 %), followed by the European R1b lineage (19.5 %). In addition, eight Eurasian (3.9%) and two African (6.6%) haplogroups were observed in this population sample from Mexico City. Interestingly, AMOVA test showed a low but significant differentiation among Mexican-Mestizos (Fst = 1.52%; p = 0.0000), suggesting that four population clusters allow to explain their genetic structure according to geographic criteria: north, west, center, and south.
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- Yadira Lizethe López-Ramírez
- Laboratorio de Genética del Instituto de Ciencias Forenses (INCIFO), Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Ciudad de México, México City, México
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- Instituto de Investigación en Genética Molecular, Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara (CUCiénega-UdeG), Av. Universidad #1115, Col. Paso Blanco, CP 47810, Ocotlán, Jalisco, México
- Doctorado en Genética Humana Doctorado en Genética Humana, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS-UdeG), Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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- Laboratorio de Genética del Instituto de Ciencias Forenses (INCIFO), Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Ciudad de México, México City, México
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- Laboratorio de Genética del Instituto de Ciencias Forenses (INCIFO), Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Ciudad de México, México City, México
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- Instituto de Investigación en Genética Molecular, Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara (CUCiénega-UdeG), Av. Universidad #1115, Col. Paso Blanco, CP 47810, Ocotlán, Jalisco, México.
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Williams CD, Bravo DY, Umaña-Taylor AJ, Updegraff KA, Jahromi LB, Martinez-Fuentes S, Elias MDJ. Intergenerational transmission of cultural socialization and effects on young children's developmental competencies among Mexican-origin families. Dev Psychol 2019; 56:199-207. [PMID: 31697095 DOI: 10.1037/dev0000859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The current 3-generation (N = 204 families), 3-year longitudinal study examined the intergenerational transmission of cultural socialization among Mexican-origin young mothers and their own mothers (i.e., children's grandmothers) and, in turn, whether young mothers' cultural socialization informed their children's developmental competencies (i.e., interactive play with peers, receptive language, and internalizing and externalizing problem behavior) one year later. Results indicated that mediation was significant, such that grandmother-mother cultural socialization, when children were 3 years old, informed greater mother-child cultural socialization when children were 4 years old, which, in turn, informed children's greater receptive language and interactive play with peers when children were 5 years old. Findings highlight the importance of intergenerational cultural socialization on young children's developmental competencies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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Fernández-Esquer ME, Hughes AE, Pruitt SL. Exposures at day labor corners: using existing georeferenced data to describe features of urban environments. Ann Epidemiol 2019; 39:54-62. [PMID: 31629605 PMCID: PMC6888997 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Latino day laborers are male immigrants from mainly Mexico and Central America who congregate at corners, that is, informal hiring sites, to solicit short-term employment. Studies describing the occupational environment of Latino day laborers traditionally measure jobsite exposures, not corner exposures. We sought to elucidate exposures at corners by describing their demographic, socioeconomic, occupational, business, built, and physical environmental characteristics and by comparing corner characteristics with other locations in a large urban county in Texas. METHODS We used multiple publicly available data sets from the U.S. Census, local tax authority, Google's Nearby Places Application Programming Interface, and Environmental Protection Agency at fine spatial scale to measure 34 characteristics of corners with matched comparison locations. RESULTS Corners were located close to highways, high-traffic intersections, hardware and moving stores, and gas stations. Corners were in neighborhoods with large foreign-born and Latino populations, high rates of limited English proficiency, and high construction-sector employment. CONCLUSIONS Publicly available data sources describe demographic, socioeconomic, occupational, business, built, and physical environment characteristics of urban environments at fine spatial scale. Using these data, we identified unique corner-based exposures experienced by day laborers. Future research is needed to understand how corner environments may influence health for this uniquely vulnerable population.
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- Department of Population and Data Sciences, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, TX.
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- Department of Population and Data Sciences, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, TX
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García C, Garcia MA, Chiu CT, Rivera FI, Raji M. Life Expectancies With Depression by Age of Migration and Gender Among Older Mexican Americans. Gerontologist 2019; 59:877-885. [PMID: 30203062 PMCID: PMC6857755 DOI: 10.1093/geront/gny107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Prior studies examining depression among older Mexican Americans suggest both women and immigrants are at higher risk of depressive symptomatology than males and U.S.-born Mexican Americans. We use data from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly to examine whether life expectancy with depression and without depression varies by nativity, age of migration, and gender. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Sullivan-based life tables were used to estimate depression life expectancies among Mexican Americans aged 65 years and older residing in the Southwestern United States. Depression is based on the 20-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D). The CES-D is a continuous scale (0-60) with higher values indicating worse mental health. We dichotomize depression as a score of 16 or greater. RESULTS Immigrant women, particularly those who migrated in late-life (after age 50) are at a significant disadvantage in the number of years after age 65 lived with depression and the ratio of years spent without depression relative to U.S.-born women. Among men, only late-life immigrants were disadvantaged in the number of years spent with depression. Early- and mid-life immigrant males did not differ from U.S.-born males. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS Our results highlight the heterogeneity among older Mexican Americans in life expectancies with depression. These findings illustrate the importance of considering age of migration as a high-risk factor for depression among Mexican-origin immigrants. Including this risk factor as a part of depression screening is a key step for timely interventions in preventing disability and comorbidities associated with untreated depression.
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- Catherine García
- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Sociology & Institute for Ethnic Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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- Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
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Elfassy T, Aiello AE, Schneiderman N, Haan MN, Tarraf W, González HM, Gellman M, Florez HJ, Luchsinger JA, Wright CB, Grober E, Zeki Al Hazzouri A. Relation of Diabetes to Cognitive Function in Hispanics/Latinos of Diverse Backgrounds in the United States. J Aging Health 2019; 31:1155-1171. [PMID: 29577792 PMCID: PMC7020246 DOI: 10.1177/0898264318759379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Objectives:To examine the association between diabetes and cognitive function within U.S. Hispanics/Latinos of Central American, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and South American background. Method: This cross-sectional study included 9,609 men and women (mean age = 56.5 years), who are members of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. We classified participants as having diabetes, prediabetes, or normal glucose regulation. Participants underwent a neurocognitive battery consisting of tests of verbal fluency, delayed recall, and processing speed. Analyses were stratified by Hispanic/Latino subgroup. Results: From fully adjusted linear regression models, compared with having normal glucose regulation, having diabetes was associated with worse processing speed among Cubans (β = -1.99; 95% CI [confidence interval] = [-3.80, -0.19]) and Mexicans (β = -2.26; 95% CI = [-4.02, -0.51]). Compared with having normal glucose regulation, having prediabetes or diabetes was associated with worse delayed recall only among Mexicans (prediabetes: β = -0.34; 95% CI = [-0.63, -0.05] and diabetes: β = -0.41; 95% CI = [-0.79, -0.04]). No associations with verbal fluency. Discussion: The relationship between diabetes and cognitive function varied across Hispanic/Latino subgroup.
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- Tali Elfassy
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Epidemiology, University of Miami
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- Department of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco
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- Institute of Gerontology and Department of Healthcare Sciences, Wayne State University
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Epidemiology, University of Miami
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
- Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York
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- Director of Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD (CW)
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- Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY (E.G.)
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- Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York
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