TY - JOUR
T1 - Depression in Latinas residing in emerging Latino immigrant communities in the United States
AU - Shattell, Mona M.
AU - Villalba, José
AU - Stokes, Natalie
AU - Hamilton, Desmina
AU - Foster, Jaimie
AU - Petrini, R. Harald
AU - Johnson, Kristina
AU - Hinderliter, Norma
AU - Witherspoon, Claretta
AU - Hinshaw, R. Katherine
AU - Faulkner, Chris
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This study examined the ways in which depression affects immigrant Latina women residing in an emerging Latino immigrant community in the United States. Three Spanish-language focus groups were conducted within a community-based participatory research framework. Latina women expressed concerns about their immigration status, separation from family in their native countries, and about finances and inabilities to meet family obligations. They expressed fears for their children in the United States. Their sociopolitical, economic, and familial explanations for depression differ from the individual, biological explanations of depression common today. Implications for policymakers, community organizers, health care providers, public health educators, and school counselors are presented.
AB - This study examined the ways in which depression affects immigrant Latina women residing in an emerging Latino immigrant community in the United States. Three Spanish-language focus groups were conducted within a community-based participatory research framework. Latina women expressed concerns about their immigration status, separation from family in their native countries, and about finances and inabilities to meet family obligations. They expressed fears for their children in the United States. Their sociopolitical, economic, and familial explanations for depression differ from the individual, biological explanations of depression common today. Implications for policymakers, community organizers, health care providers, public health educators, and school counselors are presented.
KW - Community-based participatory research
KW - Depression
KW - Hispanic
KW - Latina
KW - Latino
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=73349111320&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=73349111320&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1891/1540-4153.7.4.190
DO - 10.1891/1540-4153.7.4.190
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:73349111320
SN - 1540-4153
VL - 7
SP - 190
EP - 202
JO - Hispanic Health Care International
JF - Hispanic Health Care International
IS - 4
ER -