TY - JOUR
T1 - Health status of mexican-origin persons
T2 - Do proxy measures of acculturation advance our understanding of health disparities?
AU - Carter-Pokras, Olivia
AU - Zambrana, Ruth E.
AU - Yankelvich, Gillermina
AU - Estrada, Maria
AU - Castillo-Salgado, Carlos
AU - Ortega, Alexander N.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the University of Maryland’s Other Tobacco Related Diseases Grant (Maryland cigarette restitution funds), Dr. Elizabeth Arias for her helpful review and comments, and the thorough research assistance of Vanessa Lopes in the completion of this manuscript.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Objectives: This paper compares select health status indicators between the U.S. and Mexico, and within the Mexican-origin population using proxy measures of acculturation. Methods: Statistical data were abstracted and a Medline literature review conducted of English-language epidemiologic articles on Mexican-origin groups published during 1976-2005. Results: U.S.-born Mexican-Americans have higher morbidity and mortality compared to Mexico-born immigrants. Mexico has lower healthcare resources, life expectancy, and circulatory system and cancer mortality rates, but similar infant immunization rates compared to the U.S. Along the U.S.-Mexico border, the population on the U.S. side has better health status than the Mexican side. The longer in the U.S., the more likely Mexican-born immigrants engage in behaviors that are not health promoting. Conclusions: Researchers should consider SEP, community norms, behavioral risk and protective factors when studying Mexican-origin groups. It is not spendingtime in the U.S. that worsens health outcomes but rather changes in health promoting behaviors.
AB - Objectives: This paper compares select health status indicators between the U.S. and Mexico, and within the Mexican-origin population using proxy measures of acculturation. Methods: Statistical data were abstracted and a Medline literature review conducted of English-language epidemiologic articles on Mexican-origin groups published during 1976-2005. Results: U.S.-born Mexican-Americans have higher morbidity and mortality compared to Mexico-born immigrants. Mexico has lower healthcare resources, life expectancy, and circulatory system and cancer mortality rates, but similar infant immunization rates compared to the U.S. Along the U.S.-Mexico border, the population on the U.S. side has better health status than the Mexican side. The longer in the U.S., the more likely Mexican-born immigrants engage in behaviors that are not health promoting. Conclusions: Researchers should consider SEP, community norms, behavioral risk and protective factors when studying Mexican-origin groups. It is not spendingtime in the U.S. that worsens health outcomes but rather changes in health promoting behaviors.
KW - Emigration and immigration
KW - Hispanic Americans
KW - Mexican Americans
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-008-9146-2
DO - 10.1007/s10903-008-9146-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 18470618
AN - SCOPUS:54949098483
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 10
SP - 475
EP - 488
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 6
ER -