Acculturation and Latino Health in the United States: A Review of the Literature and its Sociopolitical Context

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dc.contributor.authorLara, Marielena
dc.contributor.authorGamboa, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorKahramanian, M. Iya
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Leo S.
dc.contributor.authorHayes Bautista, David E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:44Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:44Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis chapter provides an overview of the concept of acculturation and reviews existing evidence about the possible relationships between acculturation and selected health and behavioral outcomes among Latinos. The effect of acculturation on Latino health is complex and not well understood. In certain areas - substance abuse, dietary practices, and birth outcomes - there is evidence that acculturation has a negative effect and that it is associated with worse health outcomes, behaviors, or perceptions. In others - health care use and self-perceptions of health - the effect is mostly in the positive direction. Although the literature, to date, on acculturation lacks some breadth and methodological rigor, the public health significance of findings in areas in which there is enough evidence justifies public health action.We conclude with a set of general recommendations in two areas - public health practice and research - targeted to public health personnel in academia, community-based settings, and government agencies.
dc.description.urihttps://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.26.021304.144615
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/p2na-zou6
dc.identifier.citationLara, Marielena and Gamboa, Cristina and Kahramanian, M. Iya and Morales, Leo S. and Hayes Bautista, David E. (2005) Acculturation and Latino Health in the United States: A Review of the Literature and its Sociopolitical Context. Annual Review of Public Health, 26. pp. 367-397.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 575
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22637
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjecthealth outcomes
dc.subjectHispanic
dc.subjectassimilation
dc.subjecthealth behaviors
dc.subjecthealth care use
dc.titleAcculturation and Latino Health in the United States: A Review of the Literature and its Sociopolitical Context
dc.typeArticle

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