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Author: Martha L. Morales Publisher: ISBN: Category : Hispanic American children Languages : en Pages : 366
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In the past 10 years, obesity rates have increased at an alarming rate among children ages 2-5. Hispanic populations are especially susceptible to obesity. Surveillance data complied by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) on children participating in federally funded health and nutrition programs revealed among low-income, preschool-age children, the obesity prevalence remained at 14.6% in 2008. The research indicates a multitude of social and physiological factors affect childhood obesity. Parenting factors influencing obesity in children include level of physical activity, healthy nutritional resources, involvement in social activities, and achievement in educational settings. These factors are influenced by the cultural practices, beliefs, and values passed on from one generation to the next. Few studies have involved understanding cultural practices affecting parents and caretakers as they strive to raise healthy Hispanic children. Studies conducted along the U.S/Mexico border are few to none. Through a qualitative descriptive study using Leininger's Culture Care Diversity and Theoretical Model, focus groups were conducted, using five interview questions to explore perceptions on obesity prevention. The sample included 37 adult Hispanics presently responsible for the care of healthy preschoolers. Demographic data provided a rich, in-depth pictorial of the participants. Themes and sub-themes emerged from the transcripts and were confirmed by the key informant. Patterns of similarities and differences were validated through transcriptions in both English and Spanish. The themes ultimately corresponded with Leininger's Sunrise Model dimensions. The themes abstracted from the data analysis were: 1. General agreement existed among caretakers about requirements for physical activity and balanced nutrition: however, methods used to meet those requirements differed. 2. Participants presented a variety of useful resources with information which assisted them raise their children in a healthy manner. 3. The contrast between urban and rural living environments provided challenges to these caretakers' attempts to raise healthy children. Implications for nurses providing culture care and its inclusion in nursing education were discussed.
Author: Martha L. Morales Publisher: ISBN: Category : Hispanic American children Languages : en Pages : 366
Book Description
In the past 10 years, obesity rates have increased at an alarming rate among children ages 2-5. Hispanic populations are especially susceptible to obesity. Surveillance data complied by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) on children participating in federally funded health and nutrition programs revealed among low-income, preschool-age children, the obesity prevalence remained at 14.6% in 2008. The research indicates a multitude of social and physiological factors affect childhood obesity. Parenting factors influencing obesity in children include level of physical activity, healthy nutritional resources, involvement in social activities, and achievement in educational settings. These factors are influenced by the cultural practices, beliefs, and values passed on from one generation to the next. Few studies have involved understanding cultural practices affecting parents and caretakers as they strive to raise healthy Hispanic children. Studies conducted along the U.S/Mexico border are few to none. Through a qualitative descriptive study using Leininger's Culture Care Diversity and Theoretical Model, focus groups were conducted, using five interview questions to explore perceptions on obesity prevention. The sample included 37 adult Hispanics presently responsible for the care of healthy preschoolers. Demographic data provided a rich, in-depth pictorial of the participants. Themes and sub-themes emerged from the transcripts and were confirmed by the key informant. Patterns of similarities and differences were validated through transcriptions in both English and Spanish. The themes ultimately corresponded with Leininger's Sunrise Model dimensions. The themes abstracted from the data analysis were: 1. General agreement existed among caretakers about requirements for physical activity and balanced nutrition: however, methods used to meet those requirements differed. 2. Participants presented a variety of useful resources with information which assisted them raise their children in a healthy manner. 3. The contrast between urban and rural living environments provided challenges to these caretakers' attempts to raise healthy children. Implications for nurses providing culture care and its inclusion in nursing education were discussed.
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309103258 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 210
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The Joint U.S.-Mexico Workshop on Preventing Obesity in Children and Youth of Mexican Origin was initiated by a desire to share experiences regarding the problem of obesity in children and youth of Mexican origin on both sides of the border, with a particular focus on potential solutions. U.S and Mexican researchers, public health officials, industry leaders, and policy-makers engaged in valuable dialogue to share perspectives, challenges, and opportunities. Commonalities and differences in the United States and Mexico regarding risk factors, potential interventions and programs, and need for all sectors to collaborate and make progress toward solving this serious public health problem were also discussed. This dialogue served as a basis to explore a bi-national agenda for addressing this epidemic, which was the ultimate goal of the workshop.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309164818 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 502
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Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to describe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement. They provide a rich source of information for researchers, policy makers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse population that we call "Hispanic." The current period is a critical one for getting a better understanding of how Hispanics are being shaped by the U.S. experience. This will, in turn, affect the United States and the contours of the Hispanic future remain uncertain. The uncertainties include such issues as whether Hispanics, especially immigrants, improve their educational attainment and fluency in English and thereby improve their economic position; whether growing numbers of foreign-born Hispanics become citizens and achieve empowerment at the ballot box and through elected office; whether impending health problems are successfully averted; and whether Hispanics' geographic dispersal accelerates their spatial and social integration. The papers in this volume provide invaluable information to explore these issues.
Author: Stephan Klasen Publisher: Peter Lang ISBN: 9783631573273 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 296
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Groups the papers under the headings "Growth and inequality", "Poverty", and "Trade, migration and income convergence". Looks at the consequences of high economic instability with recurrent economic and financial crises, particularly in the 1990s. Studies poverty determinants, and the role of trade and migration in generating, sustaining or reducing inequalities between and within the countries examined.
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309482178 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 77
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Since 1965 the foreign-born population of the United States has swelled from 9.6 million or 5 percent of the population to 45 million or 14 percent in 2015. Today, about one-quarter of the U.S. population consists of immigrants or the children of immigrants. Given the sizable representation of immigrants in the U.S. population, their health is a major influence on the health of the population as a whole. On average, immigrants are healthier than native-born Americans. Yet, immigrants also are subject to the systematic marginalization and discrimination that often lead to the creation of health disparities. To explore the link between immigration and health disparities, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity held a workshop in Oakland, California, on November 28, 2017. This summary of that workshop highlights the presentations and discussions of the workshop.
Author: Cecilia Ballesteros Rosales Publisher: Frontiers Media SA ISBN: 2889450473 Category : Emigration and immigration Languages : en Pages : 118
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US-Mexico border region area has unique social, demographic and policy forces at work that shape the health of its residents as well as serves as a microcosm of migration health challenges facing an increasingly mobile and globalized world. This region reflects the largest migratory flow between any two nations in the world. Data from the Pew Research Center shows over the last 25 years there has never been lower than 140,000 annual immigrants from Mexico to the United States (with peaks over 700,000). This migratory route is extremely hazardous due to natural (e.g., arid and hot desert regions) and human made barriers as well as border enforcement practices tied to socio-political and geopolitical pressures. Also, reflecting the national interdependency of public health and human services needs, during the most recent five year period surveyed the migratory flow between the US and Mexico has equaled that of the flow of Mexico to the US--both around 1.4 million persons. Of particular public health concern, within the US-Mexico region of both nations there is among the highest disparities in income, education, infrastructure and access to health care--factors within the World Health Organization’s conceptualization of the Social Determinants of Health, and among the highest rates of chronic disease. For instance obesity and diabetes rates in this region are among the highest of those monitored in the world, with adult population estimates of the former over 40% and estimates in some population sub-groups for the latter over 20%. The publications reflected in this Research Topic, all reviewed from experts in the field, addressed many of the public health issues in the US Mexico Border Health Commission’s Healthy Border 2020 objectives. Those objectives-- broad public health goals used to guide a diverse range of government, research and community-based stakeholders--include Non Communicable Diseases (including adult and childhood obesity-related ones; cancer), Infectious Diseases (e.g., tuberculosis; HIV; emerging diseases--particularly mosquito borne illnesses), Maternal and Child Health, Mental Health Disorders, and Motor Vehicle Accidents. Other relevant public health issues affecting this region, for example environmental health, binational health services coordination (e.g., immunization), the impact of migration throughout the Americas and globally in this region, health issues related to the physical climate, access to quality health care, discrimination/mistreatment and well-being, acculturative/immigration stress, violence, substance use/abuse, oral health, respiratory disease, and well-being from a social determinants of health framework, are critical areas addressed in these publications or for future research. Each of these Research Topic publications presented applied solutions (e.g., new programs, technology or infrastructure) and/or public health policy recommendations relevant to each public health challenge addressed.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309175569 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 312
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Older Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improved for all racial and ethnic groups, strong differences persist, both in life expectancy and in the causes of disability and death at older ages. This book examines trends in mortality rates and selected causes of disability (cardiovascular disease, dementia) for older people of different racial and ethnic groups. The determinants of these trends and differences are also investigated, including differences in access to health care and experiences in early life, diet, health behaviors, genetic background, social class, wealth and income. Groups often neglected in analyses of national data, such as the elderly Hispanic and Asian Americans of different origin and immigrant generations, are compared. The volume provides understanding of research bearing on the health status and survival of the fastest-growing segment of the American population.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309092116 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 753
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In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.
Author: Ivy Bourgeault Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 1446248461 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 788
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The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is a comprehensive and authoritative source on qualitative research methods. The Handbook compiles accessible yet vigorous academic contributions by respected academics from the fast-growing field of qualitative methods in health research and consists of: - A series of case studies in the ways in which qualitative methods have contributed to the development of thinking in fields relevant to policy and practice in health care. - A section examining the main theoretical sources drawn on by qualitative researchers. - A section on specific techniques for the collection of data. - A section exploring issues relevant to the strategic place of qualitative research in health care environments. The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is an invaluable source of reference for all students, researchers and practitioners with a background in the health professions or health sciences.
Author: Martha L. Morales
Author: Martha L. Morales
Author: Institute of Medicine
Author: Viridiana Luna
Author: National Research Council
Author: Stephan Klasen
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Author: Cecilia Ballesteros Rosales
Author: National Research Council
Author: National Research Council
Author: Ivy Bourgeault