Neighborhood social ecologies may have protective effects on depression in Latinos, after
adjusting for demographic risk factors, such as nativity and length of stay in the US. This …

Background Social support may be particularly important in countering depression among
systematically disadvantaged groups. Latino immigrants are an example of a disadvantaged …

We examined whether social support from family and friends, separately, reduce the
deleterious effect of neighborhood stressors on psychological distress among Latinos by …

The purpose of this study was to advance a theoretical understanding of the effects of
impoverished neighborhoods on mental health and to inform policy measures encouraging …

Depression rates rise in adolescence and the prevalence of depression is higher among
Latino adolescents than other race/ethnic groups. Ethnic density among immigrant …

Research suggests that, among Latinos, there are health benefits associated with living in a
neighborhood populated with coethnics. While social networks and social cohesion are the …

This study examines the associations of neighborhood ethnic density and poverty with social
cohesion and self-rated mental health among Asian Americans and Latinos. Path analysis is …

Studies among US Latinos provide the most consistent evidence of ethnic density effects.
However, most studies conducted to date have focused on Mexican Americans, and it is not …

Substantial research shows that increased Hispanic neighborhood concentration is
associated with several beneficial health outcomes including lower adult mortality, better self …

Latino immigrant presence in urban neighborhoods has been linked with reduced
neighborhood cohesion in social disorganization–based ethnic heterogeneity hypotheses …