Aging and disability among Hispanics in the United States: Current knowledge and future directions

MA Garcia, B Downer, M Crowe… - Innovation in …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Hispanics are the most rapidly aging minority
population in the United States. Our objective is to provide a summary of current knowledge …

Immigration and loneliness in later life

Z Wu, M Penning - Ageing & Society, 2015 - cambridge.org
Although the loneliness of both older adults and immigrants is frequently asserted,
knowledge regarding the implications of immigration for loneliness in later life is limited. In …

Longer lives, sicker lives? Increased longevity and extended disability among Mexican-origin elders

RJ Angel, JL Angel, TD Hill - Journals of Gerontology Series B …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objectives.(a) To identify factors associated with different patterns of functional decline in a
longitudinal sample of older Mexican-origin individuals, and (b) to determine the proportions …

Negative acculturation and nothing more? Cumulative disadvantage and mortality during the immigrant adaptation process among Latinos in the United States

F Riosmena, BG Everett, RG Rogers… - International Migration …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Foreign‐and US‐born Hispanic health deteriorates with increasing exposure and
acculturation to mainstream US society. Because these associations are robust to (static) …

[PDF][PDF] Immigrant health paradox

KS Markides, S Rote - Emerging trends in the social …, 2015 - emergingtrends.stanford.edu
With rising rates of immigration around the globe we have seen increased interest in the
socioeconomic situation of immigrants as well as their health status and health care needs …

Immigrant status and cognitive functioning in late-life: An examination of gender variations in the healthy immigrant effect

TD Hill, JL Angel, KS Balistreri, AP Herrera - Social science & medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
Although some research suggests that the healthy immigrant effect extends to cognitive
functioning, it is unclear whether this general pattern varies according to gender. We use six …

Acculturation strategies, age at migration, and self-rated health: An empirical study on internal migrants in China

Z Ma, Y Xia - Social Science Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Berry's bidimensional acculturation model categorizes acculturation status (integration,
assimilation, separation, marginalization) by preference toward host and origin cultures …

Immigrant generation and diabetes risk among Mexican Americans: the Sacramento area Latino study on aging

A Afable-Munsuz, ER Mayeda… - … journal of public …, 2014 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined whether acculturation and immigrant generation, a marker for
assimilation, are associated with diabetes risk in an aging Mexican-origin population …

Another Paradox? The life satisfaction of older Hispanic immigrants in the United States

R Calvo, DC Carr, C Matz-Costa - Journal of aging and …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To investigate disparities in life satisfaction among older Hispanic immigrants in
the United States relative to their native-born Hispanic and non-Hispanic White counterparts …

Cumulative All-Cause Mortality in Diverse Hispanic/Latino Adults: A Prospective, Multicenter Cohort Study

J Cai, A Pirzada, PL Baldoni, G Heiss… - Annals of internal …, 2024 - acpjournals.org
Background: All-cause mortality among diverse Hispanic/Latino groups in the United States
and factors underlying mortality differences have not been examined prospectively …