Explanations for immigrant health outcomes often invoke culture through the use of the
concept of acculturation. The over reliance on cultural explanations for immigrant health …

Abstract Currently, 15 million Mexican and Central American individuals live in the United
States, with this number projected to rise in the next few decades (Lesser & Batalova, 2017; …

Background: Recognizing and appropriately treating mental health problems among new
immigrants and refugees in primary care poses a challenge because of differences in …

Prior research has found that perceived discrimination is associated with adverse mental
health outcomes among Latinos. However, the process by which this relationship occurs …

Using data from a stratified random sample of 281 foreign‐born adolescents and their
parents in the United States, this study provides data on migration‐related trauma exposures …

Research has found a strong inverse association between discrimination and health and
well-being. Most of these studies have been conducted among African-Americans, and have …

The risk for depression increases as Hispanic youth acculturate to US society. This
association is stronger for Hispanic girls than boys. To better understand the influence of …

Purpose To describe prevalence and relationships to cardiovascular morbidity of
depression, anxiety, and medication use among Hispanic/Latinos of different ethnic …

Nearly one out of every four children in the US is a child of immigrants. Yet few studies have
assessed how factors at various stages of migration contribute to the development of health …

Introduction: As anti-immigrant hostility toward Latino populations grows, more fervent
attention is needed to consider strength-based approaches to attenuate the effects of …