There is a global obesity pandemic. However, the prevalence of overweight and obesity
among men and women varies greatly within and between countries, and overall, more …

The literature on immigrant health has repeatedly reported the paradoxical finding, where
immigrants from Latin American countries to OECD countries appear to enjoy better health …

In this article, I build a new line of health inequality research that parallels the emerging
structural racism literature. I develop theory and measurement for the concept of structural …

Though Hispanics live long lives, whether a “Hispanic paradox “extends to older-age health
remains unclear, as do the social processes underlying racial-ethnic and immigrant-native …

In this article, we test for four potential explanations of the Hispanic Health Paradox (HHP):
the “salmon bias,” emigration selection, and sociocultural protection originating in either …

While health inequalities related to race/ethnicity, nativity, and age are well documented, it
remains unclear how these axes of stratification combine to shape health trajectories …

Objective The present study was designed to ascertain the associations between
acculturation and well‐being in first‐generation and second‐generation immigrant college …

OBJECTIVES: To explore the implications of limited English proficiency (LEP) for disparities
in health status and healthcare service use of older Latino and Asian immigrants. DESIGN …

Studies of immigrant-based disparities in mental health care have been limited by small
sample sizes and a lack of measures of different dimensions of acculturation. This study …

Objectives. We examine race/ethnic and nativity differences in objective measures of
physical performance (ie, peak expiratory flow, grip strength, and gait speed) in a nationally …