A comparison of the health of older hispanics in the United States and Mexico: Methodological challenges

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-31

  Angel, Ronald J ^a   Angel, Jacqueline L ^a   Hill, Terrence D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Health measurement; Hispanic Established Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly; Hispanic health; Mexican Health and Aging Study; Older Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICO; NEOPLASM; SELF REPORT; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37849000249     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264307309924     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Angel, R.J. (2006). Narrative and the fundamental limitations of quantification in cross-cultural research. Medical Care, 44 (Suppl. 3). S31 - S33.
2. Angel, R.J., Angel, J.L., & Markides, K.S. (2002). Stability and change in health insurance among older Mexican Americans: Longitudinal evidence from the Hispanic-EPESE. American Journal of Public Health, 92, 1264-1271.
3. Angel, R.J., Angel, J.L., & Markides, K.S. (2003). La salud física y mental de los Mexicanos migrantes mayores en los Estados Unidos [The physical and mental health of Mexican migrants in the United States]. In V. N. Salgado de Snyder & R. Wong (Eds.), Calidad de vida y vejez en la pobreza: Una perspectiva de género (pp. 153-172). Cuernavaca, Morelos, México: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública.
4. Angel, R., & Thoits, P. (1987). The impact of culture on the cognitive structure of illness. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 11, 23-52.
5. Angel, R., & Williams, K. (2000). Cultural models of health and illness. In I. Cuéllar & F. A. Paniagua (Eds.), Handbook of multi-cultural mental health: Assessment and treatment of diverse populations (pp. 25-44). New York: Academic Press.
6. Black, S.A. (1999). Increased health burden associated with co-morbid depression in older diabetic Mexican Americans: Results of the Hispanic EPESE. Diabetes Care, 22, 56-64.
7. Black, S.A., Ray, L.A., & Markides, K.S. (1999). The prevalence and health burden of self-reported diabetes in older Mexican Americans: Findings from the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. American Journal of Public Health, 89, 546-552.
8. Bulatao, R. A., & Anderson, N. B. (Eds.). (2004). Understanding racial and ethnic differences in health in late life: A research agenda. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2004). Obesity among adults 20-74 years of age by sex, race, and Hispanic origin: United States, 1999-2002. Health, United States, 2004, Figure 17 (DHHS Publication No. 2004-1232). Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.
10. Congressional Budget Office. (2006). The budget and economic outlook: Fiscal years 2007-2016. Retrieved October 2, 2007, from http://www.cbo.gov/ ftpdocs/70xx/doc7027/01-26-BudgetOutlook.pdf
11. Dey, A.N., & Lucas, J.W. (2006). Physical and mental health characteristics of U.S. and foreign-born adults: United States, 1998-2003. Advanced data from vital and health statistics, 369. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.
12. Ewing, J. (1984). Detecting alcoholism: The CAGE questionnaire. Journal of the American Medical Association, 252, 1905-1907.
13. Frenk, J. (2007). Globalization and health: Risks and opportunities on our common border. In J. L. Angel & K. E. Whitfield (Eds.), The health of aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin population (pp. 280-288). New York: Springer.
14. Frenk, J., Lozano, R., & González-Block, M.A. (1994). Economía y salud: Propuestas para el avance del sistema nacional de salud en México [Economy and health: Proposals for the advancement of the national health care system in Mexico]. México, DF, México: Fundación Mexicana Para La Salud.
15. Frenk, J., Sepúlveda, J., Gómez-Dantés, O., & Knaul, F. (2003). Evidence-based health policy: Three generations of reform in México. Lancet, 362, 1667-1671.
16. Haan, M.N., Mungas, D.M., Gonzalez, H.M., Ortiz, T.A., Acharya, A., & Jagust, W.J. (2003). Prevalence of dementia in older Latinos: The influence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, stroke and genetic factors. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51, 169-177.
17. Haffner, S., Hazuda, H., Patterson, M.B., & Stern, M. (1991). Increased incidence of type II diabetes mellitus in Mexican Americans. Diabetes Care, 14, 102-108.
18. Hargraves, J.L., & Hadley, J. (2003). Impact of health care context: The contribution of insurance coverage and community resources to reducing racial/ethnic disparities in access to care. Health Services Research, 38, 809-829.
19. Holtz-Eakin, D. (2003). Medicare's long-term financial condition (CBO testimony before the Joint Economic Committee Congress of the United States, Washington, DC). Retrieved October 2, 2007, from http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm? index=4161&sequence=0
20. Institute of Medicine. (2001). Coverage matters: Insurance and health care. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
21. Jasso, G., Massey, D.S., Rosenzweig, M.R., & Smith, J.P. (2004). Immigrant health selectivity and acculturation. In N. A. Anderson, R. A. Bulatao, & B. Cohen (Eds.), Critical perspectives on racial and ethnic differences in health in later life (pp. 227-266). Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
22. Knaul, F.M., & Frenk, J. (2005). Health insurance in Mexico: Achieving universal coverage through structural reform. Health Affairs, 24, 1467-1476.
23. Lorenzo, C., Serrano-Rios, M., Martinez-Larrad, M.T., Gabriel, R., Williams, K., Gonzalez Villalpando, C., et al. (2001). Was the historic contribution of Spain to the Mexican gene pool partially responsible for the higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Mexican-Origin populations? Diabetes Care, 24, 2059-2064.
24. Markides, K.S., & Eschbach, K. (2005). Aging, migration, and mortality: Current status of research on the Hispanic paradox. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 60, S68 - S75.
25. Markides, K.S., Eschbach, K., Ray, L., & Peek, K. (2007). Census disability rates among older people by race/ethnicity and type of Hispanic origin. In J. L. Angel & K. E. Whitfield (Eds.), The health of aging Hispanics: The Mexican-origin population (pp. 26-39). New York: Springer.
26. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2006 a). Life expectancy (in years). Females, males and total population at birth. Retrieved October 2, 2007, from http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/7/42/35530071.xls
27. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2006 b). OECD health data. Paris: Author.
28. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2005). OECD reviews of health systems-Mexico. Paris: Author.
29. Pagan, J.A., & Puig, A. (2005). Differences in access to health care services between insured and uninsured adults with diabetes in Mexico. Diabetes Care, 28, 425-426.
30. Palloni, A., & Arias, E. (2004). Paradox lost: Explaining the Hispanic adult mortality advantage. Demography, 41, 385-415.
31. Palloni, A., Soldo, B., & Wong, R. (2003, May). The accuracy of self reported anthropometric measures and self reported diabetes in nationally representative samples of older adults in Mexico. Paper presented at the Population Association of America Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
32. Patel, K.V., Peek, K., Wong, R., & Markides, K.S. (2006). Comorbidity and disability in elderly Mexican and Mexican American adults: Findings from Mexico and the southwestern United States. Journal of Aging and Health, 18, 315-329.
33. Radloff, L. (1977). The CES-D scale: A self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1, 385-401.
34. Rogler, L.H. (1999). Methodological sources of cultural insensitivity in mental health research. American Psychologist, 54, 424-433.
35. Rowland, D., & Lyons, B. (1996). Medicare, Medicaid, and the elderly poor. Health Care Financing Review, 18, 61-85.
36. Saitz, R., Lepore, M., Sullivan, L., Amaro, H., & Samet, J. (1999). Alcohol abuse and dependence in Latinos living in the United States. Archives of Internal Medicine, 159, 718-724.
37. Wallace, S.P., & Gutierrez, V.F. (2005). Equity of access to health care for older adults in four major Latin American cities. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 17, 394-409.
38. Wong, R., Díaz, J.J., & Espinoza, M. (2006). Health care use among elderly Mexicans in the U.S. and in Mexico: The role of health insurance. Research on Aging, 28, 393-408.
39. Wong, R., & Espinoza, M. (2004). Estudio Nacional de Salud y Envejecimiento en México (ENASEM) 2001. Documento metodológico, reporte de proyecto [Mexican National Health and Aging Study]. Retrieved October 2, 2007, from http://www.mhas.pop.upenn.edu/english/documents/Methodological/ Doc_metodologicov2.pdf
40. Wong, R., & Parker, S.W. (1999). Welfare of the elderly in Mexico: A comparative perspective. Retrieved October 2, 2007, from http://www.worldbank. org/knowledge/chiefecon/conferen/papers/eldmex.pdf
41. World Health Organization. (2005). The World Health report: 2005. Annex Table 1, basic indicators for all WHO member states. Retrieved October 2, 2007, from http://www.who.int/whr/2005/annex/annexe1_en.pdf