Toward a dynamic conceptualization of social ties and context: Implications for understanding immigrant and Latino health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2167-2175

  Viruell Fuentes, Edna A ^a   Schulz, Amy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MICHIGAN; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 72249083785     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.158956     Document Type: Review

References (96)

1. Acevedo-García D, Bates L. Latino health paradoxes: empirical evidence, explanations, future research, and implications. In: Rodriguez H, Saenz R, Menjivar C, eds. Latino/as in the United States: Changing the Face of America. New York, NY: Springer; 2008:101-113.
2. Carter-Pokras O, Zambrana RE. Latino health status. In: Aguirre-Molina M, Molina CW, Zambrana RE, eds. Health Issues in the Latino Community. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2001:23-54.
3. Palloni A, Morenoff JD. Interpreting the paradoxical in the Hispanic paradox: demographic and epidemiologic approaches. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2001;954: 140-174. (Pubitemid 34048920)
4. Williams DR, Mohammed SA. Poverty, migration, and health. In: Lin AC, Harris DR, eds. The Colors of Poverty: Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist. New York, NY: Russell Sage; 2008:135-169.
5. Cagney KA, Browning CR, Wallace DM. The Latino paradox in neighborhood context: the case of asthma and other respiratory conditions. Am J Public Health. 2007; 97:919-925.
6. Franzini L, Ribble JC, Keddie AM. Understanding the Hispanic paradox. Ethn Dis. 2001;11:496-518.
7. Escarce JJ, Morales LS, Rumbaut RG. The health status and health behaviors of Hispanics. In: Tienda M, Mitchell F, eds. Hispanics and the Future of America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2006:362-409.
8. Acevedo-García D, Soobader MJ, Berkman LF. Low birthweight among US Hispanic/Latino subgroups: the effect of maternal foreign-born status and education. Soc Sci Med. 2007;65:2503-2516. (Pubitemid 350161052)
9. Hummer RA, Powers DA, Pullum SG, Gossman GL, Frisbie WP. Paradox found (again): infant mortality among the Mexican-origin population in the United States. Demography. 2007;44:441-457.
10. Alegria M, Canino G, Shrout PE, et al Prevalence of mental illness in immigrant and non-immigrant U.S. Latino groups. Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165:359-369. (Pubitemid 351704492)
11. Vega WA, Kolody B, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alderete E, Catalano R, Caraveo-Anduaga J. Lifetime prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders among urban and rural Mexican Americans in California. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1998;55:771-778. (Pubitemid 28413038)
12. Wei M, Valdez RA, Mitchell BD, Haffner SM, Stern MP, Hazuda H. Migration status, socioeconomic status, and mortality rates in Mexican Americans and non- Hispanic whites: The San Antonio Heart Study. Ann Epidemiol. 1996;6:307-313. (Pubitemid 26299022)
13. Palloni A, Arias A. Paradox lost: explaining the Hispanic adult mortality advantage. Demography. 2004; 41:385-415. (Pubitemid 39379355)
14. Markides KS, Eschbach K. Aging, migration, and mortality: current status of research on the Hispanic paradox. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2005;60(spec 2):68-75. (Pubitemid 41552230)
15. Barcenas CH, Wilkinson AV, Strom SS, et al Birth-place, years of residence in the United States, and obesity among Mexican-American adults. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007;15:1043-1052. (Pubitemid 46740981)
16. Sundquist J, Winkleby MA. Country of birth, acculturation status and abdominal obesity in a national sample of Mexican American women and men. Int J Epidemiol. 2000;29:470-477. (Pubitemid 30447251)
17. Singh GK, Miller BA. Health, life expectancy, and mortality patterns among immigrant populations in the United States. Can J Public Health. 2004;95:I14-I21.
18. Cho Y, Frisbie WP, Hummer RA, Rogers RG. Nativity, duration of residence, and the health of Hispanic adults in the United States. Int Migr Rev. 2004;38:184-211. (Pubitemid 39337789)
19. Gonzalez HM, Haan MN, Hinton L. Acculturation and the prevalence of depression in older Mexican Americans: baseline results of the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001;49:948-953. (Pubitemid 32743631)
20. Carrasquillo O, Carrasquillo AI, Shea S. Health insurance coverage of immigrants living in the United States: differences by citizenship status and country of origin. Am J Public Health. 2000;90:917-923. (Pubitemid 30366976)
21. Weinick RM, Jacobs EA, Stone LC, Ortega AN, Burstin H. Hispanic healthcare disparities: challenging the myth of a monolithic Hispanic population. Med Care. 2004;42:313-320.
22. Angel RJ, Angel JL, Markides KS. Stability and change in health insurance among older Mexican Americans: longitudinal evidence from the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly. Am J Public Health. 2002;92:1264-1271.
23. Eschbach K, Yong-Fang K, Goodwin JS. Ascertainment of Hispanic ethnicity on California death certifi- cates: implications for the explanation of the Hispanic mortality advantage. Am J Public Health. 2006;96:2209-2215. (Pubitemid 44865114)
24. Smith DP, Bradshaw BS. Rethinking the Hispanic paradox: death rates and life expectancy for US non- Hispanic White and Hispanic populations. Am J Public Health. 2006;96:1686-1692.
25. Abraido-Lanza AF, Dohrenwend BP, Ng-Mak DS, Turner JB. The Latino mortality paradox: a test of the "salmon bias" and healthy migrant hypotheses. Am J Public Health. 1999;89:1543-1548.
26. Jasso G, Massey DS, Rosenzweig MR, Smith JP. Immigrant health: selectivity and acculturation. In: Anderson NB, Bulatao RA, Cohen R, eds. Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2004:227-266.
27. Akresh IR, Frank R. Health selection among new immigrants. Am J Public Health. 2008;98:2058-2064.
28. Vega WA, Amaro H. Latino outlook: good health, uncertain prognosis. Annu Rev Public Health. 1994; 15:39-67. (Pubitemid 24178993)
29. Scribner R, Dwyer JH. Acculturation and low birthweight among Latinos in the Hispanic HANES. Am J Public Health. 1989;79:1263-1267. (Pubitemid 19223790)
30. Berkman LF, Glass T. Social integration, social networks, social support, and health. In: Berkman LF, Kawachi I, eds. Social Epidemiology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2000:137-173.
31. Heaney CA, Israel BA. Social networks and social support. In: Glanz K, Rimer BK, Lewis FM, eds. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. 3rd ed. San Fancisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2002: 185-209.
32. House JS. Work, Stress, and Social Support. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley; 1981.
33. House JS, Landis KR, Umberson D. Social relationships and health. Science. 1988;241(4865):540-545.
34. Williams DR, House JS. Stress, social support, control, and coping: a social epidemiological view. In: Badura B, Kickbusch I, eds. Health Promotion Research: Towards a New Social Epidemiology. Copenhagen, Denmark: World Health Organization; 1991:147-172.
35. Vega WA, Kolody B, Valle R, Weir J. Social networks, social support, and their relationship to depression among immigrant Mexican women. Hum Organ. 1991;50:154-162.
36. Hovey JD. Moderating influence of social support on suicidal ideation in a sample of Mexican Americans. Psychol Rep. 1999;85:78-79.
37. Sherraden MS, Barrera RE. Maternal support and cultural influences among Mexican immigrant mothers. Fam Soc. 1996;77:298-313. (Pubitemid 126061443)
38. Sherraden MS, Barrera RE. Family support and birth outcomes among second-generation Mexican immigrants. Soc Serv Rev. 1997;71:607-633.
39. Weigers ME, Sherraden MS. A critical examination of acculturation: the impact of health behaviors, social support, and economic resources on birth weight among women of Mexican descent. Int Migr Rev. 2001;35:804-839.
40. Suarez L, Ramirez AG, Villarreal R, et al Social networks and cancer screening in four U.S. Hispanic groups. Am J Prev Med. 2000;19:47-52. (Pubitemid 30364997)
41. Finch BK, Vega WA. Acculturation stress, social support, and self-rated health among Latinos in California. J Immigr Health. 2003;5(3):109-117.
42. Farmer IP, Meyer PS, Ramsey DJ, et al Higher levels of social support predict greater survival following acute myocardial infarction: the Corpus Christi Health Project. Behav Med. 1996;22:59-66.
43. Galván N, Buki LP, Garcés DM. Suddenly, a carriage appears: social support needs of Latina breast cancer survivors. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2009;27:361-382.
44. Zambrana RE, Scrimshaw SCM, Collins N, Dunkel- Schetter C. Prenatal health behaviors and psychosocial risk factors in pregnant women of Mexican origin: the role of acculturation. Am J Public Health. 1997;87: 1022-1026. (Pubitemid 27295084)
45. Almeida J, Molnar BE, Kawachi I, Subramanian SV. Ethnicity and nativity status as determinants of perceived social support: testing the concept of familism. Soc Sci Med. 2009;68:1852-1858.
46. Vega WA, Kolody B. The meaning of social support and the mediation of stress across cultures. In: Vega WA, Miranda MR, eds. Stress and Hispanic Mental Health: Relating Research to Service Delivery. Rockville, MD: National Institute of Mental Health; 1985:48-75.
47. Golding JM, Baezconde-Garbanati LA. Ethnicity, culture, and social resources. Am J Community Psychol. 1990;18:465-486.
48. Harley K, Ezkenazi B. Time in the United States, social support and health behaviors during pregnancy among women of Mexican descent. Soc Sci Med. 2006; 62:3048-3061.
49. Rodríguez N, Mira CB, Paez ND, Myers HF. Exploring the complexities of familism and acculturation: central constructs for people of Mexican origin. Am J Community Psychol. 2007;39:61-77.
50. Clark L. La familia: methodological issues in the assessment of perinatal social support for Mexicanas living in the United Status. Soc Sci Med. 2001;53:1303-1320. (Pubitemid 32826196)
51. Martinez-Schallmoser L, Telleen S, MacMullen NJ. The effect of social support and acculturation on postpartum depression in Mexican American women. J Transcult Nurs. 2003;14:329-338. (Pubitemid 38543338)
52. Balcazar H, Peterson G, Cobas JA. Acculturation and health-related risk behaviors among Mexican American pregnant youth. Am J Health Behav. 1996;20:425-433. (Pubitemid 127005046)
53. Angel JL, Angel RJ. Age at migration, social connections, and well-being among elderly Hispanics. J Aging Health. 1992;4:480-499.
54. Becerra RM. Pregnancy and motherhood among Mexican American Adolescents. Health Soc Work. 1984;9(2):106-123.
55. Griffith J. Emotional support providers and psychological distress among Anglo- and Mexican-Americans. Community Ment Health J. 1984;20:182-201.
56. Franzini L, Fernandez-Esquer ME. Socioeconomic, cultural, and personal influences on health outcomes in low income Mexican-origin individuals in Texas. Soc Sci Med. 2004;59:1629-1646. (Pubitemid 38981699)
57. Mulvaney-Day NE, Alegria M, Sribney W. Social cohesion, social support, and health among Latinos in the United States. Soc Sci Med. 2007;64:477-495. (Pubitemid 44914023)
58. Menjivar C. Fragmented Ties: Salvadoran Networks in America. Berkeley, CA: University of California; 2000.
59. Rumbaut RG. The agony of exile: a study of the migration and adaptation of Indochinese refugee adults and children. In: Ahearn FL Jr, Athey J, eds. Refugee Children: Theory, Research, and Practice. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press; 1991: 53-91.
60. Rumbaut RG. Severed or sustained attachments? Language, identity, and imagined communities in the post-immigrant generation. In: Levitt P, Waters M, eds. The Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation. New York, NY: Russell Sage; 2002: 43-95.
61. US Census Bureau. Census 2000. Table PCT1: Total population - racial or ethnic grouping: Hispanic [Summary File 4]. Available at: http://factfinder. census.gov. Accessed August 18, 2004.
62. US Census Bureau. Census 1990. Table PO11: Hispanic origin persons, 1990 [Summary Tape File 3]. Available at: http://factfinder.census.gov. Accessed August 18, 2004.
63. Brand-Williams O. Neighborhood remains the city's most diverse. Detroit News. April 2001. Available at: http://detnews.com/2001/census/0104/01/a10- 206605.htm. Accessed April 1, 2001.
64. US Census Bureau. Census 2000. Total population [Summary File 4]. Available at: http://factfinder.census. gov. Accessed August 18, 2004.
65. US Census Bureau. Census 2000. Table PCT1: Total population - racial or ethnic grouping: Mexican, African American alone, and White alone [Summary File 4]. Available at: http://factfinder.census.gov. Accessed August 18, 2004
66. Charmaz K. The grounded theory method: an explication and interpretation. In: Emerson RM, ed. Contemporary Field Research: A Collection of Readings. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press; 1983:109-126.
67. Chesler M. Professional's Views of the "Dangers" of Self-help Groups: Explicating a Grounded Theoretical Approach. Ann Arbor, MI: Center for Research on Social Organization, University of Michigan; 1987.
68. Patton MQ. Qualitative Evaluation Methods. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications; 1990.
69. Strauss A, Corbin J. Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications; 1998.
70. Tesch R. Qualitative Research: Analysis Types and Software Tools. Bristol, PA: The Falmer Press; 1990.
71. Granovetter M. The strength of weak ties: a network theory revisited. Soc Theor. 1983;1:201-233.
72. Viruell-Fuentes EA. Beyond acculturation: immigration, discrimination, and health research amongMexicans in the United States. Soc Sci Med. 2007;65:1524-1535.
73. Schwalbe M, Godwin S, Holden D, Schrock D, Thompson S, Wolkomir M. Generic processes in the reproduction of inequality: an intersection analysis. Soc Forces. 2000;79:419-452. (Pubitemid 33204306)
74. Hall S. The work of representation. In: Hall S, ed. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. London, England: Sage; 1997:1-11.
75. Viruell-Fuentes EA. "My heart is always there": the transnational practices of first-generation Mexican immigrant and second-generation Mexican American women. Identities Global Stud Cult Power. 2006;13:335-362.
76. Aranda EM. Global care work and gendered constraints: the case of Puerto Rican transmigrants. Gend Soc. 2003;17:609-626.
77. James SA. Racial and ethnic differences in infant mortality and low birth weight. A psychosocial critique. Ann Epidemiol. 1993;3:130-136.
78. Rumbaut RG. Ties that bind: immigration and immigrant families in the United States. In: Booth A, Crouter AC, Landale N, eds. Immigration and the Family: Research and Policy on U.S. Immigrants. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum; 1997:3-46.
79. Massey D, Alarcon R, Durand J, Gonzalez H. Return to Aztlan: The Social Processes of International Migration From Western Mexico. Berkeley, CA: University of California; 1987.
80. Hondagneu-Sotelo P. Gendered Transitions: Mexican Experiences of Immigration. Berkeley, CA: University of California; 1994.
81. Chavez LR. Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace; 1998.
82. House JS, Umberson D, Landis KR. Structures and processes of social support. Annu Rev Sociol. 1988;14: 293-318.
83. Basch L, Glick Schiller N, Blanc-Szanton C. Nations Unbound: Transnational Projects, Postcolonial Predicaments, and Deterritorialized Nation-States. Langhorne, PA: Gordon & Breach Science Publishers; 1994.
84. Levitt P, Glick Schiller N. Conceptualizing simultaneity: a transnational social field perspective on society. Int Migr Rev. 2004;38:1002-1039. (Pubitemid 40015100)
85. Murphy EJ, Mahalingam R. Transnational ties and mental health of Caribbean immigrants. J Immigr Health. 2004;6(4):167-178.
86. Portes A. Conclusion: theoretical convergencies and empirical evidence in the study of immigrant transnationalism. Int Migr Rev. 2003;37:874-892. (Pubitemid 37515175)
87. Espiritu YL. Home Bound: Filipino American Lives Across Cultures, Communities, and Countries. Berkeley, CA: University of California; 2003.
88. Cross WE, Parham TA, Helms JE. Nigrescence revisited: theory and research. In: Jones RL, ed. African American Identity Development: Theory, Research, and Intervention. Hampton, VA: Cobb and Henry; 1998: 3-71.
89. Umaña-Taylor AJ, Updegraff KA. Latino adolescents' mental health: exploring the interrelations among discrimination, ethnic identity, cultural orientation, selfesteem, and depressive symptoms. J Adolesc. 2007;30: 549-567.
90. Munford MB. Relationship of gender, self-esteem, social class, and racial identity to depression in Blacks. J Black Psychol. 1994;20:157-174.
91. Caldwell CH, Zimmerman MA, Bernat DH, Sellers RM, Notaro PC. Racial identity, maternal support, and psychological distress among African American adolescents. Child Dev. 2002;73:1322-1336.
92. Sellers RM, Caldwell CH, Schmeelk-Cone KH, Zimmerman MA. Racial identity, racial discrimination, perceived stress, and psychological distress among African American young adults. J Health Soc Behav. 2003; 44:302-317.
93. Mossakowski KN. Coping with perceived discrimination: does ethnic identity protect mental health? J Health Soc Behav. 2003;44:318-331.
94. Landale NS, Oropesa RS. Migration, social support and perinatal health: an origin-destination analysis of Puerto Rican women. J Health Soc Behav. 2001;42:166-183.
95. Hunt LM, Schneider S, Comer B. Should "acculturation" be a variable in health research?: a critical review of research on US Hispanics. Soc Sci Med. 2004;59: 973-986.
96. Mullings L, Schulz AJ. Intersectionality and health: an introduction. In: Schulz AJ, Mullings L, eds. Gender, Race, Class and Health: Intersectional Approaches. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass; 2006:3-17.