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Journal Article
Apr 1, 2013
This article examines the access to pension and health insurance benefits and employment status of older Mexican return migrants.
Mar 1, 2013
There are large racial disparities in the use of mental health care. But they are not explained by different treatment preferences across ethnic and racial groups.
Feb 1, 2013
The authors investigate the salmon-bias hypothesis, which posits that Mexicans in the U.S. return to Mexico due to poor health, as an explanation for the Hispanic health paradox.
Jan 1, 2013
Overweight, obese and extremely obese 5th graders on average experience worse HRQOL than normal weight children, especially in psychosocial domains including self-worth and peer relationships, regardless of race/ethnicity.
The authors develop an oral health literacy instrument for Spanish-speaking adults, evaluate its psychometric properties, and determine its comparability to an English version.
Sep 1, 2012
Mexican immigrants in the US do not have increased risk for alcohol use or alcohol use disorders when compared to Mexicans living in Mexico, but they are at higher risk for drug use and drug use disorders.
Brochure
Jun 11, 2012
The Center for Latin American Social Policy (CLASP), part of RAND Labor and Population, is dedicated to improving the well-being of the Latin American population.
Jan 1, 2012
The aims of the present study were to examine whether Asian American youth experience disparities in quality of life (QL) compared with Hispanic, African American, and white youth in the general population and to what extent socioeconomic status (SES) mediates any disparities among these racial/ethnic groups.
Evidence suggests that smoking is suppressed among migrants relative to the broader transnational Mexican-origin population.
Migration from Mexico to the US is associated with an increased risk for Binge Eating Disorder (BED) that may be partially attributable to non-specific influences on internalizing disorders.
U.S.-born Mexican Americans are more likely to be obese than first-generation Mexican immigrants to the United States.
Among older white and Mexican origin male primary care patients, we examined preferences for features of depression care programs that would encourage depressed older men to enter and remain in treatment.
