Assimilation and emerging health disparities among new generations of U.S. children

Hamilton, Erin R.; Cardoso, Jodi Berger; Hummer, Robert A.; Padilla, Yolanda C.

doi:10.4054/demres.2011.25.25

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“…A generational Hispanic health paradox was visible for asthma, bronchitis, and allergies with the prevalence of each illness increasing with each successive generation. This is consistent with other studies 6,7 . Our expanded generational cohort framework allows for the identification of specific thresholds in the duration of the immigrant respiratory heath advantage for the first time.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…To our knowledge only one study has examined asthma and allergies across generational cohorts 7 . This study found that US Hispanic children's unadjusted asthma and allergy prevalence increased across first, second and third generations; however, it was limited in that subsequent Hispanic generations were not compared to each other, but to third-plus generation non-Hispanic whites 7 . This means the effect of Hispanic generational status on Hispanic respiratory health disparities was not assessed, which is our primary goal here.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Children's immigrant generational status has usually been conceptualized based on the child's and parents’ nativity in a three-group generational framework 7,9-13 . This three-group framework is based on the classical immigrant assimilation model, which posits that immigrants gradually adopt the behaviors of the dominant cultural group over time, with linear increases in assimilation occurring progressively across successive generations 14 .…”

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The Hispanic health paradox across generations: the relationship of child generational status and citizenship with health outcomes

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Objectives In examining the Hispanic health paradox, researchers rarely determine if the paradox persists across immigrant generations. This study examines immigrant respiratory health disparities among Hispanic children in terms of current asthma, bronchitis, and allergies using an expanded six-group immigrant cohort framework that includes citizenship and the fourth-plus generation. Study design Cross-sectional primary survey data from 1,568 caretakers of Hispanic schoolchildren in El Paso, Texas (USA) were utilized. Methods Data were analyzed using generalized linear models. Results Results indicate that a healthy immigrant advantage lasts until the 2.5 generation for bronchitis and allergies (p<.05), and until the third generation for asthma (p<10). Citizenship was not an influence on the likelihood of a child having a respiratory health condition. Conclusions Findings demonstrate the utility of the expanded six-group cohort framework for examining intergenerational patterns in health conditions among immigrant groups.

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“…Prior studies show that Mexican-origin children with U.S.-born parents are at greater risk of developing asthma than children with one or more foreign-born parents (9,27). Lara et al's (9) analysis of the National Health Interview Survey shows that the odds of childhood asthma were significantly higher for Mexican-origin children when both parents and the child were born in the U.S., compared to cases where one or more was foreign-born.…”

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Asthma in US Mexican-Origin Children in Early Childhood: Differences in Risk and Protective Factors by Parental Nativity

Hillemeier

Landale

Oropesa

2015

Academic Pediatrics

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Objectives Over 900,000 Mexican-origin children in the United States have asthma, but little is known about the extent to which development of this condition reflects early childhood exposure to social and environmental risks. The objectives of this research are to demonstrate the roles of risk and protective factors in the prevalence and severity of asthma in this population and provide comparisons with other racial/ethnic groups. Methods Nationally-representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (n=6,900) with county-level ozone data appended to this file are analyzed using descriptive and multivariate regression methods. Results The odds of asthma diagnosis by 60 months are approximately 50 percent higher among Mexican-origin children than for non-Hispanic whites (p<.05) in multivariate analyses. Compared to those with foreign-born parents, Mexican-origin children with native-born parents have a lower likelihood of being breastfed and greater chances of having risks including a family history of asthma, having respiratory illnesses and allergies, living with a smoker, and attending center-based child care. Mexican-origin children live in counties with over three times more elevated ozone days annually than non-Hispanic whites. Conclusions Mexican-origin children experience a constellation of risk and protective factors, but those with U.S.-born parents have elevated asthma risks compared to those with foreign-born parents. Asthma incidence and severity will likely increase as this population becomes increasingly integrated into society.

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“…Although some prior studies have shown that children’s outcomes vary significantly by maternal nativity (e.g., Hamilton et al 2011), Model 2 shows that after other socio-demographic variables are controlled for, having a foreign-born mother is related only to the odds of being classified into the Low Cognitive Achievement health status (OR = 1.39) 11. However, these results do not support the conclusion that low exposure to English in the home is responsible for Mexican children’s low cognitive achievement on tests administered in English.…”

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Health and development among Mexican, black and white preschool children: An integrative approach using latent class analysis

Landale¹,

Lanza²,

Hillemeier³

et al. 2013

DemRes

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BACKGROUND Building on an emerging scientific consensus that the concept of child health should encompass chronic conditions, functional abilities, and developmental domains, we delineate the multidimensional health statuses of Mexican, non-Hispanic black, and non-Hispanic white preschool children in the United States. This integrative approach provides the foundation for an in-depth analysis of health disparities. OBJECTIVE The research objectives are: (1) to demonstrate a new methodological approach to identifying the major child health statuses; (2) to document differences in the prevalence of those health statuses among children in the largest ethnoracial groups in the U.S.; and (3) to assess whether key sources of disadvantage account for ethnoracial disparities in children’s health. METHODS With data from a nationally representative sample, we use latent class analysis to estimate a set of latent health statuses that capture the nature of health at age four. The latent class membership of children is predicted using multinomial logistic regression. RESULTS Mexican and non-Hispanic black children are more likely than non-Hispanic white children to fall into health statuses distinguished by low cognitive achievement and multiple developmental problems. Mexican children are the most likely to be classified into these problematic health statuses. This pattern persists in multivariate models that incorporate potential explanatory factors, including health at birth, socio-demographic characteristics, home environment, well-child care and center-based child care. CONCLUSIONS Latent class analysis is a useful method for incorporating measures of physical conditions, functional problems, and development into a single analysis in order to identify key dimensions of childhood health and locate ethnoracial health disparities.

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Assimilation and emerging health disparities among new generations of U.S. children

Cited by 57 publications

References 47 publications

The Hispanic health paradox across generations: the relationship of child generational status and citizenship with health outcomes

The Hispanic health paradox across generations: the relationship of child generational status and citizenship with health outcomes

Asthma in US Mexican-Origin Children in Early Childhood: Differences in Risk and Protective Factors by Parental Nativity

Health and development among Mexican, black and white preschool children: An integrative approach using latent class analysis

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