Cultural and Social Determinants of Health among Indigenous Mexican Migrants in the United States

Lee, Jung‐Hee; Donlan, William Ted; Cardoso, Edgar Ezequiel Orea; Paz, Juan J.

doi:10.1080/19371918.2011.619457

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“…Our survey documents that the Mixtec and Zapotec community in Ventura County experiences major problems in many basic needs. Having local data will draw attention to this community that has often been described as “invisible” [ 1 , 19 , 20 ]. MICOP has begun the process of sharing information from this survey with local health care providers.…”

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Social determinants of health in the Mixtec and Zapotec community in Ventura County, California

Maxwell

Young

Crespi

et al. 2015

Int J Equity Health

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IntroductionThere are an estimated 165,000 indigenous Mexicans living in California, including Mixtec and Zapotec immigrant farm workers. Because many of these immigrants speak only their native non-written languages, there is little information about the needs of this community. An academic-community partnership research team developed a survey to assess basic needs that are known to be social determinants of health in the Mixtec and Zapotec community in Ventura County.MethodsIn summer 2013, Spanish-Mixteco and Spanish-Zapoteco bilingual promotoras conducted surveys in Spanish, Mixteco and Zapoteco in the greater Oxnard area in Ventura County, California to assess the following basic needs: ability of adults and children to obtain health services; household needs regarding work opportunities, food, housing, transportation, safety and education; and discrimination. Independent variables included respondent characteristics such as age, gender, marital status, living part of the year in another city, and household characteristics such as Spanish spoken in the household, number of household members and number of health care providers/agencies used. Several sets of analyses examined the relationship between basic needs and independent variables.ResultsRespondents (N = 989) reported insufficient employment opportunities (74%), food for the family (59%) or housing (48%), lack of transportation (59%), and discrimination or bullying (34%). Most reported access to medical care for children (90%), but only 57% of respondents were able to get health care for themselves.ConclusionsMany basic needs in the Mixtec and Zapotec community in Ventura County are unmet. It will require many different resources and services to address the needs of this community and to overcome longstanding inequities that are experienced by immigrant farm workers. Our findings will guide the development of future health programs and will serve as a baseline to evaluate the impact of services to improve the health conditions in this community.

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Social determinants of health in the Mixtec and Zapotec community in Ventura County, California

Maxwell

Young

Crespi

et al. 2015

Int J Equity Health

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“…These realities impede their ability to obtain appropriate health care, housing, and education, negotiate with their employers to improve their work situation, and exercise their basic civil rights ( Maxwell et al, 2018 , Maxwell et al, 2015 , Kresge, 2007 ). Non-Spanish-speaking Indigenous persons, moreover, are less likely to file complaints about workplace safety or labor rights abuses, and persons who physically appear Indigenous may confront discrimination from both nonindigenous Latinos and from Anglo Americans ( Lee et al, 2013 ). Previous studies have identified two primary areas of concern for Indigenous farmworkers: (1) disrespect and discrimination based on their unique languages and cultures, and (2) a lack of basic occupational health and safety information and equipment in their daily work lives ( Farquhar et al, 2007, 1 ).…”

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The (in)visible victims of disaster: Understanding the vulnerability of undocumented Latino/a and indigenous immigrants

Méndez

Flores-Haro

Zucker³

2020

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“…Evidence suggests that psychosocial determinants help mitigate the effect of self-efficacy on health outcomes [7,8]. Relevant psychosocial determinants in regards to the efficacy/health relationship include perceived stress, sense of control, social support and perceived standing in society [9], while fatalism is a key component of Bandura’s social cognitive theory relating to self-efficacy and health [10].…”

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Self-efficacy and self-rated oral health among pregnant aboriginal Australian women

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BackgroundSelf-efficacy plays an important role in oral health-related behaviours. There is little known about associations between self-efficacy and subjective oral health among populations at heightened risk of dental disease. This study aimed to determine if low self-efficacy was associated with poor self-rated oral health after adjusting for confounding among a convenience sample of pregnant women.MethodsWe used self-reported data from 446 Australian women pregnant with an Aboriginal child (age range 14–43 years) to evaluate self-rated oral health, self-efficacy and socio-demographic, psychosocial, social cognitive and risk factors. Hierarchical entry of explanatory variables into logistic regression models estimated prevalence odds ratios (POR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for fair or poor self-rated oral health.ResultsIn an unadjusted model, those with low self-efficacy had 2.40 times the odds of rating their oral health as ‘fair’ or ‘poor’ (95% CI 1.54–3.74). Addition of socio-demographic factors attenuated the effect of low self-efficacy on poor self-rated oral health by 10 percent (POR 2.19, 95% CI 1.37–3.51). Addition of the psychosocial factors attenuated the odds by 17 percent (POR 2.07, 95% CI 1.28–3.36), while addition of the social cognitive variable fatalism increased the odds by 1 percent (POR 2.42, 95% CI 1.55–3.78). Inclusion of the behavioural risk factor ‘not brushing previous day’ attenuated the odds by 15 percent (POR 2.11, 95%CI 1.32–3.36). In the final model, which included all covariates, the odds were attenuated by 32 percent (POR 1.80, 95% CI 1.05, 3.08).ConclusionsLow self-efficacy persisted as a risk indicator for poor self-rated oral health after adjusting for confounding among this vulnerable population.

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Cultural and Social Determinants of Health among Indigenous Mexican Migrants in the United States

Cited by 18 publications

References 19 publications

Social determinants of health in the Mixtec and Zapotec community in Ventura County, California

Social determinants of health in the Mixtec and Zapotec community in Ventura County, California

The (in)visible victims of disaster: Understanding the vulnerability of undocumented Latino/a and indigenous immigrants

Self-efficacy and self-rated oral health among pregnant aboriginal Australian women

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