Effects of Nativity, Age at Migration, and Acculturation on Smoking Among Adult Houston Residents of Mexican Descent

Wilkinson, Anna V.; Spitz, Margaret R.; Strom, Sara S.; Prokhorov, Alexander V.; Barcenas, Carlos H.; Cao, Yumei; Saunders, K.C.; Bondy, Melissa L.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2004.055319

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“…Mediterranean diet, which would be presumed to be more prevalent among participants born in Greece and Chile but also among participants born in Italy and Yugoslavia, would for instance be a lifestyle factor protecting against both CVD (Bendinelli et al, 2011) and cancer (Couto et al, 2011) mortality. Other studies have documented earlier migrants to be more obese, to have greater levels of cholesterol, to be less physically active and to smoke more cigarettes than those with a shorter duration of residence (Wilkinson et al, 2005;Goel et al, 2004;Gadd et al, 2005).…”

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Migration and health: a study of effects of early life experiences and current socio-economic situation on mortality of immigrants in Sweden

Klinthäll

Lindström

2011

Ethnicity & Health

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Migration and health: a study of effects of early life experiences and current socio-economic situation on mortality of immigrants in Sweden

Klinthäll

Lindström

2011

Ethnicity & Health

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“…Age of migration has been widely taken into account in research on cancer epidemiology, in order to disentangle exposure in early life from the influence of the new environment (13,28) . This variable has also been used in studies relating to other diseases (29) or lifestyles (30)(31)(32)(33) . To our knowledge, no study has measured current exposure to socio-cultural norms of the country of origin.…”

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Influence of acculturation among Tunisian migrants in France and their past/present exposure to the home country on diet and physical activity

Méjean

Traissac²,

Eymard-Duvernay³

et al. 2009

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To study how dietary patterns and physical activity vary with acculturation and with past and current exposure to socio-cultural norms of the home country among Tunisian migrants. Design: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using quota sampling (n 150) based on age and residence. Dietary intake was assessed using a validated FFQ. Physical activity level and dietary aspects were compared according to length of residence (acculturation), age at migration (past exposure) and social ties with the home country (current exposure). Subjects and setting: Tunisian migrant men residing in the South of France. Results: Migrants who had lived in France for more than 9 years had a higher percentage contribution of meat to energy intake (P 5 0?04), a higher Na intake (P 5 0?04), a lower percentage contribution of sugar and sweets (P 5 0?04) and a lower percentage of carbohydrates (P 5 0?03) than short-term migrants. Men who migrated before 21 years of age had a higher Na intake than 'late' migrants (P 5 0?02). Men who had distant social ties with Tunisia had a lower physical activity level (P 5 0?01) whereas men who had close ties had a higher percentage of fat (P 5 0?01) and a higher ratio of MUFA to SFA (P 5 0?02). Conclusions: Acculturation led to a convergence of some characteristics to those of the host population, while some results (meat and salt consumption) were at variance with other acculturation studies. Past and current exposure to the home country helped maintain some positive aspects of the diet. Nevertheless, present dietary changes in Tunisia could soon lessen these features.

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“…3,4,[10][11][12][13] One study, for example, reports that smoking rates are higher among immigrants who have resided in the USA for at least 15 years (12 %) compared to more recent immigrants (5.3 %). 3 There is little agreement regarding why US immigrants increasingly adopt the smoking behaviors of US-born adults over time; however, it has been suggested that (1) this is part of a broader process in which immigrants are exposed and gradually adjust to a new set of US-based customs (acculturation), 5,20 and (2) this is a response to stressors faced in various sociogeographic environments. 7,21 In this article, we focus attention on the second argument and specifically investigate ways in which neighborhood environment may be associated with smoking among adult Brazilian migrants.…”

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Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Smoking among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants in Metropolitan Boston

Holmes

Marcelli

2014

J Urban Health

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Tobacco smoking is estimated to be the largest preventable cause of mortality in the USA, but little is known about the relationship between neighborhood social environment and current smoking behavior or how this may differ by population and geography. We investigate how neighborhood social cohesion and disorder are associated with smoking behavior among legal and unauthorized Brazilian migrant adults using data from the 2007 Harvard-UMASS Boston Metropolitan Immigrant Health and Legal Status Survey (BM-IHLSS), a probabilistic household survey of adult Brazilian migrants. We employ logistic regression to estimate associations between neighborhood social cohesion, neighborhood disorder, and current smoking. We find that neighborhood-level social cohesion is associated with lower likelihood of being a current smoker (O.R.=.836; pG.05), and neighborhood disorder, measured as crime experienced in the neighborhood, is not associated with current smoking. Neighborhood population density, age, being male, and residing with someone who smokes are each positively associated with current smoking (pG.10). The health of participants' parents at the age of 35, being married, and individual earnings are associated with a reduction in the probability of being a current smoker (pG.05). Migrant legal status and length of residence in the USA are not associated with current smoking. Our findings suggest that neighborhood social cohesion may be protective against smoking. Alternatively, neighborhood disorder does not appear to be related to current smoking among Brazilian migrants.

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Effects of Nativity, Age at Migration, and Acculturation on Smoking Among Adult Houston Residents of Mexican Descent

Abstract: Smoking interventions for people of Mexican descent should be tailored according to gender, nativity, and acculturation level and should target all ages, not just young people.

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Migration and health: a study of effects of early life experiences and current socio-economic situation on mortality of immigrants in Sweden

Migration and health: a study of effects of early life experiences and current socio-economic situation on mortality of immigrants in Sweden

Influence of acculturation among Tunisian migrants in France and their past/present exposure to the home country on diet and physical activity

Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Smoking among Legal and Unauthorized Brazilian Migrants in Metropolitan Boston

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