The Importance of Acculturation in Understanding Research with Hispanic-Americans

Negy, Charles; Woods, D.

doi:10.1177/07399863920142003

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“…Limited proficiency in English is associated with socioeconomic factors known to be related to decreased use of health care services.21'61 If these factors are not controlled for, acculturation may simply act as a proxy for socioeconomic status. 54 Our inclusion of socioeconomic indicators (income, education, work status) in the multivariate models reduces this risk.…”

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Acculturation and breast cancer screening among Hispanic women in New York City.

O’Malley

Kerner²,

Johnson³

et al. 1999

Am J Public Health

152

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OBJECTIVES: This study investigated whether acculturation was associated with the receipt of clinical breast examinations and mammograms among Colombian, Ecuadorian, Dominican, and Puerto Rican women aged 18 to 74 years in New York City in 1992. METHODS: A bilingual, targeted, random-digit-dialed telephone survey was conducted among 908 Hispanic women from a population-based quota sample. Outcome measures included ever and recent use of clinical breast examinations and mammograms. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess the effect of acculturation on screening use. RESULTS: When demographic, socioeconomic, and health system characteristics and cancer attitudes and beliefs were controlled for, women who were more acculturated had significantly higher odds of ever and recently receiving a clinical breast examination (P < or = .01) and of ever (P < or = .01) and recently (P < or = .05) receiving a mammogram than did less acculturated women. For all screening measures, there was a linear increase in the adjusted probability of being screened as a function of acculturation. CONCLUSIONS: Neighborhood and health system interventions to increase screening among Hispanic women should target the less acculturated.

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Acculturation and breast cancer screening among Hispanic women in New York City.

O’Malley

Kerner²,

Johnson³

et al. 1999

Am J Public Health

152

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“…Acculturation, however, is associated with age and higher SES (11,14,15). Therefore, it is important to consider the effects of acculturation on cancer screening after adjusting for potential sociodemographic confounders.…”

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Acculturation and cancer screening among latinas: Results From the National Health Interview Survey

Abraído-Lanza

Chao

Gates

2005

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

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“…After migration, immigrants come in contact with the dominant culture of the host country, thereby starting a process of gradual cultural change which is termed acculturation (7) . Acculturation is considered a major determinant of dietary change in migrants and has been extensively studied (8,9) . It is generally assumed that with acculturation, migrants will gradually abandon their, presumably healthy, traditional diet and adopt a less favourable, Western diet.…”

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Dietary acculturation among the South-Asian Surinamese population in the Netherlands: the HELIUS study

Raza¹,

Nicolaou

Snijder

et al. 2016

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To test Koctürk's model of dietary change among South-Asian Surinamese in the Netherlands. The model categorizes foods into staple, complementary and accessory foods and postulates that dietary change after migration begins with accessory foods while foods associated with ethnic identity (staple foods) change at a slower rate. Design: Cross-sectional data from the HELIUS study. Dietary intake was assessed with an FFQ. Acculturation was based on social contacts and sense of belonging and was translated into four strategies of acculturation: assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization. Other indicators of acculturation included residence duration, age at migration and migration generation status. Setting: Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Subjects: Participants of Dutch (n 1456) and South-Asian Surinamese origin (n 968). Results: Across all acculturation strategies, South-Asian Surinamese participants reported significantly higher intakes of rice (staple food) and chicken (complementary food) and significantly lower intakes of red meat and vegetables (complementary foods) and cookies and sweets (accessory food) than Dutch participants. Men, second-generation and assimilated South-Asian Surinamese were inclined towards Dutch foods such as potato, pasta and red meat. Accessory foods like fruits showed variation across acculturation strategies. Conclusions: Consistent with the Koctürk model, the intake of staple foods was stable among South-Asian Surinamese irrespective of acculturation strategy while the intake of accessory foods like fruit varied. Contrary to expectations, South-Asian Surinamese showed consistently high intakes of complementary foods like chicken and fish irrespective of acculturation strategy. Public health practitioners should take into consideration the complex and dynamic nature of dietary acculturation.

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The Importance of Acculturation in Understanding Research with Hispanic-Americans

Cited by 180 publications

References 41 publications

Acculturation and breast cancer screening among Hispanic women in New York City.

Acculturation and breast cancer screening among Hispanic women in New York City.

Acculturation and cancer screening among latinas: Results From the National Health Interview Survey

Dietary acculturation among the South-Asian Surinamese population in the Netherlands: the HELIUS study

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