Using Concept Mapping within a Community–Academic Partnership to Examine Obesity among Mexican Immigrants

Strategies to establish and maintain trust when working in immigrant communities

“…Nurse researchers engaged in CBPR have a particular challenge in winning and maintaining trust in immigrant communities, given the strong anti‐immigrant sentiment that has become pervasive in various cities and towns across the globe. Data from a variety of studies suggest that erosion of trust in the health care system, due to discrimination and fears of detention and deportation, is resulting in adverse health outcomes among immigrants (D’Alonzo et al., 2020; Novak, Geronimus, & Martinez‐Cardoso, 2017; Szaflarski & Bauldry, 2019; Torres et al., 2018). In addition, immigrants are more likely to report instances of health care discrimination (Hacker, Anies, Folb, & Zallman, 2015; Rivenbark & Ichou, 2020).…”

“…The history of the CAP has been described elsewhere (D’Alonzo et al., 2020; D’Alonzo, Seaman, & Rawlins, 2020). While the research team did not initially anticipate a problem planning and carrying out the study, it became apparent that to deal with the loss of trust in the Mexican immigrant community, it would be necessary to modify study procedures and expectations.…”

Isolation and Fear of Deportation: Intersectional Barriers to Well‐Being Among Latina Farmworkers in Southwestern Idaho

“…We are only just beginning to understand how fears over deportation affect immigrant health (D'Alonzo et al 2020, 182). There is evidence that immigration issues present a public health challenge (Castañeda et al 2015).…”

“…But research on FOD suggests that fear can affect Latinx civic and political participation (Maginot 2020), physical and mental health among both adults and youth (Cavazos‐Rehg, Zayas, and Spitznagel 2007; Gonzales, Suárez‐Orozco, and Dedios‐Sanguinet 2013; Martinez, Reulas, and Granger 2018), and maternal/infant health (Novak, Geronimus, and Martinez‐Cardoso 2017). In short, “the threat of deportation is an omnipresent social stressor” (D'Alonzo et al 2020, 174). It is important to emphasize that deportation fear affects mixed‐status families in addition to undocumented individuals.…”

“…One study found that FOD can lead to stress, anxiety, and depression (Martinez, Reulas, and Granger 2018). Further, fear over deportation can result in apprehension about requesting food assistance (D'Alonzo et al 2020). Mixed‐status families are less likely to access social safety net programs like WIC (Vargas and Pirog 2016).…”