Journal
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
Volume 72, Issue 9, Pages 1555-1562Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.011
Keywords
Acculturation; Latino subgroups; Contextual approaches; USA; Review
Funding
- National Cancer Institute [5U01CA114593-03, U01CA114593]
- National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities [P20 MD 02316-01003]
- [P20MD002316-03]
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This article reviews evidence for re-conceptualizing acculturation status and acculturation process in health care research with United States (U.S.) Latino populations. Prior literature on acculturation has focused on: (a) acculturative change towards the dominant culture, (b) acculturation as it occurs with Mexican Americans, and (c) language as the principal component of acculturation. We review empirically based health research on acculturation and propose an ecodevelopmental framework for better understanding the process of acculturation. We then offer recommendations that may assist public health researchers, policymakers and program developers in better understanding real world acculturation. This includes understanding acculturation within this ecodevelopmental context for a more complete understanding of the acculturation process and its influences on health-related behaviors, with aims of reducing or eliminating health disparities in Latino populations. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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