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These studies show the importance of considering acculturation in developing health-education messages and interventions that are culturally appropriate in terms of language and content, and in terms of psychological factors related to health behavior change. ... Home > Encyclopedia of Public Health > Acculturation...
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www.enotes.com/public-health-encyclopedia/acculturation
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The most comprehensive measure of acculturation for use in health services and epidemiological research in Mexican-American populations was developed by Hazuda et al.
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www.rice.edu/projects/HispanicHealth/Acculturation.html
www.rice.edu/projects/HispanicHealth/Acculturation.html
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Acculturation, however, is also associated with increased exercise and lower fat consumption, which are health protective behaviors ...
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www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2004/materials/slides/2004sphrimh-lanza-DIS.ppt
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Although not absolute, the strongest evidence points toward a negative effect of acculturation on health behaviors overall--substance abuse, diet, and birth outcomes (low birthweight and prematurity)--among Latinos living in the United States.
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www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/2005/RAND_RP1177.pdf
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Despite increasing research on the relationships between acculturation and health, it is unclear whether (1) ethnic group variation occurs in acculturation-health relationships, (2) acculturation components vary differently in relationship to health, (3) biculturalism has beneficial effects on health and...
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10832565
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The long-term objective of the Latino Acculturation and Health Project is to use research to promote health and prevent injury and disease in Latino adolescents. The major aims are to increase health protection, enhance quality of life, and reduce health disparities for Latino youth.
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www.unc.edu/~smokowsk/Main_Page.html
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Acculturation involves the adoption of new cultural information and social skills by an immigrant group replacing traditional cultural beliefs, practices and social patterns, explains study author Scott Akins of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore. ... By : Health News Editor...
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www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/93157.html
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RESULTS: Patients in the low acculturation group had fewer years of education, were less likely to have private health insurance, and had less social support as compared with those in the high acculturation group;
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/10689991
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Insurance, Acculturation, and Health Service Utilization Among Korean-Americans Export ... by: Hosung Shin, Howin Song, Jinsook Kim, Janice Probst ... Journal of Immigrant Health, Vol. 7, No. 2. (April 2005), pp. 65-74.
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