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Patricia Miranda, MPH, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, SPH II, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (734) 369-2818, triciam@umich.edu, Amy Schulz, PhD, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 5134 SPH II, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, Cancer Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Health Research and Policy Centers, 850 W. Jackson Blvd. M/C 275, Chicago, IL 60607, Antonia Villarruel, PhD, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, 400 N. Ingalls, Suite 3160, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, Patricia Miller, MSW, Southwest Counseling and Development Services, 1700 Waterman, Detroit, MI 48209, and Srimathi Kannan, PhD, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health Human Nutrition Program, 1420 Washington Heights, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
In this presentation we examine the differential predictive value of what we call the immigration social network scale (ISNS) and a language-based measure of acculturation (Marin & Marin 1987) for measuring several aspects of mental and physical health that are also risk factors for cardiovascular disease (e.g. body mass index, blood pressure, depressive symptoms). Specifically, we test the hypothesis that the ISNS taps aspects of the immigration experience (e.g., disruption of social networks) that are distinct from language-based measures of acculturation with distinct implications for health. We will also present findings related to the psychometric properties of the ISNS. Our analyses draw upon community survey data collected by the Healthy Environments Partnership, a NIEHS-funded community-based participatory research partnership in Detroit, Michigan affiliated with the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center. Of the total sample of 922 survey respondents, 182 self-identified as Latino, with approximately 75% of the sample being of Mexican origin, primarily of first and 1.5 generation in the United States. We discuss implications of these findings for assessment of social environments of first and 1.5 generation Latino immigrants in urban communities, and their implications for interventions to improve health.
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Keywords: Latino Health, Heart Disease
Related Web page: www.sph.umich.edu/hep/
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.