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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Latino Immigrants"”.
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The Civic Engagement Of Latino Immigrants In The United States
… to explain the incorporation and engagement of Latino immigrants in American society by examining how demographic characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and characteristics of the immigrant experience, as moderated by acculturation and trust in government influence their civic engagement.</p> …
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Troubling Citizenship: Latino Immigrants and the Struggle for Participatory Belonging in the Midwest
… U.S. identity politics through multi-directional Latino and non-Latino accounts. In response to the social climate, the research focused on citizenship as a driving force in place making. However, the dissertation explores cultural citizenship as a theoretical framework in the analysis of Mexican …
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Latino immigrants in the United States. Why the suburbs? Why the Round Lake area? A case study.
… has lost population overall, while the number of Latino immigrants has increased. In some municipalities in Cook, Lake, Kane, Kendall, Will, DuPage, and McHenry Counties, Latino immigration has increased dramatically, according to the American Community Survey estimates. Round Lake Beach ranks …
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The Influence of Pre-Migration Factors and Post-Migration Climate of the Receiving Community on the Psychological Distress of Latino Immigrants
… residents currently live in the United States. Latinos make up the largest population of immigrants living in the U.S. Previous research suggests that Latino immigrants often experience pre-migration stressors, such as traumatic experiences, political upheaval, and unplanned migration. These …
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The Effects of Brief, Passive Psychoeducation on Suicide Literacy, Stigma, and Attitudes Toward Help-Seeking Among Latino Immigrants Living in the United States
<p>Latino immigrants drastically underutilize mental health treatment services compared to other ethnic groups, despite rates of mental illness that are comparable to those observed among the general population. With regards to suicidal behavior specifically, twice as many Latino suicide attempters …
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Understanding the experience of immigrant workers: A qualitative examination of the work demands, resources and barriers to achieve optimal wellbeing
… understudied demands, resources, and barriers Latino immigrants experienced performing manual labor. The sample was composed of 24 first-generation Latino immigrants, which participated in 5 different focus groups with 4 to 8 participants each. Using a deductive and inductive approach to code …
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“They’re bringing Drugs... They’re bringing Crime... They’re Rapists”: Exploring Latino Immigration, Crime, and Voting Patterns in the 2016 Presidential Election
… with conflict over an array of issues, notably Latino immigration from Mexico and Latin America to the U.S. The rhetoric of then Presidential Candidate Donald Trump centered around the idea that Mexico was not sending its finest immigrants; that, in place, they were sending rapists and …
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The greatest evangelizing opportunity of the century: the Southern Baptist Convention and Latino immigration politics, 1970-1994
… Protestants in the United States, and Latino immigration in the late twentieth-century United States. Throughout this period, immigration from Mexico became a political flashpoint; it also transformed the demographics of California and other parts of the Sunbelt United States. …
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Between Mobility and Stability: Immigration, Free Trade, and Human Rights in the Context of the Latino Immigrant
… to understanding human rights abuse toward Latino immigrants. It is argued here that the opening up of Mexico and Central American countries to free trade, and the restricted movement across borders has increased human rights abuse toward immigrants. In order to investigate these issues this …
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Voices of Latino/a immigrants in southeast Michigan: Beyond the criminal/Victim dichotomy
… organizing traditions that readily incorporate Latino immigrants’ voices into their work, and drawing upon postmodern, feminist, and activist schools of thought, this study illuminates the history of immigration policy and discourse in America and the Latino community’s knowledge and expertise …
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Improvised care: public health with Latinos in new immigrant destinations
As Latino immigrants continue to settle in new destinations across the U.S., human service institutions in these communities struggle to meet the intense needs of their increasingly diverse clients (Jiménez, 2007). Health care providers in particular are often ill-equipped to serve Latino newcomers …
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Art Making To Reduce Stress in First-Generation and Second-Generation Hispanic Immigrant Parents
… self identified as first-or second-generation Latino immigrants in the United States. The participants participated in a one-time group session that comprised of a face-to-face art therapy session, which lasted about 45-60 minutes. Participants stress levels; acculturation and sense of …
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Homeownership of Latinos in Richmond: An evaluation of the homeownership to community participation model
… one such argument, considering the effects for Latino immigrants of homeownership on community participation. As this is the first study to consider this model for an immigrant population, it is also the first to introduce to this model the concepts of acculturation and assimilation. Studying …
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Latino Evangelicals: How Their Multiple Identity Influences Their Political Preferences
… browning, and so is the Evangelical voting bloc. Latino immigrants are fueling the growth of the Evangelical church in America and Latinos have the potential to influence the Evangelical voting bloc writ large. However, we have a limited understanding of the political needs of the Latino …
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Immigrants Facing Immigration Policy: State Laws Regulating Eligibility For In-State Tuition And Belonging Among Immigrant Youth In The United States
… quantitative data from a survey of college-age Latino immigrants, and qualitative data from sixty in-depth interviews with undocumented youths. Results indicate that undocumented youths tend to become mobilized in states which provide more restrictive contexts of reception, and where the …
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Exploring health geography by examining physical activity in older Latino women living in rural and urban communities
Latinos are increasingly found outside of places where they have traditionally resided. Rural Midwestern communities where new Latino immigrants are settling have experienced accelerated growth in their overall population and their Latino populations. Urban communities are also experiencing an …
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Contextual factors on health and mental health service use among immigrants in the United States: moderation of citizenship status and race/ethnicity
After the welfare reform in 1996, immigrants’ access to social service programs and health services has been largely limited, particularly for non-citizens. Latino and Asian immigrants in the United States as the major growing immigrant populations have been found to under use health and mental …
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Economic development of Latin America. A series of analysis through the lens of health, inequality, and economic growth
… encourage healthy diet and exercise in Hispanic immigrants have encounter scant results due to a variety of factors such as financial limitations, lack of English language proficiency, and legal status. Mobile clinics have been shown to remove the barriers that insurance status, legal status, and …