Hispanic familiesLatino familiesmarriageMexican Americanrelationshipsreview of literaturePublic policy initiatives have set out to promote healthy relationships among low-income racial and ethnic-minority couples. Interventions used, however, are based on decades of research with primarily White, middle-class,...
Mexican American (redirected fromMexican Americans) Wikipedia n. A US citizen or resident of Mexican ancestry. Mex′i·can-A·mer′i·canadj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Hou...
Origin: Hispanic and Native American boy name Meaning: “Spirit” (can also be considered a ghost name) or “caring” Pronunciation:“eeh-kahl” Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables Popularity/Rank: 1,000+ Namesakes/Description: Common indigenous name in many Latin American countries Variants...
Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics to produce estimates of the health of U.S. Hispanics. HHANES data are used to describe the secondary sexual characteristics of 1,491 Mexican-American adolescents, 728 females and 72...
The Mexican-American elderly have long been a focus of interest as a unique ethnic subgroup. A paucity of data, however, exists concerning Mexican-Americans in extended care facilities. The current retrospective study, conducted at a community based nursing facility, compared medical records of 54 ...
Less than 20% of respondents had undergone sleep apnea screening, testing, or treatment.Stroke survivors perceive their risk of sleep apnea to be lower than their actual risk. Despite a significant proportion of both Mexican American and non-Hispanic white stroke survivors at high risk of sleep ...
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PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of violent behaviors among Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white high school students and to explore the associations between violent behaviors and alcohol and illicit drug use. METHODS: The Youth Risk Behavior Survey was administered to 1786 high school students...
Mexican-American Mothers' Discipline Beliefs and Practices as Predictors of Toddlers' Externalizing Behaviors Item Type Authors Citation Publisher Rights Download date Item License Link to Item text; Electronic Thesis Callahan, Margaret Claire Callahan, Margaret Claire. (2012). Mexican-American Mothers' ...
Compared to non-Hispanic whites (NHWs), Mexican-Americans (MAs) were two times (OR = 2.07; 95% CI: 1.09–3.95) more likely to have a sibling with stroke. More MAs (8.1%; 95% CI: 4.6–11.6) had living siblings with stroke compared to NHWs (1.9&...