Introduction: Limited information is available on the effects of acculturation on quality of life and barriers to entry into HIV medical care for Mexican-Americans in the San Diego/Tijuana border area. Understanding how these factors impact healthcare choices for people living with HIV/AIDS can ...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook 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...
This paper analyzes the impact of 1 and 2 generation immigrants from Mexico, the largest immigrant group in the US, on both native schoolchildren and the MexicanAmericans themselves. My contributions to the literature are twofold. First, I use selfreported friendship data to show that Mexican-Ame...
The oldest and largest flow of Latin Americans to the US is from Mexico. The southwestern US states, of course, were once part of Mexico, but only around 50 000 Mexicans remained north of the border after annexation (Jaffe et al., 1980) and once the border was finally agreed upon in ...
Past research has established thephenomenaknown as the health immigrant effect. Compared to native-born Americans, Mexican immigrants arriving in the United States report being inbetter health, although that advantage disappears the longer they stay in the United States. ...
Generation of residency in the US is associated with less variety among Mexican Americans and Puerto Rican men. Socioeconomic status and acculturation are not significantly related to diversity among Cuban Americans. In conclusion, the diets of US Hispanics lack variety and this places these ...
The Migration of African-Americans to the Canadian Football League During the 1950s: An Escape from Racism? It is the argument of this paper that the literature on mid-century racial discrimination in sport is incomplete in that it ignores the experiences of a small, but relatively significant,...
1. a republic in North America, on the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific: early Mexican history includes the Maya, Toltec, and Aztec civilizations; conquered by the Spanish between 1519 and 1525 and achieved independence in 1821; lost Texas to the US in 1836 and California and New Mexico in...
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Depending on the socioeconomic indicator, the study finds that the problems are often compounded for foreign- born youth; but the unfavorable status of Mexican Americans is not exclusive to the foreign-born. Indeed, one-fifth of the US-born youth fail to complete high school, one-fourth were...