PSYCH 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Acculturation, Protective Factor, Psych
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Latino health paradox: health outcomes are better than expected in the latino population, given lower educational attainment, higher poverty level, and lower rates of insurance coverage. Foreign born latinos have 45% lower mortality risk than us born latinos. Advantage is strongest for oldest groups of mexican americans. Hispanic population in us: average life expectancy of 80. 6. Migrant selectivity from home country (healthy migrant effect) Selective return of less healthy immigrants to country of origin. Acculturation: process by which an individual raised in one culture enters the social structure and institutions of another, and internalizes the prevailing attitudes and beliefs of the new culture. Shift in beliefs, values, and behaviors (including health-related) Assimilation: individual values other culture and rejects own. Separation: individual rejects other culture and values own. Integration: individual values both own and other culture. Less fruits and veggies, fresh food and exercise. Impact on health is complex and not well understood.
