Acculturation and its association with health-risk behaviors in a rural Latina population

Olivia C. Kasirye; Julia A. Walsh; Patrick S Romano; Laurel A Beckett; Jorge A Garcia; Brenda Elvine-Kreis; Jeffrey W. Bethel; Marc B Schenker

Acculturation and its association with health-risk behaviors in a rural Latina population

Olivia C. Kasirye, Julia A. Walsh, Patrick S Romano, Laurel A Beckett, Jorge A Garcia, Brenda Elvine-Kreis, Jeffrey W. Bethel, Marc B Schenker

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Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the performance of proxy measures of acculturation and to examine the association between acculturation and selected health-risk behaviors. Methods: Participants were 1062 Latina pregnant women who received prenatal care at clinics in San Joaquin County, California between 1999 and 2001. We used the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve to characterize the sensitivity and specificity of proxy measures and regression analysis to examine health-risk behaviors. Results: Using the ARSMA-II short version scale as a reference, age at immigration had the highest percentage of correctly classified individuals. Acculturation was significantly associated with a lifetime history of substance use, risky sexual behavior, low fruit consumption, and high fast-food meal consumption. Conclusions: Acculturation is an important predictor of health-risk behavior among women. Further research is needed to better understand the phenomenon and to avert associated adverse health consequences.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	733-739
Number of pages	7
Journal	Ethnicity and Disease
Volume	15
Issue number	4
State	Published - Sep 2005

Keywords

Acculturation
Behaviors
Health-risk
Latinas

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Medicine(all)

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Acculturation and its association with health-risk behaviors in a rural Latina population. / Kasirye, Olivia C.; Walsh, Julia A.; Romano, Patrick S ; Beckett, Laurel A ; Garcia, Jorge A; Elvine-Kreis, Brenda; Bethel, Jeffrey W.; Schenker, Marc B.

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