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The Hispanic paradox is an epidemiological finding that Hispanic Americans tend to have health outcomes that "paradoxically" are comparable to, or in some cases better than, those of their U.S. non-Hispanic White counterparts, even though Hispanics have lower average income and education, higher rates of disability, as well as a higher incidence of various cardiovascular risk factors and ...
The Mexican paradox is the observation that Mexicans exhibit a surprisingly low incidence of low birth weight (especially foreign-born Mexican mothers [1]), contrary to what would be expected from their socioeconomic status (SES). This appears as an outlier in graphs correlating SES with low-birth-weight rates. The medical causes of lower rates ...
The Hispanic paradox refers to the medical research indicating that Latino immigrants enter the United States with better health, on average, than the average American citizen, but lose this health benefit the longer they reside in the United States. It is important to note that this health paradox affects both male and female populations of ...
Hispanic is a term that refers to people of Spanish speaking origin or ancestry. Think language -- so if someone is from Spanish speaking origin or ancestry, they can be described as Hispanic. Latino?
“The Long Game” is based on the true story of five Mexican American high school students who were banned from playing golf at an all-white Texas country club in the 1950s.
Jun. 19—NEW LONDON — For Resurreccion Espinosa-Frink, the portraits and accompanying stories of Hispanic women in New London County she compiled in 1989 can in some ways be used as a guide.
The immigrant paradox in the United States is an observation that recent immigrants often outperform more established immigrants and non-immigrants on a number of health-, education-, and conduct- or crime-related outcomes, despite the numerous barriers they face to successful social integration. [1]
This resulted in many Hispanic and Latino participants to have a “partial match” on the 2020 census under the two-part ethnic and race question, because many people consider Hispanic or Latino ...