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This book presents new insights into the consequences of the
impending growth in and impact of the older segment of Latino aging
adults across distinctive regions of the Americas. It uses a
comparative research framework to further understanding of current
issues in health and aging in the transnational context of the
health and migratory experiences of the U.S.- Mexican population.
It provides an important contribution to the interdisciplinary
investigation of chronic diseases and functional impairments,
social care and medical services, care-giving and intervention
development, and neighborhood factors supporting optimal aging,
using new conceptual and methodological approaches (inter-group
comparisons). Specifically, the chapters employ different
methodologies that investigate trends in aging health and services
related to immigration processes, family and household structure,
macroeconomic changes in the quality of community life, and focus
on the new realities of aging in Latino families in local
communities. The book focuses on measurement, data-quality issues,
new conceptual modeling techniques, and longitudinal survey
capabilities, and suggests needed areas of new research. As such it
is of interest to researchers and policy makers in a wide range of
disciplines from social and behavioral sciences to economics,
gerontology, geriatrics, and public health.
This book examines one of the most important demographic changes
facing the United States: an overall aging population and the
increasing influence of Latinos. It also looks at the changing
demographics in Mexico and its impact on the health and financial
well-being of aging Mexicans and Mexican Americans. The book
provides a conceptual and accessible framework that will educate
and inform readers about the interconnectedness of the demographic
trends facing these two countries. It also explores the ultimate
personal, social, and political impact they will have on all
Americans, in the U.S. as well as Mexico.  Â
Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas features papers
presented at the 2013 International Conference on Aging in the
Americas, held at the University of Texas at Austin, September
2013. It brings together the work of many leading scholars from the
fields of sociology, demography, psychology, anthropology,
geography, social work, geriatric medicine, epidemiology, and
public affairs. Â Coverage in this edited collection includes
working with diverse populations; culturally compatible
interventions for diverse elderly; the health, mental health, and
social needs and concerns of aging Latinos; and the policy,
political, and bi-lateral implications of aging and diversity in
the U.S. and Mexico. The book provides a rich blend of empirical
evidence with insightful, cutting-edge analysis that will serve as
an insightful resource for researchers and policy makers,
professors and graduate students in a wide range of fields, from
sociology and demography to economics and political science. ​
This book examines one of the most important demographic changes
facing the United States: an overall aging population and the
increasing influence of Latinos. It also looks at the changing
demographics in Mexico and its impact on the health and financial
well-being of aging Mexicans and Mexican Americans. The book
provides a conceptual and accessible framework that will educate
and inform readers about the interconnectedness of the demographic
trends facing these two countries. It also explores the ultimate
personal, social, and political impact they will have on all
Americans, in the U.S. as well as Mexico. Challenges of Latino
Aging in the Americas features papers presented at the 2013
International Conference on Aging in the Americas, held at the
University of Texas at Austin, September 2013. It brings together
the work of many leading scholars from the fields of sociology,
demography, psychology, anthropology, geography, social work,
geriatric medicine, epidemiology, and public affairs. Coverage in
this edited collection includes working with diverse populations;
culturally compatible interventions for diverse elderly; the
health, mental health, and social needs and concerns of aging
Latinos; and the policy, political, and bi-lateral implications of
aging and diversity in the U.S. and Mexico. The book provides a
rich blend of empirical evidence with insightful, cutting-edge
analysis that will serve as an insightful resource for researchers
and policy makers, professors and graduate students in a wide range
of fields, from sociology and demography to economics and political
science.
This book presents new and important information about adolescent
drug use. The book is intended for human service professionals,
teachers, researchers, and students interested in the issue of
early adolescent drug use and its causes and pervasiveness in a
multiethnic population. Today, the field of adolescent drug use
research relies on integrative models that permit competing
explanations of drug use. This approach promotes flexibility in
testing hypotheses pertinent to adol- cents of very different
social and cultural backgrounds or personal characteristics.
Longitudinal studies, including the one presented in these pages,
have identified many risk and protective factors or processes that
are linked to adolescent drug use. We review these throughout this
book and present new information from our own research. Our point
of departure is to extend and elaborate descriptive research and
models of adolescent drug research to cover the unique and diverse
experiences of adolescents who are Hispanic, African American, and
White non-Hispanic.
This book presents new insights into the consequences of the
impending growth in and impact of the older segment of Latino aging
adults across distinctive regions of the Americas. It uses a
comparative research framework to further understanding of current
issues in health and aging in the transnational context of the
health and migratory experiences of the U.S.- Mexican population.
It provides an important contribution to the interdisciplinary
investigation of chronic diseases and functional impairments,
social care and medical services, care-giving and intervention
development, and neighborhood factors supporting optimal aging,
using new conceptual and methodological approaches (inter-group
comparisons). Specifically, the chapters employ different
methodologies that investigate trends in aging health and services
related to immigration processes, family and household structure,
macroeconomic changes in the quality of community life, and focus
on the new realities of aging in Latino families in local
communities. The book focuses on measurement, data-quality issues,
new conceptual modeling techniques, and longitudinal survey
capabilities, and suggests needed areas of new research. As such it
is of interest to researchers and policy makers in a wide range of
disciplines from social and behavioral sciences to economics,
gerontology, geriatrics, and public health.
This book presents new and important information about adolescent
drug use. The book is intended for human service professionals,
teachers, researchers, and students interested in the issue of
early adolescent drug use and its causes and pervasiveness in a
multiethnic population. Today, the field of adolescent drug use
research relies on integrative models that permit competing
explanations of drug use. This approach promotes flexibility in
testing hypotheses pertinent to adol- cents of very different
social and cultural backgrounds or personal characteristics.
Longitudinal studies, including the one presented in these pages,
have identified many risk and protective factors or processes that
are linked to adolescent drug use. We review these throughout this
book and present new information from our own research. Our point
of departure is to extend and elaborate descriptive research and
models of adolescent drug research to cover the unique and diverse
experiences of adolescents who are Hispanic, African American, and
White non-Hispanic.
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