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Race and Skin Color in Latino Health

An Analytic Review

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ID14600334
AuthorsAdolfo G Cuevas (0000-0001-9875-3825, Adolfo G. Cuevas and David R. Williams are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Beverly Araujo Dawson is with the Department of Social Work, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY.), Beverly Araujo Dawson (Adolfo G. Cuevas and David R. Williams are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Beverly Araujo Dawson is with the Department of Social Work, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY.), David R Williams (0000-0001-9922-8117)
Year2016
Volume106
Issue12
Pages2131-2136
Publication date2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2016.303452
PMID27736206
OpenAlexW2530631098
LanguageEN
Citations received74
References cited29

We examined 22 articles to compare Black Latinos/as’ with White Latinos/as’ health and highlight findings and limitations in the literature. We searched 1153 abstracts, from the earliest on record to those available in 2016. We organized the articles into domains grounded on a framework that incorporates the effects of race on Latinos/as’ health and well-being: health and well-being, immigration, psychosocial factors, and contextual factors. Most studies in this area are limited by self-reported measures of health status, inconsistent use of race and skin color measures, and omission of a wider range of immigration-related and contextual factors. We give recommendations for future research to explain the complexity in the Latino/a population regarding race, and we provide insight into Black Latinos/as experiences

Environmental health · Geography · Health equity · Immigration · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Public health · Race (biology) · Race and health · Sociology · White (mutation) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender Studies · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gerontology

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