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Health Communication in the Latino Community

Issues and Approaches

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ID23367302
AuthorsJohn P Elder (San Diego State University), Guadalupe X Ayala (0000-0002-3850-5798, San Diego State University), Deborah Parra-Medina (0000-0002-5505-524X, Institute for Health Promotion Research, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, 78230), Gregory A Talavera (0000-0001-5360-1107, San Diego State University)
Year2009
Volume30
Issue1
Pages227-251
Publication date2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Public Health (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-7525 • E-ISSN: 1545-2093
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100300
PMID19296776
OpenAlexW2102318224
LanguageEN
Citations received71
References cited83

With reference to the Communication-Persuasion model, we describe various research issues and challenges when considering the health of Latinos, and implications for designing and evaluating health communication and behavior change efforts in this population. Latinos, collectively the nation's largest minority group, vary substantially in terms of socioeconomic and legal status, their country of origin and the extent of ongoing contact with that country, their region of residence within the United States, their generation status and levels of acculturation, and psychosocial factors. Health communication efforts with Latinos need to focus on family, cultural traditions, and collectivism while attending to acculturation, language, generation and national origin. The most extensive intervention topic in Latino health promotion has been the application of the lay health advisor model. This and other fundamental communication approaches, as well as audience and population characteristics, need to be considered within the context of dynamic and complex societal changes.

Acculturation · Collectivism · Context (archaeology) · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Focus group · Geography · Health communication · Health equity · Health promotion · Individualism · Persuasion · Political science · Population · Psychosocial · Public health · Public relations · Residence · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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