Xóchitl Castañeda

Biographic Data

ID205748
NAMEXóchitl Castañeda
GIVEN NAMESXóchitl
FAMILY NAMECastañeda
SIGNATURECASTAÑEDA X
AFFILIATIONSCarmen Nevárez is with the Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA. Xóchitl Castañeda is with the Health Initiative of the Americas, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Michael A. Rodriguez is with the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and founding director, Health Equity Network of the Americas, Los Angeles. Jeffrey Reynoso is...
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX3

  • Policy Solutions Are Needed for a Strong Latino Immigrant Workforce

    Carmen R Nevárez, Carmen Nevárez et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2019References: 2

    AffiliationsCarmen Nevárez is with the Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA. Xóchitl Castañeda is with the Health Initiative of the Americas, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Michael A. Rodriguez is with the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and founding director,…

  • Mexicanization: A Survival Strategy for Guatemalan Mayans in the San Francisco Bay Area Xóchitl

    Open AccessXóchitl Castañeda, Salomé Castañeda-Xochitl et al.ARTICLEMigraciones internacionales2017

    This article explores “Mexicanization,” a survival strategy for Guatemalan Mayans during the migratory and settlement process in the United States. This term describes the Guatemalan Mayans’ ambiguous relations with Mexico and Mexicans. The symbolic role of Mexico is present throughout the Guatemalan migration process, from the preparatory phase in Guatemala or in the Mexican refugee camps, through the perilous journey north, during which Guatema…

  • Identity, desire and truth: Homosociality and homoeroticism in Mexican migrant communities in the USA

    Rodrigo Parrini, Rodrigo Parrini Roses et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2011

    This paper examines the construction of a homoerotic social scene among Mexican migrants in California. It analyses the discourses of migrant men in the cities of San Diego and Fresno who identify themselves as heterosexual and have not had sexual experiences with men and those of members of civil society organisations doing HIV prevention work with migrant men, to show how an identity-based model of sexuality used by the HIV prevention organisat…

  • Heading South: Why Mexican Immigrants in California Seek Health Services in Mexico

    Steven P Wallace, Carolyn A Mendez‐luck et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2009References: 27

    OBJECTIVES: To Identify factors that explain why some Mexican immigrants in California use health services in Mexico. METHODS: California Health Interview Survey 2001 data were analyzed for medical care, dental care, and/or prescription drug purchases in Mexico in the previous year. Logistic regressions estimated the effect on use of need, availability, accessibility, and acceptability among immigrants from Mexico. RESULTS: An estimated 952,000 C…

  • Migrant bodies: Corporality, sexuality, and power among Mexican migrant men

    Rodrigo Parrini, Rodrigo Parrini Roses et al.ARTICLESexuality Research and Social…2007Cited by: 2References: 11

  • Sexuality and Risks: Gendered Discourses about Virginity and Disease among Young Women of Mexican Origin

    Open AccessP Zavella, Xóchitl Castañeda et al.ARTICLELatino Studies2005Cited by: 3References: 6

  • Changing Constructions of Sexuality and Risk: Migrant Mexican Women Farmworkers in California

    Open AccessXóchitl Castañeda, Salomé Castañeda-Xochitl et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latin American…2003

  • Changing Constructions of Sexuality and Risk: Migrant Mexican Women Farmworkers in California

    Open AccessXóchitl Castañeda, Salomé Castañeda-Xochitl et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latin American…2003

    Este artículo examina las contradicciones existentes entre poder, cuerpo femenino y la sexualidad marcada racialmente y definida por cuestiones de género, en comunidades rurales de California predominantemente mexicanas. Después de migrar, las trabajadoras agríolas mexicanas enfrentan una serie de "riesgos políticos y económicos" queestán vinculados con inequidades sociales dentro del proceso migratorio. Basadas en métodos de observación particip…

  • Unequal Power—Changing Landscapes: Negotiations between Evaluation Stakeholders in Latino Communities

    Open AccessZoe Clayson, Zoe Cardoza Clayson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Evaluation2002Cited by: 3References: 11

    The analyses presented in this article are based on the authors’ experiences over the past 5 years evaluating community initiatives located in several low-income, California Latino communities. The dynamic interactions between major stakeholder groups including funders, community-based organization staff, community members, and evaluators are examined through a context-sensitive lens. A case study of El Centro Familiar provides a vehicle for pres…

  • Nebulous margins: Sexuality and social constructions of risks in rural areas of Central Mexico

    Xóchitl Castañeda, Salomé Castañeda-Xochitl et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2001

    This paper reports on research conducted among young people in two rural communities in the state of Morelos, Central Mexico. Methods used included participant observation, indepth interviews and focus groups. Findings suggest that a person's constitution or 'nature', their gender and perceived risks during agricultural work were strongly associated with riskrelated sexual behaviour. Those who perceive themselves as having a strong constitution s…

  • Women's health—Missing from U.S. medicine

    Open AccessXóchitl Castañeda, Salomé Castañeda-XochitlARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1997

  • Ethnography of fertility and menstruation in rural Mexico

    Open AccessXóchitl Castañeda, Salomé Castañeda-Xochitl et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1996Cited by: 8References: 7