Krista M Perreira
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 219881 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Krista M Perreira |
| NOMBRES | Krista M |
| APELLIDO | Perreira |
| FIRMA | PERREIRA K M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2906-0261 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 95 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 874 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 95 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 15 |
Covid‐19 Stress and Resilience
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic affected all dimensions of the college experience. Research has explored COVID-19 stress and resilience factors, though this study is generally cross-sectional and lacks pre-pandemic baseline measures. Women and sexual/gender minority (SGM) college students experienced higher levels of COVID-19 stress but the effect on resilience is unknown. METHODS: Analysis of longitudinal survey data on a 2019 cohort of firs…
Community-Engaged Research in RADx-UP
Objective: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) frequently requests the formation of working groups (WGs) as a component of coordinating centers for large multisite studies. This study aims to offer insights into the importance of integrating community-engaged approaches in WGs to facilitate collaboration and capacity building in health equity research. Methods: Data from four different sources were analyzed to assess the organizational struct…
Religious Coping, Stress, and Mental and Physical Health
This study examined the association between perceived stress and mental/physical health (SF-12) and the moderating role of positive and negative religious coping using data ( n = 5,059) from three cohorts (the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos ( n = 585), Nurses’ Health Study II ( n = 3,882), and The Strong Heart Study ( n = 592)) which included Hispanic/Latino, non-Hispanic White, and American Indian individuals in the USA. By inc…
Within-person trends in anxiety, depression, and social isolation among first-year college students before and after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic
The present study aimed to differentiate groups based upon the ways undergraduate students at a large public university in the southeastern United States experienced depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and social isolation before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and how their experiences changed as the pandemic progressed. Specifically, current analyses examined within-person trends in mental health baseline and change values, identities of …
Association of race, ethnicity, and housing stability with Covid-19 testing method by investigators in underserved populations 2020–2023
Background Expanding SARS-CoV-2 testing was a critical part of community-based health efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the RADx-UP consortium, a large NIH-funded network of community-engaged researchers in the United States, investigators were able to choose between PCR- and antigen-based testing strategies in community-based research settings. Data analyzing how COVID-19 diagnostics are chosen and utilized in research of vulnerable and u…
Diabetes and Hypertension Risk Across Acculturation and Education Levels in Hispanic/Latino Adults
In this cohort study, the association of acculturation with health outcomes is not unidirectional and interacts with educational attainment in determining incident diabetes and hypertension. The Hispanic and Latino paradox, in which immigrants have a health advantage, is influenced by more factors than acculturation and may persist with higher educational attainment. These observations may inform prevention and treatment strategies associated wit…
Family Functioning and Pubertal Maturation in Hispanic/Latino Children from the HCHS/SOL Youth
Previous studies have examined the association between family dysfunction and pubertal timing in adolescent girls. However, the evidence is lacking on the role of family dysfunction during sensitive developmental periods in both boys and girls from racial and ethnic minority groups. This study aimed to determine the effect of family dysfunction on the timing of pubertal maturation among US Hispanic/Latino children and adolescents. Participants we…
Profiles of Structural Violence in Hispanic/Latino Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Parents
This study provides critical insights into the pervasive structural violence and compounded stress experienced by Hispanic/Latino caregivers, a population disproportionately impacted by systemic inequities that can adversely affect overall well-being. We analyzed data from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Youth (n = 458) to identify structural violence exposure patterns among Hispanic/Latino caregivers/parents and examine how …
Racism, sociopolitical context, and emotional well-being in immigrant Latina mothers and their preschool-aged children
Community-based support programs should expand into areas where families face high levels of racism stress and scarce community support. During the vulnerable postmigration period, mutually opposing forces of community support and racism may have far-reaching impacts across immigrant generations and broader society. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Adding Nativity, Citizenship, and Immigration Status to Health Monitoring and Survey Data
Immigration status and related policies have a significant impact on health outcomes. Yet major national health surveys currently provide little or no information about immigration status, rendering subgroups of noncitizens largely invisible. Even measures of citizenship, nativity, country of birth, and years in the United States, which provide critical information about immigration history, are not consistently included in national data sets. Th…
Characterizing household food security status, perceived neighborhood food environment, and food shopping behaviors among caregivers of children in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos…
U.S. Hispanic/Latino households disproportionally experience food insecurity, which may intersect with their food environments and food shopping behaviors to shape diet and health, but more representative findings are needed. We identified latent classes related to household food security (HFS), food environments, and food shopping behaviors among U.S. Hispanic/Latino households, and investigated their relationships with sociodemographic characte…
Economic and Psychosocial Impact of Covid-19 in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
Objectives: To examine the prevalence and correlates of economic hardship and psychosocial distress experienced during the initial phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in a large cohort of Hispanic/Latino adults. Methods: =11,283). We estimated the prevalence of these experiences during the initial phase of the pandemic (May 2020 to May 2021) and examined the prepandemic factors associated with pandemic-related economic hards…
Immigrant Parent Legal Status and Children’s Health in the Hispanic Community Health Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth)
Characterizing longitudinal change in accelerometry-based moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos and the Framingham Heart Study
These findings highlight potentially high-risk groups for targeted MVPA intervention
Association of census-tract level gentrification and income inequality with 6-year incidence of metabolic syndrome in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, an epidemiologic cohort stud…
We Can't Say This Won't Happen to Me
In recent years, discrimination toward Hispanic/Latino Americans has escalated, threatening the health of Hispanic/Latino families and children. Previous research in African American families demonstrates the importance of parent-child communication in interrupting the pathway between childhood discrimination and poor health outcomes, but parent-child communication regarding discrimination has not been well-studied in Hispanic/Latino families. Th…
Health Care Access and Health Indicators in Puerto Rico Pre- and Post- Hurricane Maria
Examining the impact of the Cultural Gap Narrative on Family Functioning and Youth Substance Use among the Health Study/Study of latino Youth (HCHS/SOL Youth) population
Predictors of incident diabetes in two populations
The same four independent predictors - age, body mass index, hypertension and employment status - were associated with diabetes risk across two disparate US populations. While the reason for elevated diabetes risk in full-time workers is unclear, the findings suggest that diabetes may be part of the work-related burden of disease. Our findings also support prior evidence that differences by gender and socioeconomic position in diabetes risk are n…
Micro-scale pedestrian streetscapes and physical activity in Hispanic/Latino adults
We examined associations of micro-scale environment attributes (e.g., sidewalks, street crossings) with three physical activity (PA) measures among Hispanic/Latino adults (n = 1776) living in San Diego County, CA. Systematic observation was used to quantify micro-scale environment attributes near each participant's home. Total PA was assessed with accelerometers, and PA for transportation and recreation were assessed by validated self-report. Alt…
The Scale of Ethnic Experience long and short forms in Spanish and English
Psychometric findings support the utility of the newly developed 12-item short form of the SEE for measuring multiple dimensions of ethnic experience in Hispanic/Latino adults in the United States. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Body image and disordered eating behaviors in Hispanic/Latino Youth
Diet quality comparisons in Hispanic/Latino siblings
RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection
Listening to Community Partners
Making it in America
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we find that first-generation youth of Hispanic, Asian, and African heritage obtain more education than their parents, but the second generation and third or higher generations lose ground. Differences in dropout rates by race-ethnicity and immigrant generation are driven by differences in human, cultural, and social capital. Low levels of family human capital, sch…
What Are We Measuring? An Evaluation of the CES-D Across Race/Ethnicity and Immigrant Generation
The sociological study of the mental health of racial-ethnic minorities depends on the measurement quality of the instruments used to evaluate mental health. A commonly used instrument in research on mental health disparities, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), has not been thoroughly validated for use in the multiethnic and foreign-born populations currently living in the U.S. Using data from the National Longitudinal…
Undocumented and unaccompanied
Thousands of minors are migrating unaccompanied to high-income countries. This special issue focuses on unaccompanied migrant minors from the Global South to Europe and the United States. In this introduction we seek to complement the contributions to this special issue by shedding light on what resources and experiences unaccompanied migrants arrive with, stressing these young migrants' challenges at each stage prior to arrival and the challenge…
Fitting In
Using data on 459 Latino 9(th) graders from the LA-SIAA and the NC-SIAA studies, we evaluate the specific educational values and beliefs that motivate the academic achievement of Latino youth and contrast the school experiences of Latino youth in an emerging Latino community, North Carolina, with the school experiences of youth living in a traditional settlement community, Los Angeles. Despite their greater fears of discrimination, we find that L…
The color of health
The role of migration in the development of depressive symptoms among Latino immigrant parents in the USA
Becoming an American Parent
One in five children living in the United States is an immigrant or a child of an immigrant, and 62% of these children are Latino. Through qualitative methods, this study identifies ways that Latino immigrant parents with adolescent children cope with their new environment and how that environment shapes their parenting practices. Two primary themes emerge: overcoming new challenges and finding new strengths. Immigrant parents discuss the challen…
Fitting In
Our analysis contributes to understanding the acculturation experiences of immigrant youth and the roles of social context in shaping adolescent mental health
Ethnic Label Use in Adolescents from Traditional and Non-Traditional Immigrant Communities
Understanding adolescents' use of ethnic labels is a key developmental issue, particularly given the practical significance of identity and self-definition in adolescents' lives. Ethnic labeling was examined among adolescents in the traditional immigrant receiving area of Los Angeles (Asian n = 258, Latino n = 279) and the non-traditional immigrant receiving area of North Carolina (Asian n = 165, Latino n = 239). Logistic regressions showed that …
It Turned My World Upside Down
Few studies have examined the migration and acculturation experiences of Latino youth in a newly emerging Latino community, communities that historically have had low numbers of Latino residents. This study uses in-depth interview data from the Latino Adolescent, Migration, Health, and Adaptation (LAMHA) project, a mixed-methods study, to document the experiences of Latino youth (ages 14-18) growing up in one emerging Latino community in the Sout…
Stress and Resilience
Challenges and Strategies to Maintaining Emotional Health
Mexican immigrant mothers face many challenges that put them at increased risk for poor mental health. To understand the factors that lead to the development of depressive symptoms among Mexican immigrant mothers, we analyzed data from 20 qualitative, semistructured interviews. Participants included low-income, Mexican-born mothers of young children living in North Carolina. Most of the mothers in our study reported experiencing depressive sympto…
Painful Passages
Using data from a stratified random sample of 281 foreign-born adolescents and their parents in the United States, this study provides data on migration-related trauma exposures and examines how the migration process influences the risk of experiencing trauma and developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We find that 29 percent of foreign-born adolescents and 34 percent of foreign-born parents experienced trauma during the migration proces…
Immigrant Youth in the Labor Market
The past two decades witnessed unprecedented growth in the number of children of immigrants living in the United States. The successful socioeconomic adaptation of these youth to the United States will be determined, in part, by their early work experiences. The authors use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to evaluate differences in the work participation of youth enrolled in high school by immigrant gen…
Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and 1-Year Post-Partum
Stress and Coping
Previous research has linked stress to adverse mental health outcomes among Latino adolescents living in the United States. The mechanism through which this process operates continues to be explored, especially in regions of the country where Latin American immigrants and their children have only recently begun to migrate. Our study aimed to contextualize the processes of stress and coping among Latino adolescents growing up in an emerging Latino…
The effects of economic and sociocultural stressors on the well-being of children of Latino immigrants living in poverty
The effects of economic hardship on the well-being of young children of Latino immigrants may depend on concurrent experiences of sociocultural stress, with detrimental effects emerging for these outcomes only when economic hardship and sociocultural stressors are high. (PsycINFO Database Record
Foiled Aspirations
Trajectories of Delinquency From Adolescence to Adulthood
Rising immigration rates to the United States have been associated with increased public sentiment against immigrant populations and fears that immigration will lead to escalations in crime and delinquency. However, surprisingly few researchers have studied delinquency among immigrant youth overall or in comparison with U.S.-born youth. Guided by a life-course perspective, this article uses three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adoles…
Race/Ethnicity and Nativity Differences in Alcohol and Tobacco Use During Pregnancy
Objectives. We examined race/ethnicity and nativity correlates of prenatal substance use. Methods. Using data on a nationally representative cohort of pregnant women in US cities (N=4185), we evaluated the relative importance of socioeconomic status, paternal health behaviors, social support, and maternal stress and health history in explaining variations in prenatal substance use by race/ethnicity and nativity. Results. Maternal stress and healt…
Profiles of Language Brokering Experiences and Contextual Stressors
Perceived discrimination and physical health-related quality of life
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Infant Feeding Styles Questionnaire in Latino families
Beyond Race/Ethnicity
Social and built neighborhood environments and blood pressure 6 years later
Increasing Awareness of Danger Signs in Pregnancy Through Community- and Clinic-Based Education in Guatemala
What Are We Measuring? An Evaluation of the CES-D Across Race/Ethnicity and Immigrant Generation
The sociological study of the mental health of racial-ethnic minorities depends on the measurement quality of the instruments used to evaluate mental health. A commonly used instrument in research on mental health disparities, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), has not been thoroughly validated for use in the multiethnic and foreign-born populations currently living in the U.S. Using data from the National Longitudinal…
Race/Ethnicity and Nativity Differences in Alcohol and Tobacco Use During Pregnancy
Objectives. We examined race/ethnicity and nativity correlates of prenatal substance use. Methods. Using data on a nationally representative cohort of pregnant women in US cities (N=4185), we evaluated the relative importance of socioeconomic status, paternal health behaviors, social support, and maternal stress and health history in explaining variations in prenatal substance use by race/ethnicity and nativity. Results. Maternal stress and healt…
Making it in America
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we find that first-generation youth of Hispanic, Asian, and African heritage obtain more education than their parents, but the second generation and third or higher generations lose ground. Differences in dropout rates by race-ethnicity and immigrant generation are driven by differences in human, cultural, and social capital. Low levels of family human capital, sch…
Becoming an American Parent
One in five children living in the United States is an immigrant or a child of an immigrant, and 62% of these children are Latino. Through qualitative methods, this study identifies ways that Latino immigrant parents with adolescent children cope with their new environment and how that environment shapes their parenting practices. Two primary themes emerge: overcoming new challenges and finding new strengths. Immigrant parents discuss the challen…
Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and 1-Year Post-Partum
Immigrant Youth in the Labor Market
The past two decades witnessed unprecedented growth in the number of children of immigrants living in the United States. The successful socioeconomic adaptation of these youth to the United States will be determined, in part, by their early work experiences. The authors use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to evaluate differences in the work participation of youth enrolled in high school by immigrant gen…
Challenges and Strategies to Maintaining Emotional Health
Mexican immigrant mothers face many challenges that put them at increased risk for poor mental health. To understand the factors that lead to the development of depressive symptoms among Mexican immigrant mothers, we analyzed data from 20 qualitative, semistructured interviews. Participants included low-income, Mexican-born mothers of young children living in North Carolina. Most of the mothers in our study reported experiencing depressive sympto…
It Turned My World Upside Down
Few studies have examined the migration and acculturation experiences of Latino youth in a newly emerging Latino community, communities that historically have had low numbers of Latino residents. This study uses in-depth interview data from the Latino Adolescent, Migration, Health, and Adaptation (LAMHA) project, a mixed-methods study, to document the experiences of Latino youth (ages 14-18) growing up in one emerging Latino community in the Sout…
Fitting In
Using data on 459 Latino 9(th) graders from the LA-SIAA and the NC-SIAA studies, we evaluate the specific educational values and beliefs that motivate the academic achievement of Latino youth and contrast the school experiences of Latino youth in an emerging Latino community, North Carolina, with the school experiences of youth living in a traditional settlement community, Los Angeles. Despite their greater fears of discrimination, we find that L…
Ethnic Label Use in Adolescents from Traditional and Non-Traditional Immigrant Communities
Understanding adolescents' use of ethnic labels is a key developmental issue, particularly given the practical significance of identity and self-definition in adolescents' lives. Ethnic labeling was examined among adolescents in the traditional immigrant receiving area of Los Angeles (Asian n = 258, Latino n = 279) and the non-traditional immigrant receiving area of North Carolina (Asian n = 165, Latino n = 239). Logistic regressions showed that …
Trajectories of Delinquency From Adolescence to Adulthood
Rising immigration rates to the United States have been associated with increased public sentiment against immigrant populations and fears that immigration will lead to escalations in crime and delinquency. However, surprisingly few researchers have studied delinquency among immigrant youth overall or in comparison with U.S.-born youth. Guided by a life-course perspective, this article uses three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adoles…
The Physical and Psychological Well-Being of Immigrant Children
Poor childhood health contributes to lower socioeconomic status in adulthood. Subsequently, low socioeconomic status among parents contributes to poor childhood health outcomes in the next generation. This cycle can be particularly pernicious for vulnerable and low-income minority populations, including many children of immigrants. And because of the rapid growth in the numbers of immigrant children, this cycle also has implications for the natio…
Taxing sin and saving lives
The role of migration in the development of depressive symptoms among Latino immigrant parents in the USA
Prevalence of Major Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Diseases Among Hispanic/Latino Individuals of Diverse Backgrounds in the United States
CONTEXT: Major cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are leading causes of mortality among US Hispanic and Latino individuals. Comprehensive data are limited regarding the prevalence of CVD risk factors in this population and relations of these traits to socioeconomic status (SES) and acculturation. OBJECTIVES: To describe prevalence of major CVD risk factors and CVD (coronary heart disease [CHD] and stroke) among US Hispanic/Latino individuals of diffe…
Fitting In
Our analysis contributes to understanding the acculturation experiences of immigrant youth and the roles of social context in shaping adolescent mental health
Painful Passages
Using data from a stratified random sample of 281 foreign-born adolescents and their parents in the United States, this study provides data on migration-related trauma exposures and examines how the migration process influences the risk of experiencing trauma and developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We find that 29 percent of foreign-born adolescents and 34 percent of foreign-born parents experienced trauma during the migration proces…
Associations of Chronic Stress Burden, Perceived Stress, and Traumatic Stress With Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence and Risk Factors in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultu…
OBJECTIVE: The current study examined multiple stress indicators (chronic, perceived, traumatic) in relation to prevalent coronary heart disease, stroke, and major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (i.e., diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and current smoking) in the multisite Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study (2010-2011). METHODS: Participants were 5313 men and women 18 to 74 years old, rep…
Economic and Political Influence on Tobacco Tax Rates
Objectives. We evaluated state-level characteristics associated with cigarette excise taxes before and after the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). Methods. We gathered annual cigarette excise tax rates for all US states and the District of Columbia, between 1981 and 2011, and matched each state–year tax rate with economic, political, attitudinal, and demographic characteristics, creating a data set of 1581 observations. We used panel data regres…
The color of health
Foiled Aspirations
Risk of Cigarette Smoking Initiation During Adolescence Among US-Born and Non–US-Born Hispanics/Latinos
Objectives. We assessed risk of cigarette smoking initiation among Hispanics/Latinos during adolescence by migration status and gender. Methods. The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) surveyed persons aged 18 to 74 years in 2008 to 2011. Our cohort analysis (n = 2801 US-born, 13 200 non–US-born) reconstructed participants’ adolescence from 10 to 18 years of age. We assessed the association between migration status and len…
Losing jobs and lighting up
Family Obligation Across Contexts
Over the past decade, the Hispanic population has grown in areas with little to no history of recent immigration. Prior research comparing Hispanics in new and established destinations has chiefly focused on differences in socioeconomic indicators of assimilation. Our article departs from this work by shifting the focus to sociocultural outcomes. Specifically, we use data from Los Angeles and North Carolina to examine differences in the strength …
Medicine (71 obras) · Psychology (52 obras) · Demography (46 obras) · Gerontology (42 obras) · Environmental health (35 obras) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (34 obras) · Immigration (33 obras) · Sociology (33 obras) · Public health (30 obras) · Ethnic group (29 obras)