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ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2022

Hispanic Ethnic Density May Be Protective for Older Black/African American and Non-Hispanic White Populations for Some Health Conditions: An Exploration of Support and Neighborhood Mechanisms.

Melissa Flores, John M Ruiz, Emily A Butler, David A Sbarra

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Article in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  4. A longitudinal study of perceived stress, tangible social support, and gender on Mexican American parental feeding practices.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025
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  5. Neighborhood Collective Efficacy: A Longitudinal Social Determinant of Access to Medical Care Among Recently Immigrated Latina Young Adults.Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses · 2024
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  6. Metabolic Syndrome, Modifiable Lifestyle Factors, and Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The Hispanic Community Health Study.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024
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4 authors.

Melissa FloresCenter for Border Health Disparities, Health Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9436-6665
John M RuizThe Department of Psychology, College of Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Emily A ButlerNorton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Agricultural Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
David A SbarraThe Department of Psychology, College of Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

Funding

National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (RMI)R01AG021487 · NIA · NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER · PI WAITE, LINDA J · 2003 to 2007
$12.2M
Toward Accurate Cardiovascular Disease Prediction in Hispanics/Latinos: Modeling Risk and Resilience FactorsK99HL157611 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI FLORES, MELISSA ANN · 2022 to 2023
$183k
NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL157611NIA NIH HHS R01 AG021487
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeHispanic ethnic density (HED) is associated with salubrious health outcomes for Hispanics, yet recent research suggests it may also be protective for other groups. The purpose of this study was to test whether HED was protective for other racial-ethnic groups. We tested whether social support or neighborhood social integration mediated the association between high HED and depressive symptoms (CES-D) and physical morbidity 5 years later. Lastly, we tested whether race-ethnicity moderated both main and indirect effects.

methodsWe used Waves 1 (2005-2006), and 2 (2010-2011) from The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, a national study of older U.S. adults. Our sample was restricted to Wave 1 adults who returned at Wave 2, did not move from their residence between waves, and self-identified as Hispanic, non-Hispanic White (NHW), or non-Hispanic Black (NHB; n = 1,635). We geo-coded respondents' addresses to a census-tract and overlaid racial-ethnic population data. Moderated-mediation models using multiple imputation (to handle missingness) and bootstrapping were used to estimate indirect effects for all racial-ethnic categories.

resultsDepressive symptoms were lower amongst racial-ethnic minorities in ethnically (Hispanic) dense neighborhoods; this effect was not stronger in Hispanics. HED was not associated with physical morbidity. Sensitivity analyses revealed that HED was protective for cardiovascular events in all racial-ethnic groups, but not arthritis, or respiratory disease. Social support and neighborhood social integration were not mediators for the association between HED and outcomes, nor were indirect effects moderated by race-ethnicity.

conclusionsThis study offers some evidence that HED may be protective for some conditions in older adults; however, the phenomena underlying these effects remains a question for future work.

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Black or African AmericanEthnicityAdultAgedHispanic or LatinoHumansMiddle AgedRacial GroupsResidence CharacteristicsUnited StatesDepressive symptomsEthnic densityHispanicMorbidityNeighborhood social integrationRace–ethnicity

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PMID33821886
PMCPMC8691394

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