The border community and immigration stress scale: a preliminary examination of a community responsive measure in two Southwest samples

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• Personal Author:
  Carvajal SC ; de Zapien JG ; Ingram M ; McClelland DJ ; O'Leary AO ; Redondo F ; Romero AJ ; Rosales C ; Rubio-Goldsmith R ; Sabo S ; Sanchez Z ; Torres E
• Description:
  Understanding contemporary socio-cultural stressors may assist educational, clinical and policy-level health promotion efforts. This study presents descriptive findings on a new measure, the border community and immigration stress scale. The data were from two community surveys as part of community based participatory projects conducted in the Southwestern US border region. This scale includes stressful experiences reflected in extant measures, with new items reflecting heightened local migration pressures and health care barriers. Stressors representing each main domain, including novel ones, were reported with frequency and at high intensity in the predominantly Mexican-descent samples. Total stress was also significantly associated with mental and physical health indicators. The study suggests particularly high health burdens tied to the experience of stressors in the US border region. Further, many of the stressors are also likely relevant for other communities within developed nations also experiencing high levels of migration. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Agriculture Demography Men Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires Women

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Acculturation Demographic-characteristics Depression Health Health-surveys Human Latinos/Latinas Mental-stress Psychological-effects Psychological-stress Psychophysiology Questionnaires Racial-factors Sociological-factors Stress

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• ISSN:
  1557-1912
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  427-436
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043629
• Citation:
  J Immigr Minor Health 2013 Apr; 15(2):427-436
• Contact Point Address:
  S. C. Carvajal, Department of Health Behavior Health Promotion, Arizona Prevention Research Center, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, 1295 N. Martin Ave., Drachman Hall A254, P.O. Box 245209, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
• Email:
  scott.carvajal@arizona.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Arizona
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060801
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
• End Date:
  20080731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:353b19a509ba8c93c7effdbcadcb7f2416e5fa11ecfe607068ffe5fbc25346ea4c89f59eb593cefa7d1da03a7b2affe4a275088ca6ca9ac26d2d48b2a85ef5e7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195474/cdc_195474_DS1.pdf
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