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Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population

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Editors:
  1. Jacqueline L. Angel

    1. Dept. Sociology, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, USA

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  2. Fernando Torres-Gil

    1. , Center for Policy Research on Aging, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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  3. Kyriakos Markides

    1. University of Texas Medical Branch at Ga, Galveston, USA

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  • deals directly with the concepts of diversity, social structure, and health inequality in the context of global population change
  • represents a key source of information for nongovernmental organizations advocating for Latino health, health care policy, immigration research
  • includes material that address important issues related to the contemporary political debate on immigration and health care reform in the United States and in Mexico
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Introduction: Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population

    • Jacqueline L. Angel, Fernando Torres-Gil, Kyriakos Markides
    Pages 1-11

  3. Latino Aging: Risks of Disability and Chronic Illness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Overview

      • Hector M. González
      Pages 15-18

    3. Does the “Healthy Immigrant Effect” Extend to Cognitive Aging?

      • Terrence D. Hill, Jacqueline L. Angel, Kelly S. Balistreri
      Pages 19-33

    4. Lifetime Socioeconomic Position and Functional Decline in Older Mexican Americans: Results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging

      • Adina Zeki Al-Hazzouri, Michelle Odden, Elizabeth R. Mayeda, Allison E. Aiello, John M. Neuhaus, Mary N. Haan
      Pages 35-49

    5. Culture and Couples: Does Partner Disability Differentially Infl uence Mental Health Across Mexico and the US?

      • M. Kristen Peek, Noe Perez, Jim P. Stimpson
      Pages 51-65

    6. BMI and Transitions to Disability Among Older Adults in Mexico and the United States

      • Kerstin Gerst, Alejandra Michaels-Obregon, Rebeca Wong
      Pages 67-86

  4. Contextualizing Disability: Issues of Immigration, Economics, and Family

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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  5. Contextualizing Disability: Issues of Immigration, Economics, and Family

    1. Overview

      • Peter M. Ward
      Pages 89-93

    2. A Tale of Three Paradoxes: The Weak Socioeconomic Gradients in Health Among Hispanic Immigrants and Their Relation to the Hispanic Health Paradox and Negative Acculturation

      • Fernando Riosmena, Jeff A. Dennis
      Pages 95-110

    3. On the Need for Prospective Studies on Aging and Health of the Hispanic Population in the United States

      • Roberto Ham-Chande, Silvia Mejía-Arango
      Pages 111-123

    4. Sociocultural Status and Burden of Disability in Aging Mexican Americans

      • Helen P. Hazuda, Sara E. Espinoza
      Pages 125-143

    5. Contextualizing the Burden of Chronic Disease: Diabetes, Mortality and Disability in Older Mexicans

      • Jennifer J. Salinas, Bassent E. Abdelbary, Elizabeth A. Rocha, Sohan Al Snih
      Pages 145-157

    6. Access to Vaccines for Latin American and Caribbean Older Adults with Disability

      • Carlos A. Reyes-Ortiz, Diana M. Davalos, Maria F. Montoya, Daniel Escobar
      Pages 159-171

    7. Diabetes and Employment Productivity: The Effect of Duration and Management Among Mexican Americans*

      • H. Shelton Brown III, Adriana Pérez, Lisa M. Yarnell, Craig Hanis, Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, Joseph McCormick
      Pages 173-181

  6. Caregiving and Long-Term Care of Older Latinos: Formal and Informal Arrangements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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  7. Caregiving and Long-term Care of Older Latinos: Formal and Informal Care Arrangements

    1. Overview

      • Flávia Cristina Drumond Andrade
      Pages 185-192

    2. Latinos “Aging in Place”: Issues and Potential Solutions

      • William A. Vega, Hector M. González
      Pages 193-205

    3. Separate and Unequal Access and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: Transformation of the Long Term Care Industry and Implications of the Research Program for Aging Hispanics

      • Mary L. Fennell, Melissa Clark, Zhanlian Feng, Vince Mor, David Barton Smith, Denise A. Tyler
      Pages 207-225
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Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population creates a foundation for an interdisciplinary discussion of the trajectory of disability and long-term care for older people of Mexican-origin from a bi-national perspective. Although the literature on Latino elders in the United States is growing, few of these studies or publications offer the breadth and depth contained in this book.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Sociology, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, USA

    Jacqueline L. Angel

  • , Center for Policy Research on Aging, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Fernando Torres-Gil

  • University of Texas Medical Branch at Ga, Galveston, USA

    Kyriakos Markides

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