15 research outputs found
Review of \u3cem\u3eColored White: Transcending the Racial Past.\u3c/em\u3e David R. Roediger. Reviewed by Kurt C. Organista
Book review of David R. Roediger, Colored White: Transcending the Racial past. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002. $29.95 hardcover
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La desesperacion in Latino migrant day laborers and its role in alcohol and substance-related sexual risk
The purpose of this study was to better understand the relation between psychological distress and alcohol and substance related sexual risk in Latino migrant day laborers (LMDLs). In addition to examining the roles of depression and anxiety, it was also necessary to examine the role of desesperaci贸n, a popular Latino idiom of distress frequently expressed by LMDLs in response to the thwarting of major migration related life goals such as traveling to the U.S. in search of work to support families, projects and purchases in country of origin. Given the structural vulnerability of LMDLs to under-employment and frequent unemployment, LMDLs also refer to desesperaci贸n as a prelude to problem drinking, substance use, and sexual risk taking. Hence we developed and validated a scale of desesperaci贸n for LMDLs to explore this culturally relevant construct of psychological distress in this unique population of Latinos. Based on a cross sectional survey of 344 LMDLs, this study found that the dissatisfaction subscale of desesperaci贸n predicted alcohol-related sexual risk taking, while depression predicted substance-related sexual risk taking. These findings are discussed including implications of preventing alcohol and substance related sexual risk taking in LMDLs
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La desesperacion in Latino migrant day laborers and its role in alcohol and substance-related sexual risk
The purpose of this study was to better understand the relation between psychological distress and alcohol and substance related sexual risk in Latino migrant day laborers (LMDLs). In addition to examining the roles of depression and anxiety, it was also necessary to examine the role of desesperaci贸n, a popular Latino idiom of distress frequently expressed by LMDLs in response to the thwarting of major migration related life goals such as traveling to the U.S. in search of work to support families, projects and purchases in country of origin. Given the structural vulnerability of LMDLs to under-employment and frequent unemployment, LMDLs also refer to desesperaci贸n as a prelude to problem drinking, substance use, and sexual risk taking. Hence we developed and validated a scale of desesperaci贸n for LMDLs to explore this culturally relevant construct of psychological distress in this unique population of Latinos. Based on a cross sectional survey of 344 LMDLs, this study found that the dissatisfaction subscale of desesperaci贸n predicted alcohol-related sexual risk taking, while depression predicted substance-related sexual risk taking. These findings are discussed including implications of preventing alcohol and substance related sexual risk taking in LMDLs
La desesperaci贸n in Latino migrant day laborers and its role in alcohol and substance-related sexual risk
The purpose of this study was to better understand the relation between psychological distress and alcohol and substance related sexual risk in Latino migrant day laborers (LMDLs). In addition to examining the roles of depression and anxiety, it was also necessary to examine the role of desesperaci贸n, a popular Latino idiom of distress frequently expressed by LMDLs in response to the thwarting of major migration related life goals such as traveling to the U.S. in search of work to support families, projects and purchases in country of origin. Given the structural vulnerability of LMDLs to under-employment and frequent unemployment, LMDLs also refer to desesperaci贸n as a prelude to problem drinking, substance use, and sexual risk taking. Hence we developed and validated a scale of desesperaci贸n for LMDLs to explore this culturally relevant construct of psychological distress in this unique population of Latinos. Based on a cross sectional survey of 344 LMDLs, this study found that the dissatisfaction subscale of desesperaci贸n predicted alcohol-related sexual risk taking, while depression predicted substance-related sexual risk taking. These findings are discussed including implications of preventing alcohol and substance related sexual risk taking in LMDLs. Keywords: Latinos, Desesperaci贸n, Depression, Anxiety, Alcohol, Substance, Sexual ris
Evaluating an Entertainment鈥揈ducation Telenovela to Promote Workplace Safety
Occupational safety and health professionals worked with health
communication experts to collaborate with a major Spanish language television network to
develop and implement a construction workplace safety media intervention targeting
Latino/Hispanic audiences. An Entertainment鈥揈ducation (EE) health communication strategy
was used to create a worksite safety storyline weaved into the main plot of a nationally
televised Telenovela (Spanish language soap opera). A secondary analysis of audience
survey data in a pre/posttest cross-sectional equivalent group design was performed to
evaluate the effectiveness of this EE media intervention to change knowledge, attitudes,
and intention outcomes related to the prevention of fatal falls at construction
worksites. Results indicate that using culturally relevant mediums can be an effective
way of reaching and educating audiences about specific fall prevention information. This
is aligned with recommendations by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to increase
interventions and evaluations of culturally relevant and competent health
communication
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Narratives of Disconnection: A Life Course Perspective of Methamphetamine Use Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV
Sexual minority men (SMM) are exposed to societal and structural stressors that translate into poor health outcomes. One such outcome is substance use, which research has long documented as a prominent disparity among SMM. Methamphetamine is a particularly deleterious substance for SMM because its use is often framed as a coping response to social and structural stressors.
Guided by stress and coping theory and a life course perspective, the purpose of this qualitative study is to assess the development of coping strategies in the context of prominent social and structural determinants among SMM living with HIV who use methamphetamine.
Data were collected from 2016 to 2018 via in-depth interviews with 24 SMM living with HIV who use methamphetamine in San Francisco, CA. Mean age of participants was 47 and over half self-identified as ethnoracial minorities. Narrative analysis surfaced a sequential pattern of disconnection at foundational, relational, and recovery levels. This analysis revealed that multi-level stressors were present across the life course that amplified engagement in methamphetamine use.
Findings highlight the benefits of holistic, integrated, and trauma-informed approaches to address the function of methamphetamine use as a response to societal, cultural, and institutional processes of stigmatization and discrimination. Peer-based approaches may also be beneficial to reframe the ways in which SMM living with HIV who use methamphetamine form and sustain relationships