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© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.064980
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All authors are with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Ana Abraído-Lanza, PhD, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168 St, 5th floor, New York, NY 10032 (e-mail: aabraido{at}columbia.edu).
Interest in studying the impact of acculturation on immigrant health has increased in tandem with the growth of the Latino population in the United States. Linear assimilation models continue to dominate public health research despite the availability of more complex acculturation theories that propose multidimensional frameworks, reciprocal interactions between the individual and the environment, and other acculturative processes among various Latino groups.
Because linear and unidimensional assessments (e.g., nativity, length of stay in the United States, and language use) provide constricted measures of acculturation, the rare use of multidimensional acculturation measures and models has inhibited a more comprehensive understanding of the association between specific components of acculturation and particular health outcomes. A public health perspective that incorporates the roles of structural and cultural forces in acculturation may help identify mechanisms underlying links between acculturation and health among Latinos.
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