Authors: O'Connor, Kathleen; Anders, Robert L.; Balcazar, Hector; Ibarra, Jorge; Perez, Eduardo; Flores, Luis; Ortiz, Melchor; Bean, Nathaniel H.

Source: Hispanic Health Care International, Volume 6, Number 3, 2008 , pp. 140-149(10)

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to (a) examine the results of a binational study of two colonias near El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, focusing on mental health and (b) analyze those results in relation to the existing literature on Hispanic mental health to determine how border regions compare with Hispanic enclaves in nonborder regions. We focus on gender, birthplace, length of residency, and level of acculturation correlated with self-reported diagnoses of depression in our analysis. Our survey instrument incorporates portions of the Behavioral Risk Factor and Surveillance Survey; the SF36, version 2; and the CAGE scale for alcohol use and abuse. We found that birthplace, acculturation, and length of residency at the border did not correlate in the same ways to mental health issues as in nonborder regions.

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El propósito de este artículo es (a) examinar los resultados de un estudio binacional de salud mental en dos colonias de la frontera de El Paso, Texas, y Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, México, y (b) analizar los resultados en relación con la literatura actual para determinar como las regiones de la frontera difieren de comunidades de hispanos en otras regiones de los EE.UU. En este documento nos hemos enfocado al análisis en el género, lugar de nacimiento, tiempo de residencia y nivel de aculturación correlacionado con diagnósticos auto-informados de depresión en nuestro análisis. Nuestro instrumento de encuesta incluye porciones de la Encuesta de Vigilancia de Factores de Riesgo de la Conducta, la escala SF36 versión 2 y la escala CAGE para problemas de alcohol. Encontramos que el lugar de nacimiento, aculturación y lugar de residencia en la frontera no se correlaciona de la misma manera a los problemas de salud mental como sucede en otras regiones.

Keywords: LATINO/HISPANIC MENTAL HEALTH; BORDER HEALTH; DEPRESSION; BINATIONAL HEALTH

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1540-4153.6.3.140

Publication date: 2008-09-01

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