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Guided Concept Map #6 - Coggle Diagram
Guided Concept Map #6
Salmon Bias
The Mexican health advantage observed in the U.S. immigrant population (where Mexican immigrants report better health outcomes despite lower education and limited access to healthcare) may be explained by salmon bias
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Salmon bias may be indirectly induced when factors associated with success in the receiving society, such as occupational status or family formation, are linked to return migration and health
For instance, salmon bias will occur if less-successful migrants, who also happen to be less healthy, subsequently engage in return migration
Politics
There is limited discussion about how politics, power, and ideology underpin the health of Latinx communities and promote health disparities
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Several effective strategies designed to influence the politics of health and positively influence the structural factors that affect Latinx health have been identified
Health advocacy
Taking public positions to support or provide recommendations to promote health health advocacy and is useful in influencing political, economic, cultural, environmental, behavioral, and biological factors
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community mobilization
has been documented among Latinx populations to address issues such as sexuality education, chronic diseases, HIV prevention, and exposure to environmental risks
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Ethnic Discrimination
Latinx and undocumented communities face barriers such as lack of health insurance, language barriers, and fear of deportation when seeking care
Health disparities adversely affect groups of people who have systematically experienced greater obstacles ot health based on their racial or ethnic group; religion; socioeconomic status; etc...
where the experiences of discrimination, racism, and xenophobia intersect, should be recognized as a hallmark of oppression of Latinx persons, communities, and populations