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Perceived social enviornment [sic] and self-reported health status among African American and African Caribbean immigrants in the U.S.
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Perceived social enviornment [sic] and self-reported health status among African American and African Caribbean immigrants in the U.S.
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Sharese N.
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Gundersen
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Daniel
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Wilson
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Kwate
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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2013
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2013-10
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Immigrants of African descent experience better health outcomes than African Americans but this health advantage dissipates over time and in succeeding generations. Few studies have investigated the influence of environmental factors on their declining health. This study examined the relationship between individual characteristics, neighborhood features and exposure to the U.S. social contexts on self-reported physical and mental health status among African American and African Caribbean adults who reside in “predominantly” African American and African Caribbean neighborhoods in the U.S. The conceptual framework was drawn from several models, race and health model, eco-social theory, and environmental stress exposure – disease framework, as well as theories specific to immigrant populations. Secondary data analysis using bivariate and logistic regression analysis of the 2001-2003 National Survey of American Life dataset was conducted with the sample comprised of African Americans (2,140) and African Caribbeans (687). Features of the neighborhood environment (higher social cohesion, neighborhood satisfaction, and frequent drug activity), immigrant status (age at migration and years lived in the U.S.) were associated with increased odds of fair or poor mental health. Nativity and number of years lived in the neighborhood were associated with iii increased odds of fair/poor mental health. Poorer perceptions of physical health were associated with increased exposure to the U.S. social context, based on number of years lived in the U.S. and by generation. Second and higher generation immigrants had increased odds of fair or poor physical health than first generation when controlling for age, gender, and SES, but not when physical and mental co-morbidities were added to control variables. African Caribbean immigrants and African Americans reported no significant differences in their overall self-rated mental and physical health status suggesting convergence of their health status mediated by exposure to similarly racially constituted neighborhoods and the U.S. social contexts.
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Urban Systems
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xiv, 217 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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by Sharese N. Porter
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Perceived social environment and self-reported health status among African American and African Caribbean immigrants in the U.S.
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African Americans--Health and hygiene
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Blacks--Health and hygiene--Caribbean Area
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African Americans--Health risk assessment
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Blacks--Health risk assessment--Caribbean Area
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Blacks--Health and hygiene--United States
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Blacks--Health risk assessment--United States
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ETD doctoral
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Sharese
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2013-09-26 23:39:11
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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