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Race and skin color in latino health: An analytic review

A.G. Cuevas, B.A. Dawson and D.R. Williams

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 12, 2131-2136

Abstract: We examined 22 articles to compare Black Latinos/as' with White Latinos/as' health and highlight findings and limitations in the literature. We searched 1153 abstracts, from the earliest on record to those available in 2016. We organized the articles into domains grounded on a framework that incorporates the effects of race on Latinos/as' health and well-being: health and wellbeing, immigration, psychosocial factors, and contextual factors. Most studies in this area are limited by self-reported measures of health status, inconsistent use of race and skin color measures, and omission of a wider range of immigration-related and contextual factors. We give recommendations for future research to explain the complexity in the Latino/a population regarding race, and we provide insight into Black Latinos/as experiences.

Keywords: controlled study; health status; Hispanic; human; human experiment; immigration; race; skin color; wellbeing; female; health status; male; psychology; satisfaction; skin pigmentation, Female; Health Status; Hispanic Americans; Humans; Male; Personal Satisfaction; Skin Pigmentation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303452

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