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Acculturation

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Experienced nurses and physicians report their clinical observations that acculturation affects both health behaviors and outcomes for immigrant patients. The co-authors have frequently heard comments from both health care providers and their Mexican-origin patients about infant health beliefs and child rearing practices among unacculturated women from Mexico, which are modified through long-term residence in the United States. Professional observations often are linked with musings about the acculturation process and its unfavorable influences on the health of Mexican women and children. Such comments, rather than being dismissed as ethnic stereotyping, can be used to heighten awareness of possible acculturative differences and their relationship to health.

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Clark, L., Hofsess, L. (1998). Acculturation. In: Loue, S. (eds) Handbook of Immigrant Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1936-6_3

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