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Lopez-Class M, Castro FG, Ramirez AG. Conceptions of acculturation: a review and statement of critical issues. Soc Sci Med. 2011;72(9):1555-62doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.011.
Lopez-Class, M., Castro, F. G., & Ramirez, A. G. (2011). Conceptions of acculturation: a review and statement of critical issues. Social science & medicine (1982), 72(9), 1555-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.011
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Lopez-Class M, Castro FG, Ramirez AG. Conceptions of acculturation: a review and statement of critical issues. Soc Sci Med. 2011 May;72(9):1555-62. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.011. Epub 2011 Mar 24. PMID: 21489670.
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Soc Sci Med. 2011 May;72(9):1555-62. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.011. Epub 2011 Mar 24.

Conceptions of acculturation: a review and statement of critical issues.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Maria Lopez-Class, Felipe González Castro, Amelie G Ramirez

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  1. Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer, Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 21489670 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.011

Abstract

This article reviews evidence for re-conceptualizing acculturation status and acculturation process in health care research with United States (U.S.) Latino populations. Prior literature on acculturation has focused on: (a) acculturative change towards the dominant culture, (b) acculturation as it occurs with Mexican Americans, and (c) language as the principal component of acculturation. We review empirically based health research on acculturation and propose an ecodevelopmental framework for better understanding the process of acculturation. We then offer recommendations that may assist public health researchers, policymakers and program developers in better understanding "real world" acculturation. This includes understanding acculturation within this ecodevelopmental context for a more complete understanding of the acculturation process and its influences on health-related behaviors, with aims of reducing or eliminating health disparities in Latino populations.

Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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