Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-212

Cultural adaptation resources for nutrition and health in new immigrants in central North Carolina (Article)

Morrison S.D.* , Haldeman L. , Sudha S. , Gruber K.J. , Bailey R.
  • a Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, United States
  • b Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, United States
  • c Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, United States
  • d School of Human Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, United States
  • e Center for New North Carolinians, School of Human Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, United States

Abstract

This paper presents results of a study that was conducted for the purposes of describing available human services resources relating to nutrition, physical health, and behavioral health for new and recent immigrants (predominantly Mexican immigrants, but groups from Southeast Asia and continental Africa as well) in Guilford County, NC. Sixty-five service providers were determined to represent cultural adaptation resources providing either direct and/or ancillary assistance to limited English proficient immigrants. Seventeen direct assistance providers specialized in food and nutrition programs, but only 2 had targeted programs for addressing food scarcity, insecurity, and nutritional deficiencies in immigrant households. Four of 15 direct physical health services providers had clinical care or specialty programs for immigrants. Finally, 5 of 16 direct behavioral health care providers offered mental health treatment and counseling services adapted specifically for targeted immigrant groups. These findings highlight the limited development of the existing human services network to increase its capacity to provide nutrition and health related services to a growing community of diverse immigrant groups. These descriptive results underscore a need for additional local level or community based resources to be directed towards increasing the community's ability to provide essential human services to population groups not yet language proficient and acculturated to "American community standards." © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007.

Author Keywords

Nutritionand health immigrants Cultural adaptation resources North Carolina

Index Keywords

immigrant information dissemination health promotion Community Health Services community care mental health North Carolina health service priority journal Food Supply health status social support Food Services Social Work United States health program Humans Hispanic counseling Acculturation nutrition service Article health care organization Emigration and Immigration nutritional health nutritional status Health Services Accessibility primary health care health care delivery
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33847774184&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-006-9031-9&partnerID=40&md5=8438b5e3b84f8bd7b15836ed878a3bfc
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9031-9
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 9
Original Language: English