Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1420-1426

Determinants of Host Society Acculturation and Its Relationship with Health Behaviors and Outcomes: A New Research and Intervention Framework (Article)

Andreeva V.A.* , Unger J.B.
  • a Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States, Nutritional Epidemiology Research Group, University of Paris XIII, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, Bobigny, 93017, France
  • b Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States

Abstract

Host society acculturation (or reverse acculturation) is a complex, multifactorial process reflecting the attitude- and behavior-level impact of immigrants on the host society. However, this phenomenon has rarely been the subject of systematic research in the area of public health. Using qualitative and quantitative findings from different health behavior domains, we strove to identify potential individual- and environment-level determinants of host society acculturation. Next, we developed a context-driven multilevel public health research and intervention framework for the study of the relationship between host society acculturation and health practices and outcomes. The framework posits a number of associations to be evaluated by future multidisciplinary research nationally and internationally. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Theory Scoping review Health behavior Immigration Acculturation Host society

Index Keywords

Emigrants and Immigrants Acculturation risk factor Risk Factors Humans Environment migrant cultural factor ethnology human Health Behavior Social Environment attitude
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84941367274&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-014-0104-x&partnerID=40&md5=8ad5af68ef7ddac86bd21ccaed870bee
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0104-x
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English