Hispanic Health Care International
Volume 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 190-202

Depression in Latinas residing in emerging Latino immigrant communities in the United States (Article)

Shattell M.M. , Villalba J. , Stokes N. , Hamilton D. , Foster J. , Petrini R.H. , Johnson K. , Hinderliter N. , Witherspoon C. , Hinshaw R.K. , Faulkner C.
  • a University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Nursing, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
  • b University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Nursing, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
  • c Wesley Long Community Hospital, Greensboro, United States
  • d University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Nursing, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
  • e Center for New North Carolinians, Greensboro, United States
  • f Recovery Innovations of North Carolina, Inc., United States
  • g La Vela Lutheran Church, Greensboro, United States
  • h Poplar Grove Head Start, Greensboro, United States
  • i Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships, United States
  • j Center for New North Carolinians, Greensboro, United States
  • k Family Solutions, Greensboro, United States

Abstract

This study examined the ways in which depression affects immigrant Latina women residing in an emerging Latino immigrant community in the United States. Three Spanish-language focus groups were conducted within a community-based participatory research framework. Latina women expressed concerns about their immigration status, separation from family in their native countries, and about finances and inabilities to meet family obligations. They expressed fears for their children in the United States. Their sociopolitical, economic, and familial explanations for depression differ from the individual, biological explanations of depression common today. Implications for policymakers, community organizers, health care providers, public health educators, and school counselors are presented. © 2009 Springer Publishing Company.

Author Keywords

Hispanic Latino Latina Depression Community-based participatory research

Index Keywords

symptomatology mood disorder immigrant depression community care human energy language ability health service priority journal stomach disease financial management United States conceptual framework Hispanic sleep disorder counseling risk factor socioeconomics Article help seeking behavior separation anxiety politics public health
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-73349111320&doi=10.1891%2f1540-4153.7.4.190&partnerID=40&md5=cf66bd4cb7a7cc178b338ae88547f980
DOI: 10.1891/1540-4153.7.4.190
ISSN: 15404153
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English