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Intergenerational transmission of the effects of acculturation on health in Hispanic Americans: a fetal programming perspective

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  • Fox, M.
  • Entringer, S.
  • Buss, C.
  • DeHaene, J.
  • Wadhwa, P.D.

Abstract

We propose a transdisciplinary, life span framework for examining the underlying cause of the observed intergenerational decline in health among Hispanic Americans. We focus on acculturation, and we posit that acculturation-related processes in first-generation Hispanic immigrant mothers may affect the intrauterine development of an unborn child, via the process of fetal programming, to produce phenotypic effects that may alter the susceptibility for noncommunicable chronic diseases. In this manner, an intergenerational cascade of perpetuation may become established. Our framework may shed light on the biological, behavioral, and social causes of intergenerational cycles of vulnerability among immigrant minority groups, with public health and policy implications for primary prevention and intervention.

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  • Fox, M. & Entringer, S. & Buss, C. & DeHaene, J. & Wadhwa, P.D., 2015. "Intergenerational transmission of the effects of acculturation on health in Hispanic Americans: a fetal programming perspective," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105, pages 409-423.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302571_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302571
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    1. Luisa N Borrell & Elena Rodríguez-Álvarez & Florence J Dallo, 2020. "Racial/ethnic inequities in the associations of allostatic load with all-cause and cardiovascular-specific mortality risk in U.S. adults," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(2), pages 1-14, February.
    2. Fox, Molly & Thayer, Zaneta & Wadhwa, Pathik D., 2017. "Assessment of acculturation in minority health research," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 176(C), pages 123-132.
    3. Osea Giuntella, 2016. "Assimilation and Health: Evidence From Linked Birth Records of Second- and Third-Generation Hispanics," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 53(6), pages 1979-2004, December.
    4. Fox, Molly, 2022. "How demographics and concerns about the Trump administration relate to prenatal mental health among Latina women," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 307(C).
    5. Guido G. Urizar & Joshua Murillo & Karissa Miller, 2023. "Factors Associated with Prenatal Health Behaviors among Low-Income, Ethnic Minority Women," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-13, January.

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