REPEAT: The Hispanic Paradox

Today we revisit our very first episode: Why do Latinos in the US live longer if they have fewer economic resources? Let's take a look. Main sources: Neighborhood context and mortality among older Mexican Americans: is there a barrio advantage? (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15451754) (en inglés). 2004.Aculturación y salud de los latinos en los Estados Unidos de América (http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/rpsp/v18n3/27672.pdf).Cassio M. Turra & Noreen Goldman (2006). Socioeconomic Differences in Mortality Among U.S. Adults: Insights Into the Hispanic Paradox (http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/62/3/S184.full)Smith, D. P., & Bradshaw, B. S. (2006). Rethinking the hispanic paradox: Death rates and life expectancy for US non-hispanic white and hispanic populations. American Journal of Public Health, 96(9), 1686-1686-92. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/215086338?accountid=7064 (http://search.proquest.com/docview/215086338?accountid=7064)Escarce JJ, Morales LS, Rumbaut RG. The Health Status and Health Behaviors of Hispanics. In: National Research Council (US) Panel on Hispanics inThe United States; Tienda M, Mitchell F, editors. Hispanics and the Future of America. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2006. 9. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19899/?t&utm_source=perplexity