"Es Muy Tranquilo Aquí": Perceptions of Safety and Calm among Binationally Mobile Mexican Immigrants in a Rural Border Community.
"Es Muy Tranquilo Aquí": Perceptions of Safety and Calm among Binationally Mobile Mexican Immigrants in a Rural Border Community.
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10.3390/ijerph19148399
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发表时间：
2022-07-09
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Carvajal, Scott
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作者：
Crocker, Rebecca M.;Duenas, Karina;Vazquez, Luis;Ingram, Maia;Cordova-Marks, Felina M.;Torres, Emma;Carvajal, Scott
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对社区的看法可以在决定健康和幸福方面发挥重要作用。然而，我们对西南边境地区居民对社区安全的看法知之甚少，该地区经常被描绘为混乱不堪的地区。这项以社区为基础的参与性研究的定性目标是探索墨西哥裔边境居民对亚利桑那州尤马县南部社区的看法。我们的亚利桑那大学研究人员团队和来自亚利桑那州尤马县的基层农场工人支持机构Campeinos Sin Fronteras的工作人员开发了一份双语面试指南，并通过无线电添加、传单和现有机构客户之间的陌生电话招募参与者。2021年，对居住和/或在尤马县农村工作的墨西哥裔参与者进行了30次远程访谈。绝大多数参与者认为他们的社区既平静又安全。虽然一些与会者提到了安全方面的担忧，但绝大多数人表示个人安全水平很高，并称赞邻居和警察确保了当地的安全。这些看法与边境另一边的看法形成了直接对比，在这些看法中，参与者有积极的家庭和文化联系，但对普遍存在的暴力行为持负面看法。总而言之，我们认为，要了解影响墨西哥移民人口健康和福祉的环境因素，关键是要检查影响社区认知的两国外部参照的作用。
Perceptions of community can play an important role in determining health and well-being. We know little, however, about residents’ perceptions of community safety in the Southwestern borderlands, an area frequently portrayed as plagued by disorder. The qualitative aim of this community-based participatory research study was to explore the perceptions of Mexican-origin border residents about their communities in southern Yuma County, Arizona. Our team of University of Arizona researchers and staff from Campesinos Sin Fronteras, a grassroots farmworker support agency in Yuma County, Arizona, developed a bilingual interview guide and recruited participants through radio adds, flyers, and cold calls among existing agency clientele. Thirty individual interviews with participants of Mexican origin who live in and/or work in rural Yuma County were conducted remotely in 2021. Participants overwhelmingly perceived their communities as both calm and safe. While some participants mentioned safety concerns, the vast majority described high levels of personal security and credited both neighbors and police for ensuring local safety. These perceptions were stated in direct contrast to those across the border, where participants had positive familial and cultural ties but negative perceptions regarding widespread violence. In conclusion, we argue that to understand environmental factors affecting health and well-being in Mexican immigrant populations, it is critical to examine the role of binational external referents that color community perceptions.
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影响因子：
2
作者：
Hunt, Edward
通讯作者：
Hunt, Edward
影响因子：
1.9
作者：
Carvajal, Scott C.;Rosales, Cecilia;Rubio-Goldsmith, Raquel;Sabo, Samantha;Ingram, Maia;McClelland, Debra Jean;Redondo, Floribella;Torres, Emma;Romero, Andrea J.;O'Leary, Anna Ochoa;Sanchez, Zoila;de Zapien, Jill Guernsey
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de Zapien, Jill Guernsey
影响因子：
3.6
作者：
Martinez, Ramiro, Jr.;Stowell, Jacob I.;Iwama, Janice A.
通讯作者：
Iwama, Janice A.
影响因子：
2.5
作者：
Barranco, Raymond E.;Shihadeh, Edward S.
通讯作者：
Shihadeh, Edward S.
影响因子：
5.8
作者：
Martinez, Ramiro, Jr.;Stowell, Jacob I.;Lee, Matthew T.
通讯作者：
Lee, Matthew T.