Public health needs and scientific opportunities in research on Latinas
Public health needs and scientific opportunities in research on Latinas
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.92.4.525
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发表时间：
2002-04-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
de la Torre, A
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作者：
Amaro, H;de la Torre, A
许多关于妇女健康的研究并没有加深我们对影响拉丁裔的健康问题的理解。然而，将拉丁裔研究纳入妇女健康议程很重要，至少有两个原因。首先，如果要制定和实施旨在消除健康方面的种族和民族差异的有效干预措施，就必须更好地了解拉丁裔面临的关键公共卫生问题。其次，对拉丁裔健康的研究为促进对与其他人群健康相关的基本过程的科学理解提供了独特的机会。此类研究可以进一步了解文化适应和性别角色变化谈判的过程，以及这些问题如何影响女性的健康。批判性研究和实证方法有助于我们了解种族、民族、性别和阶级如何影响拉丁裔的健康，这将为更广泛的公共卫生问题提供信息。
Much of the research on women's health has not deepened our understanding of health issues affecting Latinas. Yet Integration of research on Latinas into the women's health agenda is important for at least 2 reasons.First, critical public health issues facing Latinas must be better understood if effective interventions designed to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health are to be developed and implemented. Second, studies on the health of Latinas represent unique opportunities to advance scientific understandings of underlying processes relevant to the health of other populations. Such research can further our knowledge of the processes underlying cultural adaptation and negotiation of changing sex roles and how these issues affect the health of women.Critical research and empirical approaches that help us to understand how race, ethnicity, sex, and class shape the health of Latinas will inform broader public health issues.