POWRE: Ethnographic Analysis of a Rural Latino (Non-migrant) Population in the U.S.

POWRE：美国农村拉丁裔（非移民）人口的民族志分析

• 批准号: 0074461
• 负责人: Deborah Erwin
• 金额: $ 7.49万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-01 至 2002-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0074461&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: POWRE; Ethnographic; Analysis; Rural; Latino

This research will investigate the cultural adaptation of recently immigrated Latino workers to small, rural Southern communities in Arkansas as an example of a new immigration pattern to the U.S. Rapid increases (estimated at 10-20%) of Latinos into small, primarily Caucasian communities in Arkansas to work in non-migratory, year-round, poultry-processing plants has an immediate and long-term impact on various infrastructures and systems. A feasibility study in Arkansas will explore the social, cultural, and health care issues relevant to these rural communities experiencing rapid Latino immigration. A part of this ethnographic research project will investigate immigration patterns regarding gender and age, responsiveness of local educational and governmental systems, and problems of health care access and utilization of available services. This part will include review of public documents, participant observation and key informant interviews. Unlike the sociocultural issues of Latinos and Hispanics in major metropolitan cities, and populations of migrant farm laborers in Florida, California, and some border areas, the Latinos in Arkansas are often entering relatively poor counties with few bilingual services, and are relocating to work in small, year-round manufacturing plants. These Latino immigrant populations are creating an entirely new sociocultural infrastructure in these small towns. Ethnographic analysis of this immigration process is essential for better understanding of the challenges and successes inherent in the process over time and to aid the planning for the provision of adequate services in the future. This study will assist in defining the Latino population demographics and characteristics, mapping the community and organizational contacts and participants needed for appropriate communication with the Latino population, and providing qualitative and quantitative research questions and hypotheses, as well as pilot data, for future research. This ethnographic research will provide better information for addressing the health, education, and general welfare status of similar rural populations experiencing rapid immigration by Latino workers.This POWRE award will provide Erwin with additional training and support to enhance her research methods expertise and skills, in order to complete this research in a new culture group. Specifically, the award will allow Erwin to obtain additional Spanish language training necessary to work within the Latino population and will provide time for training to enhance her analysis and software utilization skills. This award will thus enhance Dr. Erwin's ability to serve as a leader, researcher, and educator in the anthropology and health of rural and minority populations.

这项研究将调查最近移民到阿肯色州南部农村小社区的拉丁裔工人的文化适应情况，作为美国新移民模式的一个例子。（估计有10-20%）的拉丁美洲人进入阿肯色州主要是高加索人的小社区，在非移民的地方工作，全年，家禽加工厂对各种基础设施和系统有着直接和长期的影响。 阿肯色州的一项可行性研究将探讨与这些经历快速拉丁裔移民的农村社区相关的社会、文化和医疗保健问题。 这一人种学研究项目的一部分将调查移民的性别和年龄模式、地方教育和政府系统的反应能力以及获得保健和利用现有服务的问题。 这一部分将包括对公开文件的审查、参与者观察和关键线人访谈。与主要大城市的拉丁裔和西班牙裔的社会文化问题以及佛罗里达、加州和一些边境地区的移民农场工人不同，阿肯色州的拉丁裔经常进入相对贫困的县，那里几乎没有双语服务，他们正在搬迁到小型的全年生产工厂工作。 这些拉丁美洲移民人口正在这些小城镇创造一个全新的社会文化基础设施。 对这一移民过程进行人种学分析，对于更好地了解这一过程中所固有的挑战和成功至关重要，并有助于规划今后提供适当的服务。 这项研究将有助于确定拉丁美洲人口的人口统计数据和特征，绘制社区和组织的接触和参与者需要适当的沟通与拉丁美洲人口，并提供定性和定量的研究问题和假设，以及试点数据，为今后的研究。 这项民族志研究将提供更好的信息，以解决健康，教育，和一般福利状况的类似农村人口经历快速移民的拉丁美洲workers.This POWRE奖将提供欧文与额外的培训和支持，以提高她的研究方法的专业知识和技能，为了完成这项研究在一个新的文化组。 具体而言，该奖项将使欧文获得额外的西班牙语培训必要的工作在拉丁美洲人口，并将提供时间的培训，以提高她的分析和软件利用技能。 因此，该奖项将提高欧文博士在农村和少数民族人口的人类学和健康方面担任领导者、研究者和教育者的能力。