Sources: Encyclopedia of Hispanic-American Literature

Encyclopedia of American Studies

Rather than a single black intellectual tradition, there are more properly black intellectual traditions. These are intellectual movements that have developed in the modern world out of the formation of black people, who in turn were formed from a diverse set of ethnic groups. Some emerged from the many African ethnicities brought under the rubric of "black." Others are from varieties of black-...

Diabetes in Hispanic American Youth

OBJECTIVE To report the 2001 prevalence and 2002-2005 incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in Hispanic American youth and to describe the demographic, clinical, and behavioral characteristics of these youth. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, a population-based multicenter observational study of youth aged 0-19 years with physician-diagnosed diabe...

Educational Attainment Better Increases the Chance of Breast Physical Exam for Non-Hispanic Than Hispanic American Women: National Health Interview Survey

Background: The Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDRs) theory suggests that the health effect of educational attainment is considerably smaller for members of racial and ethnic minority groups than for Whites. Objective: The current study explored the racial and ethnic differences in the association between educational attainment and Breast Physical Exam (...

Hispanic American Immigration: Challenges and Opportunities

Brief History of Immigration to the U.S. Hispanic1 immigration to the United States started with Columbus’ rediscovery of the continent on October 12, 1492. The first post Columbus settlements in current U.S. territory were highly religious communities. A bull by Pope Alexander VI (1493) ordered the partitioning of America and summoned early Spanish immigrants “to instruct the inhabitants in th...

The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia