Weathering Hypothesis among Mexican-origin Women

DRAFT: PLEASE DO CITE OR REPRODUCE WITHOUT PERMISSION Maternal Health Status and Early Childbearing: A Test of the Weathering Hypothesis

The weathering hypothesis suggests that early childbearing is an adaptive mechanism for disadvantaged young women, especially African Americans, who believe that their health status may decline as they move through adulthood. Implicitly, weathering assumes that these young women use contextual clues to formulate the likelihood of their own future adult health. We propose a simple yet, to date, ...

Maternal Health Status and Early Childbearing: A Test of the Weathering Hypothesis

The weathering hypothesis states that teen childbearing among African American women is rationalized given greater early exposure to poor physical health and shortened life spans that result from the physical consequences of social inequality in African American communities (i.e., “weathering”). This paper tests a simple yet unexplored test of the basic assumption of the weathering hypothesis: ...

English language proficiency and physical activity among Mexican-origin women in South Texas and South Carolina.

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP), physical activity, and physical activity-related psychosocial measures (i.e., exercise self-efficacy, exercise social support, perceptions of environmental supports) among Mexican-origin women in South Carolina and Texas. DESIGN Adjusted robust regression and interaction modeling to evaluate baseline questionna...

Chamomile Consumption and Mortality: A Prospective Study of Mexican Origin Older Adults.

PURPOSE Approximately 20% of adults use some kind of herbal; however, little data exists from population-based study or clinical trials to support effectiveness of most herbal products. Chamomile is a commonly used herb among older adults of Mexican origin. We examined the effects of herbal chamomile consumption on mortality among older adults of Mexican origin. METHODS AND DESIGN A sample fr...

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