Mexican American Studies (MAS) courses have been criticized for many years. Legislation in Arizona and Texas attempted to ban the content. This article pushes back on this attempt of oppression offers MAS teachers a framework apply when teaching Using timeline depict years attempts be approved, we offer practitioners researchers an Ethnic particularly with courses. cultural art, poetry, ...

The racialization of Mexican Americans in northern Mexico, that is, the U.S. Southwest, following Anglo-Americanization during second half nineteenth century, is an excellent case study historical formations Anglo-American and Spanish American racial orders. Both orders were based on a hierarchy privileged Whiteness stigmatized Blackness. Yet America’s high levels miscegenation resulted ternary...

BACKGROUND The Mexican American Prevalence and Services Survey presents lifetime prevalence rates for 12 DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in a sample of 3012 adults of Mexican origin by place of residence and nativity, and compares these results with those of population surveys conducted in the United States and Mexico. METHODS The stratified random sample included non-institutionalized person...

There are relatively few low-weight births among Mexican Americans, despite their socioeconomic disadvantages. Fewer low-birth-weight (LBW) births result when babies are heavier at term or when there are fewer preterm deliveries. The authors used 1994 US singleton livebirth birth certificates to compare Mexican Americans with non-Hispanic Whites. They found that the lower LBW rate among Mexican...

OBJECTIVE To compare cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in a cohort of Mexican health workers with representative samples of US-born and Mexico-born Mexican-Americans living in the US. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were obtained from the Mexican Health Worker Cohort Study (MHWCS) in Mexico and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) IV 1999-2006 in the US. Regression...

BACKGROUND According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hispanic breastfeeding mothers begin early formula supplementation at higher rates than other ethnic groups, which can lead to shorter breastfeeding duration and decreased exclusive breastfeeding. Acculturation, the process of adopting beliefs and behaviors of another culture, appears to influence breastfeeding practices of...