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Problems in the Latina paradox: measuring social support for pregnant immigrant women from Mexico

K. Jill Fleuriet Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 49-59 | Received 20 Jul 2007, Accepted 08 Jun 2008, Published online: 01 Dec 2008

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Pamela Recto & Jane Dimmitt Champion. (2020) Social Support and Perinatal Depression: The Perspectives of Mexican-American Adolescent Mothers. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 41:10, pages 932-939.
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Allison L. Hopkins, Michelle Yeoman & Cheryl Ritenbaugh. (2018) Healthy foods prepared at home: Diet and support as protective strategies during pregnancy for Hispanic women. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 57:2, pages 140-161.
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Makondelele Radzilani-Makatu. (2017) Episodic emotions of Tshivenda cultural community mothers towards their adolescent children’s pregnancies. Journal of Psychology in Africa 27:5, pages 447-451.
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Rachel J. Copeland. (2017) Experiences of adolescent mothers in Costa Rica and the role of parental support. Journal of Family Social Work 20:5, pages 416-432.
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Pamela Neumann, Virginia K. Berndt & Ashley D. Grajeda. (2023) Shifting Social Support: Mexican-American Women’s Navigation of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum Periods During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Currents.
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Bethany M. Wood, Catherine Cubbin, Kaitlin P. Ward & Esmeralda J. Rubalcava Hernandez. (2023) The link between ACEs, income, and maternal depressive symptoms through a racial and ethnic lens: A moderated-mediation analysis. Mental Health & Prevention 30, pages 200284.
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Heather B. EdelbluteClaire E. Altman. (2021) The Interaction and Impact of Social Support and Father Absence on Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding Medicine 16:8, pages 629-634.
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Doncy J. Eapen, Karen Wambach & Elaine W. Domian. (2019) A Qualitative Description of Pregnancy-Related Social Support Experiences of Low-Income Women with Low Birth Weight Infants in the Midwestern United States. Maternal and Child Health Journal 23:11, pages 1473-1481.
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Pamela Recto & Jane Dimmitt Champion. (2018) Mexican-American adolescents’ perceptions about causes of perinatal depression, self-help strategies, and how to obtain mental health information. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing 31:2-3, pages 61-69.
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Jill Fleuriet & Thankam Sunil. (2017) The Latina Birth Weight Paradox: the Role of Subjective Social Status. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 5:4, pages 747-757.
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Carolyn L. Tobin, Pam Di Napoli & Cheryl Tatano Beck. (2017) Refugee and Immigrant Women’s Experience of Postpartum Depression: A Meta-Synthesis. Journal of Transcultural Nursing 29:1, pages 84-100.
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Anika Winn, Erin Hetherington & Suzanne Tough. (2017) Systematic Review of Immigrant Women's Experiences With Perinatal Care in North America. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing 46:5, pages 764-775.
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K. Jill Fleuriet & T. S. Sunil. (2017) Stress, Pregnancy, and Motherhood: Implications for Birth Weights in the Borderlands of Texas. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 31:1, pages 60-77.
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Elizabeth Moran Fitzgerald, Sherill Nones Cronin & Sarah Hess Boccella. (2016) Anguish, Yearning, and Identity. Journal of Transcultural Nursing 27:5, pages 464-470.
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K. Jill Fleuriet & T. S. Sunil. (2015) Subjective Social Status, Mental and Psychosocial Health, and Birth Weight Differences in Mexican–American and Mexican Immigrant Women. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 17:6, pages 1781-1790.
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K. Jill Fleuriet & T.S. Sunil. (2015) Reproductive habitus, psychosocial health, and birth weight variation in Mexican immigrant and Mexican American women in south Texas. Social Science & Medicine 138, pages 102-109.
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Terry V. Bowles & John A. Hattie. (2015) Getting By With a Little Help From My Friends: A Pilot Study of the Measurement and Stability of Positive Social Support From Significant Others for Adolescents. Journal of Relationships Research 6.
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Elizabeth Moran Fitzgerald. (2012) Evidence-Based Tobacco Cessation Strategies with Pregnant Latina Women. Nursing Clinics of North America 47:1, pages 45-54.
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Lynne Porter Lewallen. (2011) The Importance of Culture in Childbearing. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing 40:1, pages 4-8.
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