Rorschach Comprehensive System Data for a Sample of 42 Nonpatient Mexican American Children From the United States

Objective. This study was designed to assess demographic and socioeconomic differences in blood lead levels (BLLs) among Mexican-American children and adolescents in the United States. Methods. We analyzed data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994, for 3,325 Mexican-American youth aged 1 to 17 years. The main study outcome measures included a continuous measure (μg/dL) of BLL and two dichotomous measures of BLL (⩾5 μg/dL and ⩾10 μg/dL). Results. The mean BLL among Mexican-American children in the United States was 3.45 μg/dL (95% confidence interval [CI] 3.07, 3.87); 20% had BLL ⩾5 μg/dL (95% CI 15%, 24%); and 4% had BLL ⩾10 μg/dL (95% CI 2%, 6%). In multivariate analyses, gender, age, generational status, home language, family income, education of head of household, age of housing, and source of drinking water were statistically significant independent predictors ( p<0.05) of having higher BLLs and of having BLL ⩾5 μg/dL, whereas age, family income, housing age, and source of drinking water were significant predictors ( p<0.05) of having BLL ⩾10 μg/dL. Conclusions. Significant differences in the risk of having elevated BLLs exist among Mexican-American youth. Those at greatest risk should be prioritized for lead screening and lead exposure abatement interventions.

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Growth abnormalities in Mexican-American children in the United States: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Study

Nutrition Research ◽

10.1016/s0271-5317(86)80034-3 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 6 (11) ◽

pp. 1247-1257 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Fernando s. Mendoza ◽

Ricardo O. Castillo

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

National Health ◽

Mexican American ◽

The United States ◽

Nutrition Examination Survey ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

American Children ◽

Growth Abnormalities

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GROWTH DEFICIENCIES IN MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES

Pediatric Research ◽

10.1203/00006450-198404001-00554 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 18 ◽

pp. 185A-185A

Author(s):

Fernando S Mendoza ◽

Ricardo O Castillo

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Mexican American ◽

The United States ◽

American Children

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Self-reported biliteracy and self-esteem: A study of Mexican American 8th graders

Applied Psycholinguistics ◽

10.1017/s014271640000730x ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 271-291 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Gary Gang Huang

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Mexican American ◽

The United States ◽

Self Esteem ◽

General Notion ◽

Self Confidence ◽

8Th Graders ◽

American Children ◽

Parents Education

ABSTRACTThe concept of proficient bilingualism or biliteracy (proficiency in reading and writing in both Spanish and English) has.been used in research on linguistic and academic processes among Mexican American children, but rarely has it been used to examine noncognitive outcomes in this population. Biliteracy – a quality that strengthens cultural identity and facilitates adaptation to the mainstream society – hypothetically contributes to the growth of self-esteem among Mexican Americans. Biliteracy is arguably more relevant to the development of self-concept among Mexican American children than Spanish proficiency or a general notion of bilingualism. Drawing on data from the 1988 National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS 88), this article compares self-deprecation, self-confidence, and fatalistic belief among Mexican American 8th graders who reported themselves as biliterate, English monoliterate, Spanish monoliterate, or oral bilingual. Controlling for the effects of sociodemographic background and school experience, ordinary least-square regression analysis generated supportive results. Mexican American children who identified themselves as biliterate had higher self-confidence than other groups (English or Spanish monoliterates and oral bilinguals). Logistic regression analysis found a strong interaction effect between self-identity and birthplace (United States or foreign) and parents' education. Among students born in the United States, parents' education was negatively related to biliterate identity. In contrast, parents' education was positively associated with biliterate identity among those who were foreign-born.

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“La Idea Mueve” (The Idea Moves Us)

10.1093/oso/9780199914142.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Gabriela González

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Mexican American ◽

The United States ◽

Mexican Immigrant ◽

Democratic Institutions ◽

Scientific Racism ◽

Men And Women ◽

Political Beliefs ◽

Age Of Enlightenment

The concluding chapter explains how race had served defenders of slavery by providing them with an excuse to hold men and women in bondage. For their inhumane treatment of Africans during the Age of Enlightenment to be justified, their humanity needed to be ideologically stripped away—scientific racism served that purpose. Racist theories also kept other groups in subaltern positions. Mexicans with mestizo, mulatto, and Indian genealogies experienced racialization in the United States. Simply put, Americans, proud of their liberal political heritage and their democratic institutions, needed to see oppressed groups as somehow sub-human in order to reconcile their political beliefs with the nation’s less than egalitarian realities. It is for this reason that the politics of redemption practiced by Mexican immigrant and Mexican American activists merits attention.

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Forging Aztecness: Twentieth-Century Mexican Musical Nationalism in Twenty-First Century Los Angeles

Yearbook for Traditional Music ◽

10.1017/ytm.2020.18 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 127-146

Author(s):

KRISTINA F. NIELSEN

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Mexican American ◽

Historical Analysis ◽

The United States ◽

First Century ◽

Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽

Cultural Frameworks ◽

Music Research ◽

Siglo Xx

Abstract (Spanish/English)Forjando el Aztecanismo: Nacionalismo Musical Mexicano del Siglo XX en el siglo XXI en Los ÁngelesHoy en día, un creciente número de músicos mexico-americanos en los Estados Unidos tocan instrumentos indígenas mesoamericanos y réplicas arqueológicas, lo que se conoce como “Música Azteca.” En este artículo, doy a conocer cómo los músicos contemporáneos de Los Ángeles, California, recurren a los legados de la investigación musical nacionalista mexicana e integran modelos antropológicos y arqueológicos aplicados. Al combinar el trabajo de campo etnográfico con el análisis histórico, sugiero que los marcos musicales y culturales que alguna vez sirvieron para unir al México pos-revolucionario han adquirido una nuevo significado para contrarrestar la desaparición del legado indígena mexicano en los Estados Unidos.Today a growing number of Mexican-American musicians in the United States perform on Indigenous Mesoamerican instruments and archaeological replicas in what is widely referred to as “Aztec music.” In this article, I explore how contemporary musicians in Los Angeles, California, draw on legacies of Mexican nationalist music research and integrate applied anthropological and archeological models. Pairing ethnographic fieldwork with historical analysis, I suggest that musical and cultural frameworks that once served to unite post-revolutionary Mexico have gained new significance in countering Mexican Indigenous erasure in the United States.

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