Campus Units
Human Development and Family Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
12-17-2018
Journal or Book Title
Qualitative Health Research
Volume
29
Issue
9
First Page
1334
Last Page
1344
DOI
10.1177/1049732318816676
Abstract
Thematic analysis was used to analyze interview data from 15 first-generation Mexican immigrant women who resided in two rural Midwestern communities. Ten themes were identified and aligned with four thematic areas of interest (meaning of being healthy, strategies to promote health, challenges to health, and supports for health). This study provides insights into the complexities and realities faced by Mexican immigrant women, as they strove to obtain optimal health in rural America, and contributes to the growing literature focused on health disparities among ethnic and racial minorities. Implications for research, professional practice, and public policy are discussed. Ethnographic and longitudinal studies that include the perspectives of populations that are difficult to reach such as first-generation Latino immigrant families are needed to further explore the nuances of achieving health in growing, diverse areas of rural America.
Copyright Owner
SAGE Publications
Copyright Date
2018
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Greder, Kimberly A. and Reina, Angelica S., "Procuring Health: Experiences of Mexican Immigrant Women in Rural Midwestern Communities" (2018). Human Development and Family Studies Publications. 147.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/hdfs_pubs/147
Included in
Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Human Ecology Commons, Latin American Studies Commons, Migration Studies Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, Rural Sociology Commons
Comments
This accepted article is published as Greder, K. & Reina, A. S. Procuring health: Experiences of Mexican immigrant women in rural Midwestern communities. Qualitative Health Research, 29(9). Doi: 10.1177/1049732318816676. Posted with permission.