AS THE FACE of the United States changes and Hispanics make up the largest minority
group (
U.S. Census Bureau, 1997
,
U. S. Census Bureau, 2008
), the use of the label other Hispanic comes into question as an expression of cultural insensitivity contributing to health
disparities. In South Florida, “other Hispanics” are the fastest growing population
group, and members have high occurrence of mental health disorders including substance
use (
Eisenman et al., 2007
,
Turner & Gil, 2002
). Stress is an underlying factor associated with both substance use (
Quintero et al., 2007
) and minority status (
Choi et al., 2006
). This pilot study was conducted to describe the experience of stress for a group
often categorized as “other Hispanic” Guatemalan–Mayan immigrants. This study was
planned to provide a foundation for further research about the stress–substance use
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: August 07, 2009
Accepted:
April 2,
2009
Received:
April 2,
2009
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