African American Acculturation
African American Acculturation

Author: Hope Landrine

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published: 1996-03-28

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Should African Americans be construed as a race or as an ethnic group? If African Americans are defined as an ethnic group, what role does culture play in their lives and how can we measure their culture? This groundbreaking volume argues that we should reject the concept of race and define African Americans as a cultural group. It presents the first scale ever devised for measuring acculturation among African Americans, along with powerful studies that empirically explore the role of culture and acculturation in African American behavior, health, and psychology. Among the authors' findings are how acculturation predicts symptoms, such as depression and anxiety, and physical problems, such as hypertension.

Measuring Race and Ethnicity
Measuring Race and Ethnicity

Author: Larry E. Davis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-10-26

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1441966978

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Racial and ethnic issues stand at the core of social, political, and economic concerns in an increasingly diverse America. Accordingly, how individuals from the various ethnic groups regard themselves—and others—is a salient focus of research studies across the disciplines. Measuring Race and Ethnicity gathers psychological measures of common phenomena such as racial identity, acculturation, and intra- and intergroup relations enabling researchers to compare concepts across groups and better evaluate differences and disparities. Researchers in psychology, social work, and public health examining cultural and race-related topics will find an immediately relevant source of valid and reliable scales in Measuring Race and Ethnicity.

Multiculturalism in the United States
Multiculturalism in the United States

Author: John D. Buenker

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780313253744

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Addresses the question of how American culture was shaped from the cultures of Europe, much of Asia, Africa, PreColumbian America, and Latin America.

Acculturation and Health Behaviors in African American Women
Acculturation and Health Behaviors in African American Women

Author: Adeola Martins

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13:

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It has been well established that African Americans face a myriad of health disparities, including among diseases that prematurely shorten life, such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. However, little is known about health disparities among African American women, who have traditionally been underrepresented in research. This could mean that they are not receiving the highest possible quality of care. Individual cultural factors that may play a role in perpetuating these health disparities remain poorly understood. This study explores the relationship of individuals’ use of black media and health literacy, health beliefs, and participation in preventive health behaviors related to problems such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer. One hundred forty-one African American women completed the Powe Fatalism Inventory, Cancer Worry Scale, 2 items from the Health Literacy Scale, and three items from the Personal Health Survey as part of a larger study. Also, the first four items of the Preference for African American Things subscale of the African American Acculturation Scale were used to measure Use of Black Media. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance and logistic regression. Use of Black media was found to have a relationship with health attitudes but not health literacy or health behaviors.