Sinophobic Stigma Going Viral: Addressing the Social Impact of COVID-19 in a Globalized World.

This article critically examines the recent literature on stigma that addresses the overspread association among the COVID-19 pandemic and racial and ethnic groups (i.e., mainland Chinese and East Asian populations) assumed to be the source of the virus.

"We Cannot Let Them Die": Undocumented Immigrants and Media Framing of Health Deservingness in the United States.

Based on a systematic qualitative analysis of articles published by (2009-2017), this article presents the main media frames that support the access to government-sponsored health care by undocumented immigrants, just before and after passage of the U.S. Affordable Care Act in 2010.

Picking fruit from our backyard's trees: The meaning of nostalgia in shaping Latinas' eating practices in the United States.

Based on a focus group study conducted in New York City (NYC), this paper examines the traditional staples (i.e., nostalgic foods) that Latinas regularly consume in the U.

Beyond welfare reform: reframing undocumented immigrants' entitlement to health care in the United States, a critical review.

This article addresses the main scholarly frames that supported the deservingness of unauthorized immigrants to health benefits in the United States (U.S.) following the passage of the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), known as the Welfare Reform bill, in 1996.

Validity of a competing food choice construct regarding fruit and vegetable consumption among urban college freshmen.

Objective: This paper presents the reliability and validity of a "competing food choice" construct designed to assess whether factors related to consumption of less-healthful food were perceived to be barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption in college freshmen.

Design: Cross-sectional, self-administered survey.

Setting: An urban public college with a large, diverse student population.

Determinants of Latina obesity in the United States: the role of selective acculturation.

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Hispanic American women in particular have higher rates of obesity than their non-Hispanic White counterparts. In this article, the authors review the existing literature on acculturation as it relates to obesity and health behaviors among U.

"Do Real Women Have Curves?" Paradoxical body images among Latinas in New York City.

This paper examines Latinas' assessments of their individual body shape and weight vis-à-vis their beliefs and attitudes regarding mainstream and alternative body images. A mixed method data collection system was used based on individual instruments and focus group guidelines. While individual measures revealed participants' preference for thinner body types than what they actually considered themselves to be, group data underscore contradictory body paradigms, defined as Latinas' Paradoxical Body Images (LAPABI).

Fatalism or destiny? A qualitative study and interpretative framework on Dominican women's breast cancer beliefs.

Background: A growing literature on Latino's beliefs about cancer focuses on the concept of fatalismo (fatalism), despite numerous conceptual ambiguities concerning its meaning, definition, and measurement. This study explored Latina women's views on breast cancer and screening within a cultural framework of destino ("destiny"), or the notion that both personal agency and external forces can influence health and life events.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 Latinas from the Dominican Republic aged 40 or over.

From "shrinks" to "urban shamans": Argentine immigrants' therapeutic eclecticism in New York City.

This article examines Argentine immigrants' reliance on informal networks of care that enable their access to a variety of health providers in New York City (NYC). These providers range from health brokers (doctors known on a personal basis) to urban shamans, including folk healers and fortunetellers of various disciplines. A conceptual framework, based on analysis of social capital categories, is proposed for the examination of immigrants' access to valuable health resources, which are based on relationships of reciprocity and trust among parties.

Commentary: fatalismo reconsidered: a cautionary note for health-related research and practice with Latino populations.

Over recent years, interest has grown in studying whether fatalismo (fatalism) deters Latinos from engaging in various health promotion and disease detection behaviors, especially with regard to cancer screening. This commentary presents problematic issues posed by the concept of fatalism, focusing on research on Latinos and cancer screening. We discuss key findings in the literature, analyze methodologic and conceptual problems, and highlight structural contexts and other barriers to health care as critical to the fatalism concept.