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- Title
Living in Limbo: Latinas' Assessment of Lower Rio Grande Valley Colonias Communities.
- Authors
Hilfinger Messias, DeAnne K.; Sharpe, Patricia A.; Castillo‐González, Lourdes; Treviño, Laura; Parra‐Medina, Deborah
- Abstract
Community asset mapping ( CAM) is the collective process of identifying local assets and strategizing processes to address public health issues and concerns and improve quality of life. Prior to implementing a community-based physical activity intervention with Latinas in the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, promotoras [community health workers] conducted 16 interactive sessions in 8 colonias. The analysis of the transcribed CAM recordings and on-site observational data resulted in the construction of Living in Limbo as the thematic representation of these Latinas' social isolation and marginalization associated with pervasive poverty, undocumented immigration status or lack of citizenship, their fears emanating from threats to physical and emotional safety, and the barriers created by lack of availability and access to resources.
- Subjects
TEXAS; ACTION research; COMMUNITY health workers; COMMUNITY health services; DISCRIMINATION (Sociology); HEALTH promotion; HEALTH risk assessment; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; HISPANIC Americans; UNDOCUMENTED immigrants; MAPS; NEEDS assessment; PARTICIPANT observation; POVERTY; SAFETY; SOCIAL problems; WOMEN'S health; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EDUCATIONAL attainment; SOCIAL context; PHYSICAL activity; DATA analysis software; HEALTH &; social status; FIELD notes (Science)
- Publication
Public Health Nursing, 2017, Vol 34, Issue 3, p267
- ISSN
0737-1209
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/phn.12307