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Creating Infrastructures for Latino Mental Health by Lydia P. Buki; Lissette M Piedra is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Creating Infrastructures for Latino Mental Health about?

Latinos are the fastest growing and largest minority group in the United States. In 2008, this group numbered over 47 million; by 2050, the population is expected to triple, reaching 133 million. Traditionally, Latinos have immigrated to large urban centers (e.g., New York, Los Angeles) that over long periods of time developed a complex infrastructure to receive new immigrants. Increasingly, new Spanish-speaking immigrants are moving into areas of the country previously unfamiliar to them. Although urban co-ethnic communities continue to be the destination of many newcomers, immigrants from Mexico, Central America, and South America in pursuit of low-skilled labor opportunities are settling in small towns and rural areas of the South and Midwest. This new demographic trend has resulted in the creation of the term "new growth communities," which refers to small rural areas that are now home to a small but rapidly growing Hispanic population. Unfortunately, these communities, which are now present in many states across the country (e.g., Illinois, North Carolina), lack the infrastructure necessary to meet the needs of Latino immigrants (e.g., access to health care, immigration assist

Who reads Creating Infrastructures for Latino Mental Health?

Author

Lydia P. Buki; Lissette M Piedra

Publisher

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781441994516

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Science, Medical