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A special issue of the American Journal of Public Health on Hispanic/Latino health features two editorials cowritten by Distinguished Professor Luisa N. Borrell.
In a piece written with Professor Kyriakos S. Markides of the University of Texas School of Public and Population Health, Dr. Borrell explores how the sociodemographic changes of the Hispanic population in the U.S. might impact the “Hispanic paradox,” wherein Hispanic Americans tend to have health outcomes that “paradoxically” are comparable to or better than those of their non-Hispanic White counterparts, despite their socioeconomic position. Borrell states that “the paradox faces several challenges, namely an increase in sociodemographic and cultural diversity, immigration changes, racial self-identification, xenophobia, as well as data quality and accuracy.”
In a second piece written with Professor Anahí Viladrich of the CUNY Graduate Center, Borrell discusses the implications of self-identifying as Black with respect to the health and well-being of the Hispanic/Latino population. Borrell modified a 2005 conceptual framework “to illustrate the implications of self-identification as Black for the Hispanic population and the need to use an intersectional approach to understand how different social identities and positions (i.e., race, sex or gender, nativity status, educational attainment, etc.) may affect their health and well-being.”
Along with Assistant Professor Cynthia N. Lebron of the University of Miami, Dr. Borrell also co-authored the introduction, providing a summary of the collections of articles included in the special issue, and the guest editor’s editorial on the current state of Hispanic/Latino health.
The edition also includes a piece by Professor Emeritus Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, reflecting on the legacy of the Latino Caucus for Public Health.
Read the full special journal edition here.
