{"id":118945,"date":"2020-11-23T23:30:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/differences-in-well-being-amongst-somali-latino-and-hmong-adolescents\/"},"modified":"2020-11-23T23:30:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:30:06","slug":"differences-in-well-being-amongst-somali-latino-and-hmong-adolescents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/differences-in-well-being-amongst-somali-latino-and-hmong-adolescents\/","title":{"rendered":"#Differences in well-being amongst Somali, Latino and Hmong adolescents"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Differences in well-being amongst Somali, Latino and Hmong adolescents<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health illness and substance use disorders are key contributors to disability in young adulthood, and disparities in substance use persist along levels of academic achievement and socioeconomic status.\n <\/p>\n

“Given the increase of multicultural communities, the political climate of U.S. immigration policy, and an increase in xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia\u2014it is crucial to identify factors that impede healthy development of immigrant and refugee origin youth (IROY). Such as the cross-sectional relationships between immigration-related factors and adolescent well-being to inform prevention programming,” said Eunice Areba, a clinical assistant professor in the School of Nursing.<\/p>\n

In a recent American Journal of Orthopsychiatry<\/i> article, a research team from the University of Minnesota examined the psychological, social<\/a> and behavioral aspects of adolescent health among Somali, Latino and Hmong adolescents related to their level of acculturation (e.g., length of stay in the U.S., language use and nativity) to the majority culture and environment.<\/p>\n

The adolescents were participants in the School of Public Health’s long-running Project EAT (Eating and Activity over Time) study, which tracks the health and well-being of adolescents into adulthood. Areba and her colleagues found that:<\/p>\n