Implications of Racial and Ethnic Relations for Health and Well-Being in New Latino Communities: A Case Study of West Columbia, South Carolina

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Barrington, Clare
Messias, DeAnne K. Hilfinger
Weber, Lynn

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2012

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Latino Studies

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10

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1-2

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155-78

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10.1057/lst.2012.5

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5370

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In this community-based research, we reveal social processes contributing to health inequities among the resident Latino population – predominantly new immigrants – in a working-class, urban community with an historical, social and political landscape defined by a Black–White social divide and its attendant racial tensions. Using the social determinants of health framework, we identify both macro- and micro-level structures and processes that threaten the health and well-being of individual Latinos and the broader communities where they live and work: discrimination, social isolation, communication barriers, host community residents’ fear of immigrants, and racial/ethnic competition for work, housing, and educational and social resources.

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Population Movement, Diversity, Inequality

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/lst.2012.5

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Barrington, Clare; Messias, DeAnne K. Hilfinger; & Weber, Lynn. (2012). Implications of Racial and Ethnic Relations for Health and Well-Being in New Latino Communities: A Case Study of West Columbia, South Carolina. Latino Studies, 10(1-2), 155-78.