Acculturation and Food Insecurity Among Puerto Ricans Living in Boston |
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Authors: | Kaipeng Wang Yoosun Chu Adolfo G. Cuevas Robert G. Hasson III Katherine L. Tucker Luis M. Falcón |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX;2. School of Social Work, Boston College, Boston, MA;3. Department of Community Health, Tufts University, Medford, MA;4. Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Lowell, MA;5. College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Lowell, MA |
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Abstract: | ObjectiveTo examine the associations among acculturation, food environment, and food insecurity among Puerto Ricans in Boston.MethodsThe researchers used data from the second wave of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. The sample included 719 Puerto Rican adults in Boston. The researchers used logistic regression to examine the associations between psychological and language acculturation and food insecurity.ResultsIndividuals with medium psychological acculturation were more likely to be food insecure than were those with low or high psychological acculturation (P = .01). The association between language acculturation and food insecurity differed by distance of residence from primary shopping location (P = .02).Conclusions and ImplicationsThis study extends the understanding of acculturation and food insecurity by investigating the impact of psychological and language acculturation. The findings highlight biculturalism, indicated by medium psychological acculturation, as a risk factor for food insecurity. People with low language acculturation who live far from food shopping locations had the highest prevalence of food insecurity. |
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Keywords: | acculturation food insecurity Latino Puerto Ricans |
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