abstract: 'Thousands of Mexicans and Central Americans settle in communities along

  the borderlands between Mexico and the United States. Many live and work

  in rural communities characterized by poverty and limited access to

  basic resources. Drawing on qualitative research, this article reports

  on inequalities and health among foreign-born Latinos in rural

  borderland communities. From 2015 to 2016, the study team conducted

  research in Inland Southern California''s Eastern Coachella Valley with

  Mexican farmworkers, farmworker advocates, community leaders, healthcare

  service providers, and local political leaders. The analysis of field

  notes and interviews demonstrates how situational and temporal factors

  position this foreign-born population as vulnerable to inequalities

  across multiple social systems resulting in low social status, lack of

  employment and housing stability, and limited access to healthcare

  services. Over time, the experience of both situational life events and

  persistent and daily chronic strain infringes on self-concept, including

  mastery or control over life and self-worth, and contributes to stress

  and subsequent poor mental health outcomes (e.g., depression). The

  research calls for local community action, healthcare policy change, and

  further in-depth research on structural inequalities in health among

  foreign-born Latinos.'
affiliation: 'Cheney, AM (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif Riverside, Sch Med, Dept
  Social Med Populat \& Publ Hlth, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.

  Cheney, Ann M., Univ Calif Riverside, Sch Med, Dept Social Med Populat \& Publ Hlth,
  Riverside, CA 92521 USA.

  Newkirk, Christine, Ctr Nonprofit Management Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA USA.

  Rodriguez, Katheryn, Univ Calif Riverside, Ctr Hlth Communities, Riverside, CA 92521
  USA.

  Montez, Anselmo, Palm Desert Resuscitat Educ, Palm Desert, CA USA.'
author: Cheney, Ann M. and Newkirk, Christine and Rodriguez, Katheryn and Montez,
  Anselmo
author-email: ann.cheney@medsch.ucr.edu
author_list:
- family: Cheney
  given: Ann M.
- family: Newkirk
  given: Christine
- family: Rodriguez
  given: Katheryn
- family: Montez
  given: Anselmo
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.011
eissn: 1873-5347
files: []
issn: 0277-9536
journal: SOCIAL SCIENCE \& MEDICINE
keywords: 'Borderlands; Community based participatory research; Latino health;

  Mental health; Rural health'
keywords-plus: 'MIGRANT DAY LABORERS; STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY; CULTURAL CONSONANCE;

  MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS; PROBLEM DRINKING; CARE ACCESS; RACISM; RISK;

  ETHNOGRAPHY; CALIFORNIA'
language: English
month: OCT
number-of-cited-references: '84'
pages: 115-122
papis_id: be7cec24b7c5069627d32f3657e364c0
ref: Cheney2018inequalityhealth
times-cited: '13'
title: Inequality and health among foreign-born latinos in rural borderland communities
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000447578600015
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '28'
volume: '215'
web-of-science-categories: 'Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health; Social Sciences,

  Biomedical'
year: '2018'