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Bucio GO. 2011. Helping Latin-American immigrant pregnant women exposed to trauma: Reflections on mirroring. Durham, NC: National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2 pp. (Spotlight on culture)

Annotation: This document defines maternal "mirroring" within the context of culture, explains how it can be used to help mothers work through traumatic experiences, and examines ways that therapists can use it to foster the mother-infant relationship during the perinatal period.

Contact: National Child Traumatic Stress Network, National Resource Center for Child Traumatic Stress, , 905 West Main Street, Suite 25B , Durham, NC 27701, Telephone: (919) 682-1552 Secondary Telephone: (310) 235-2633 Fax: (919) 667-9578 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nctsnet.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Acculturation, Cultural factors, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Immigration, Latin America, Mother child relations, Perinatal health, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Pregnant women, Psychotherapy, Trauma

Kimbro RT, Lynch SM, McLanahan S. 2004. The Hispanic paradox and breastfeeding: Does acculturation matter?—Evidence from the Fragile Families study. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University,Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, 30 pp. (Working paper no. 04-01)

Annotation: This paper uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to test the hypothesis that (1) the Hispanic paradox extends to breastfeeding and (2) acculturation accounts for part of the paradox. The Hispanic paradox refers to the fact that Hispanics, especially recent immigrants, have remarkably good health outcomes given their low socioeconomic status and other classic risk factors. The paper provides background; discusses the data, variables, and methods; and includes results and a discussion. Statistical information is presented in tables and figures at the end of paper. The paper includes one appendix: results of pooled-sample logistic regression analyses predicting breastfeeding. References and footnotes are included.

Contact: Princeton University, Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Wallace Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, Telephone: (609) 258-5894 Fax: (609) 258-5804 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://crcw.princeton.edu Available from the website.

Keywords: Acculturation, Breastfeeding, Child health, Cultural factors, Economic factors, Families, Health behavior, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Low income groups, Racial factors, Risk factors

National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations. 1999. The state of Hispanic girls. Washington, DC: COSSMHO Press, 71 pp.

   

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