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Health
Effects of Acculturation
The
health status impacts of allostatic load relating to the acculturation process
among the immigrant population. The health status of the immigrants are
affected by the various factors includes the socioeconomic status levels,
ethnicity, immigrant programs, and the length of stay in the U.S. The initial
health coverage provided among the recent immigrants usually reduces with time
they spent in the new country (Riosmena, Wong & Palloni, 2013). The decline
in health advantage emerges from the acculturation process to the standards of
the indigenous people.
Barrera
Jr, Toobert, Strycker and Osuna (2012) examines that there are inherent aspects
of the native cultures that reduces stress, the likelihood of taking part in
poor health actions and offering social support to reduce the impacts of
unhealthy lifestyles and other threats. Acculturation to the traditional values
and aspects in the United States could eradicate the protective factors and
thus lead to the decline in the health of the immigrants (Barrera Jr, et al.,
2012). However, the immigrants who can overcome the influences of the native
cultures they could eliminate the impacts of acculturation.
In
terms of ethnicity, Andreeva and Unger (2015) explain that health declines due
to the absence of information amongst the different ethnic groups in allostatic
load. The model of the allostatic load can help in understanding the health differences.
For example, the black and Hispanic individuals encounter discrimination,
racism, and the challenges of reduced socioeconomic levels (Lawton &
Gerdes, 2014). Such negative conditions could accumulate stressful environment
which could increase the allostatic load, which eventually creates poor health
outcomes.
The
socioeconomic status levels of the immigrants to the United States also impacts
on their ability to maintain good health coverage. When the immigrants come
into the United States, they might counter various health concerns due to the
lack of quality housing and living standards (Cho, Holbrook & Johnson,
2013). It is difficult for the immigrants to get good jobs in the U.S and thus,
it makes it difficult for them to get access to improved health care. They end
up assimilating to reduced health care levels among the Native Americans.
If there is a high level of an immigrant
from the place of nativity, it could influence better health care. It is
because there are numerous native immigrants, which provides support to the new
immigrants in the United States. The nativity determines the degree of becoming
a Native American and its impacts on the acculturation process. Riosmena, Wong,
and Palloni (2013) notes that the immigrants come to the United States with
good health, but mixing with the Native Americans reduces their health level
with time. Such a situation leads to the immigrant assimilation to native
health processes which could cause much stress.
The
length of stay in the United States has a significant influence on the success
of the acculturation process. When the immigrants stay in the United States
longer, they are unable to overcome the pressure of the acculturation process.
The immigrants are forced to integrate with the Native Americans abandoning
their cultural practices (Todorova et al., 2013). The allostatic load of the
acculturation process depends on the immigrants staying longer to adopt the
traditional cultures in the United States. Consequentially, staying longer in the
United States makes it difficult for the immigrants to maintain their original
health care coverage (Doamekpor & Dinwiddie, 2015).
In summary, it is clear that the process of
acculturation leads to the deterioration of the health status of the immigrant population.
The immigration patterns, socioeconomic positions, ethnicity, and the length of
stay in the United States are crucial factors, which influences the process of
acculturation and decline in health. The assimilation of the native values and
cultures usually reduces the health cover of the immigrants to align with the
native health care. Therefore, health is adversely affected by the process of
acculturation of the immigrant population.
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