Social Inequality and Type 2 Diabetes Management among Older Latinx Immigrants

Social Inequality and Type 2 Diabetes Management among Older Latinx Immigrants

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Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha
Department of Psychology, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

A B S T R A C T

Being an immigrant in the contemporary U.S. is stressful. During the pandemic of 2020, these stressors are amplified for all populations. At the same time, Latinx immigrants are also disproportionately affected by the pandemic. They are more vulnerable, face greater economic challenges, and are more likely to die from the virus. In addition to these difficult realities, regardless of status, Latinx immigrants are often perceived as illegal and subjected to discriminatory treatment [1]. Type 2 diabetes is also an illness that disproportionately affects minorities and immigrant populations. In 2018, there were almost 60 million Latinos-18% of the U.S. population (more than one in six)-living in the United States [2]. In addition to the myriad of stressors that immigrants, particularly older immigrants experience, the stigma and vulnerability associated with the pandemic of 2020 are likely to have serious negative consequences on their health and well-being. This paper addresses some of the challenges Latinx immigrants face as they struggle to manage Type 2 diabetes during a pandemic.

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Review Article
Publication history
Received: Wed 19, Aug 2020
Accepted: Wed 02, Sep 2020
Published: Mon 14, Sep 2020
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© 2023 Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.GGR.2020.02.08