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Living in Limbo : Latinas' Assessment of Lower Rio Grande Valley Colonias Communities
Author(s) -
Hilfinger Messias DeAnne K.,
Sharpe Patricia A.,
CastilloGonzález Lourdes,
Treviño Laura,
ParraMedina Deborah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12307
Subject(s) - poverty , gerontology , immigration , citizenship , asset (computer security) , public health , thematic analysis , observational study , quality of life (healthcare) , social isolation , intervention (counseling) , medicine , psychology , nursing , sociology , economic growth , political science , qualitative research , social science , computer security , computer science , law , economics , psychiatry , pathology , politics
Community asset mapping ( CAM ) is the collective process of identifying local assets and strategizing processes to address public health issues and concerns and improve quality of life. Prior to implementing a community‐based physical activity intervention with Latinas in the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, promotoras [community health workers] conducted 16 interactive sessions in 8 colonias . The analysis of the transcribed CAM recordings and on‐site observational data resulted in the construction of Living in Limbo as the thematic representation of these Latinas' social isolation and marginalization associated with pervasive poverty, undocumented immigration status or lack of citizenship, their fears emanating from threats to physical and emotional safety, and the barriers created by lack of availability and access to resources.