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    of the Hispanic Community The Hispanic community will represent A third of the United States in the near future, despite this significant growth; this population continues to be viewed as a vulnerable group (Cuevas, Dawson & Williams, 2016). Hispanic immigrants are particularly susceptible to linguistic obstacles, reduced availability to precautionary healthcare, and at times have an absence of health insurance (Hicks, 2012). The purpose of this paper is to reveal the impact the Hispanic population

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    Of all the racial groups in the U.S., Hispanic women have the greatest fertility rate. The health care system in the U.S. is used less than its full capacity by Hispanic women, especially after recent migration to the U.S. Among recent immigrants, protective factors such as traditions, health values and behaviors are shown to guard and strengthen health. Safeguards to health deteriorate sharply as they acculturate to U.S. society ((Sanchez-Birkhead, 2010). Acculturation is the extent to which an

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    Hispanic Growth Strategy Updates • Ramon will begin to do business development starting in October • Stamford FCU kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) with a staff celebration on September 15th. For the duration of HHM, the credit union staff will wear buttons wishing members a Happy Hispanic Heritage Month. • Ramon will begin build relations and partnership with community organizations. Ramon has a background in banking, radio, and comedy. Stamford is confident Ramon’s personality will be well

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    from one another. Even though the terms Latino and Hispanic have similar culture, they are opposite from one another by their mother tongue to geographical location.Firstly, it is understandable why the titles of Latino and Hispanic is spoken interchangeably due to their similar cultures. An example of the Latino and Hispanic community shared culture is religion. Reports done by Nabil Yafai from Inter Exchange states, “...majority of Hispanic and

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    The Hispanic population is increasing at rapid rates, thus providing many opportunities to improve the economy and local hispanic communities. However, with the sufficient low rate of hispanic graduates from college our economy are being damaged and hispanic communities are being denied the proper evolution to get out of poverty. Our hispanic youth need to start taking more action into getting a higher education, to help our economy and communities evolve and better themselves. Being a young hispanic

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    Belin Romero SOC 4850-Prof. Park Literature Review 10/7/15 Hispanics habits and attitudes towards drinking US born Latinos have higher rates of alcohol use than Latino immigrants but, not enough is known about drinking patterns of Latinos before their migration to the USA. I will be reviewing and comparing drinking habits and attitudes of different Latino population. In addition, this paper will attempt to further explore in which capacity do Latinos drinking habits and patterns cause concern

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    I'm a Hispanic student and naturally that means that I must have lived a difficult life. My mom must have been on some kind of television talk show screaming at her “baby daddy” for the child support. I’m Hispanic, so I must have crossed the border ether from Mexico or Central America. I’m Mexican, so I must have friends that are in a gang. I’m Hispanic, so I must have something to do with the increase in poverty, crime, and and teen pregnancies. And of course, when applying to the University my

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    The physical portrayal of Hispanic women in the media has a large influence on the Hispanic women and girls that view these portrayals. The media’s physical portrayal of Hispanic women is that they are voluptuous, dark-haired, tanned skin, and petite. There are many films, TV shows, and any other media outlets that portray Hispanic women as such. Examples of these portrayals are “Modern Family,” “Maid in Manhattan,” and “Girl in Progress.” In each of these movies or shows, the main character appears

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    minority groups are the Hispanics. America is known for their language being English, but as the year's approach, that language has faded and a new face in English language has taken over, it's called Spanish. We as the people of America have become controversial over this major change, and due to that major bilingualism and political movements that have occurred from the government to the education departments. In this paper, I am going to talk about the four most common Hispanic groups in our country

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    is the Hispanic Outreach Director at Western Avenue Community Center in Bloomington, Illinois. Mrs. Alvarez has been at the center for over 20 years. She came to the United States, from Mexico, when she was seventeen. She was the oldest in the family and her Father did not think she should go to high school or college. He thought she needed to find a husband and stay close to the family because it was her responsibility as the oldest. Espinoza (2010), states this is a common value in Hispanic families

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