Acculturation

"Acculturation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Process of cultural change in which one group or members of a group assimilate various cultural patterns from another.

Descriptor ID	D000069
MeSH Number(s)	I01.076.201.450.050 I01.880.853.100.079
Concept/Terms	Acculturation Acculturation Assimilation, Cultural Assimilation, Cultural Cultural Assimilation

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Anthropology [I01.076]
Anthropology, Cultural [I01.076.201]
Culture [I01.076.201.450]
Acculturation [I01.076.201.450.050]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Culture [I01.880.853.100]
Acculturation [I01.880.853.100.079]

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Bar chart showing 29 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2008 and 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1990	1	0	1
1998	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2007	0	2	2
2008	1	3	4
2010	1	2	3
2011	0	1	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	2	2	4
2014	2	0	2
2015	1	0	1
2016	2	0	2
2017	0	2	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	0	2	2

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Abuelezam NN, El-Sayed AM, Galea S. Relevance of the "Immigrant Health Paradox" for the Health of Arab Americans in California. Am J Public Health. 2019 12; 109(12):1733-1738. PMID: 31622140.

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Murphy JE, Smock L, Hunter-Adams J, Xuan Z, Cochran J, Paasche-Orlow MK, Geltman PL. Relationships Between English Language Proficiency, Health Literacy, and Health Outcomes in Somali Refugees. J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 Jun; 21(3):451-460. PMID: 29907921.

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Hunter-Adams J, Cochran J, Laird LD, Paasche-Orlow MK, Geltman PL. Acculturation and a Potential Relationship with Oral Health Outcomes Among Somali Refugees in Massachusetts. J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 Apr; 20(2):351-359. PMID: 28861739.

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Ramos Z, Fortuna LR, Porche MV, Wang Y, Shrout PE, Loder S, McPeck S, Noyola N, Toro M, Carmona R, Alegría M. Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and their Relationship to Drug and Alcohol use in an International Sample of Latino Immigrants. J Immigr Minor Health. 2017 Jun; 19(3):552-561. PMID: 27150593.

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Feng C, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kressin NR, Rosen JE, López L, Kim EJ, Lin MY, Hanchate AD. Disparities in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations: Near-National Estimates for Hispanics. Health Serv Res. 2018 06; 53(3):1349-1372. PMID: 28378322.

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Lincoln AK, Lazarevic V, White MT, Ellis BH. The Impact of Acculturation Style and Acculturative Hassles on the Mental Health of Somali Adolescent Refugees. J Immigr Minor Health. 2016 Aug; 18(4):771-8. PMID: 26048358.

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Córdova D, Schwartz SJ, Unger JB, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Villamar JA, Soto DW, Des Rosiers SE, Lee TK, Meca A, Cano MÁ, Lorenzo-Blanco EI, Oshri A, Salas-Wright CP, Piña-Watson B, Romero AJ. A Longitudinal Test of the Parent-Adolescent Family Functioning Discrepancy Hypothesis: A Trend toward Increased HIV Risk Behaviors Among Immigrant Hispanic Adolescents. J Youth Adolesc. 2016 Oct; 45(10):2164-77. PMID: 27216199.

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Kane JC, Johnson RM, Robinson C, Jernigan DH, Harachi TW, Bass JK. Longitudinal Effects of Acculturation on Alcohol Use among Vietnamese and Cambodian Immigrant Women in the USA. Alcohol Alcohol. 2016 Nov; 51(6):702-709. PMID: 26956427.

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Kane JC, Johnson RM, Robinson C, Jernigan DH, Harachi TW, Bass JK. The Impact of Intergenerational Cultural Dissonance on Alcohol Use Among Vietnamese and Cambodian Adolescents in the United States. J Adolesc Health. 2016 Feb; 58(2):174-80. PMID: 26598062.

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Salas-Wright CP, Lee S, Vaughn MG, Jang Y, Sanglang CC. Acculturative heterogeneity among Asian/Pacific Islanders in the United States: Associations with DSM mental and substance use disorders. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2015 Jul; 85(4):362-70. PMID: 26167805.

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