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Cambio Center News - December 2010
Did you know?
According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, the Hispanic population in the U.S. has a life
expectancy advantage at birth of 2.5 years over the non-Hispanic
white population and 7.7 years over the non-Hispanic black
population. The reasons behind the lower mortality are not
known.
The report titled
"United States Life Tables by Hispanic Origin," was issued last October by the CDC's National Center for Health
Statistics. The report provides life tables by Hispanic origin based
on 2006 death rate data.
Cambio de Colores 2011
SAVE THE DATE! Our Tenth Annual Cambio de Colores (Change of Colors) Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Kansas City SE-Waterpark in Kansas City, MO, June 8-10, 2011.
Please refer to the conference website for additional details and updates.
Research News
Project completion: In September 2010, after four years of intense and ground-breaking original research, Cambio Center fellows Corinne Valdivia (Principal Investigator), Anne Dannerbeck-Janku, Lisa Flores, Steve Jeanetta, Domingo Martínez (co-Pis) , Pedro Dozi (graduate research assistant), and Alex Morales (research associate) completed "Asset Accumulation Strategies in 3 New Settlements Communities," the Cambio Center largest research project to date.
The project was possible thanks to a $416,000 competitive grant funded in 2006 by the former National Research Initiative (now Agriculture and Food Research Initiative—AFRI) of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), U.S. Department of Agriculture. The final report will be submitted in December, 2010. For information about the project and the research it has produced so far, please refer to the project’s publications list.
Kudos
Pedro V. Dozi, Cambio Center student fellow, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation titled “Impact of Social Networks on Well-being: Evidence from Latino Immigrants in Non-Urban Missouri” (Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics; Corinne Valdivia, dissertation advisor). His research is based on data from the Cambio Center four-year project Asset Accumulation Strategies in 3 New Settlements Communities (funded by USDA). Pedro was the main graduate research assistant for that project, and he was in charge of organizing and conducting the field work.
In August, 2010, Pedro V. Dozi, Ph. D., Cambio Center fellow, was awarded a postdoctoral teaching fellowship as part of the “Preparing Future Faculty / Mizzou Advantage” program. Five outstanding recent MU Ph.D. graduates have received this recognition, which will allow them to teach and do research at MU for one year.
Grants Submitted by the Cambio Center
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Title: "Improving the Use of USDA Programs Among Hispanic and
Latino Farmers and Ranchers" – Outreach and Assistance for
Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants
Program
United States Department of Agriculture
Amount: $94,844
PI: Jeanetta, Stephen (Cambio Center / CAFNR, Rural Soc)
Submitted, August 2010 – GRANT APPROVED in November, 2010.
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Title: "Refinement and Validation of the Teaching English
Language Learners Self-Efficacy Scale Research"
U.S. Dept of Education Non Student Aid - 07/01/11 through 06/30/15
Amount: $1,238,800 (45% Cambio Center)
PI: Flores, Lisa (COE-ESCP), Cambio Center fellow
Co-PI(s): Morales, Alejandro (COE-ESCP); Cambio Center fellow; Pinnow, Rachel (COE-LTC); McCarthy, Denis (Psychol); Martinez-Castilla, Domingo (Cambio Center)
Submitted, June 2010– Pending
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Title:
Immigrant Integration & Sustainable Rural Development:
Linking Receiving & Newcomer Communities
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative -- Foundational Program. U.S. Dept of Agriculture - 03/01/11 through 03/30/14
Amount: $499,024.7
PI: Valdivia, Corinne (Cambio Center / CAFNR-AgEcon)
Co-PI(s): Jeanetta, Stephen (Cambio Center / CAFNR, Rural Soc) Flores, Lisa (Cambio Center / COE-ESCP)
Senior Associates: Morales, Alejandro (Cambio Center / COE-ESCP), Martinez Castilla, Domingo (Cambio Center), Dozi, Pedro (Cambio Center / CAFNR-AgEcon)
Submitted, July 2010 – Pending
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Title:
"Immigrant Legislation and Health Impacts in Missouri" – Healthy
and Active Communities, Promising Strategies
Missouri Foundation For Health
Amount: $291,049
PI: Jeanetta, Stephen (Cambio Center / CAFNR, Rural Soc)
Submitted, April 2010 – Pending
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Title: "Immigrant Legislation and Health Impacts in Missouri"
Health Impact Project
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Amount: $193,293
PI: Jeanetta, Stephen (Cambio Center / CAFNR, Rural Soc)
Co-PI(s): Valdivia, Corinne (Cambio Center / CAFNR-AgEcon), Flores, Lisa (Cambio Center / COE-ESCP)
Morales, Alejandro (Cambio Center / COE-ESCP), Martinez Castilla, Domingo (Cambio Center), Edison, Karen (Dermatology / Center for Health Policy), Dozi, Pedro (Cambio Center / CAFNR-AgEcon)
Submitted, February 2010 - Not funded
From Cambio Center Fellows
New Courses - Spring 2011
Corinne Valdivia, Cambio Center fellow and MU's Agricultural &
Applied Economics Associate Professor, is offering
“International Agriculture Development Policy" (AGEC 8430),
Fridays from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.,
320 Mumford Hall.
This course examines selected aspects of international agricultural
economic development. It will be particularly useful to those
seeking a career in international development or work in a developing
country context. Students will become familiar with important
concepts, theories, policies, and methodologies. The
approach in this class aims at building various professional skills,
including critical thinking and discussion, writing, oral
presentations, hands-on exercises, and the development of a paper,
proposal or literature review.
This course is open to MU graduate students.
Contact: Corinne Valdivia (Valdiviac@missouri.edu)
Pedro Dozi, Cambio Center fellow, MU's Agricultural & Applied
Economics, Preparing Future Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow, is
offering
“Production, Consumption and the Politics of Food” (Ag_Econ 4301-01
& Ru Soc 4301-01), Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00 -
3:00 p.m. , 146 Mumford Hall.
This course is designed to study the influences that current societal
perceptions, technology, marketing and the general environment have on
the food available and the ultimate well-being that it provides to
people.
The course is open to undergraduate and graduate students. Students in
doubt may check with instructor for authorization. (Flyer available) .
Contact: Pedro Dozi (Dozip@missouri.edu)
The MU Difficult Dialogues Program is offering the first course on
Difficult Dialogues:
"Difficult Dialogues: Controversial Subjects in Higher Education"
ESCP 4087 Section 4, #25962 or ESCP 7087 Section 4, #25963.
Thursdays 4:00 - 6:45 p.m.
106 Strickland Hall.
Difficult dialogues addresses the increasing social, intellectual and
political divides in US society and promotes productive conversations
when there are differences in opinions. Learn the techniques
needed to promote intellectual pluralism, as well as productive
and healthy dialogues.
The course is open to MU undergraduate and graduate students. (Flyer available)
Contact: Roger Worthington (WorthingtonR@missouri.edu) or Eryca Neville (Nevillee@missouri.edu)
2011 Columbia Values Diversity Celebration – January 13, 2011
2011 Columbia Values Diversity Celebration
The 18th Annual Columbia Values Diversity Celebration is scheduled for
Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011 from 7:00 - 8:45 a.m. at the Holiday Inn
Select Expo Center. The theme of this year’s celebration
is “Unity in Diversity!”
Registration forms are available on the
City of Columbia’s web site. Please contact the Division of Human
Services at 874-7488 (V) or
874-7356 (TTY) or
ocs@gocolumbiamo.com
with questions or for additional information.
Resources (Online)
Announcements
HHS Launches First of Its Kind Consumer Focused Website in
Spanish
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled
CuidadodeSalud.gov, the first website in Spanish of its kind to help consumers take
control of their health care by connecting them to new information and
resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care
coverage.
In addition, the website connects consumers to quality rankings for
local health care providers as well as preventive services.
Publications
Children of Immigrants Drive the Increase in America's Youth
Population, but Almost Half Live in Low-Income Families
The Urban Institute has released a report titled
"Children of Immigrants Drive the Increase in America's Youth
Population, but Almost Half Live in Low-Income Families,"
that examines the consequences of parental arrest, detention, and
deportation on children, providing in-depth details on parent-child
separations, economic hardships, and children’s well-being.
The
Children of Immigrants Data Tool, an interactive web site updated with 2007 and 2008 American
Community Survey data can generate customized graphs and charts for
every state and the District of Columbia, showing statistics on 26
indicators.
Structuring and Implementing an Immigrant Legalization Program:
Registration as the First Step
By Donald M. Kerwin and Laureen Laglagaron, Migration Policy
Institute
While comprehensive immigration reform may have moved to the back
burner, Congress and the administration eventually are likely to
revisit legalization as a serious policy option. This report, the
first in a series on how to shape and administer an effective
legalization program, argues that a registration process that rapidly
identifies, screens, and processes potential applicants should be an
essential first step to any legalization. The Policy Brief proposes
intensive applicant screening and documentation requirements,
describes the application process, and addresses the role of
community-based organizations and other stakeholders in helping
administer a successful program. (Download full report)
Top Languages Spoken by English Language Learners (ELLs) Nationally
and by State
By Jeanne Batalova and Margie McHugh, National Center on Immigrant
Integration Policy, Migration Policy Institute
The third fact sheet in a series from our ELL Information Center finds
that while ELL students nationwide speak more than 150 languages,
Spanish far outranks others as the most common first -- or home --
language. At the same time, although it is spoken in 73 percent of ELL
students’ homes, Spanish is not the top language spoken by ELLs in
every state.
(Download
Fact Sheet )
Teen Substance Use Seems to Differ by Race
A new California study suggests that Hispanic middle-school students
are more likely to smoke, drink and use marijuana than other kids
their age, while Asians are the least likely to experiment with these
substances. The study titled
"Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Substance Use:
Mediation by Individual, Family, and School Factors"
was published in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on
Alcohol and Drugs. Researchers studied 5,500 seventh- and
eighth-graders at 16 schools in California. About one in four
Hispanics said they'd consumed alcohol, compared to 21 percent of
blacks, 18 percent of whites and just below 10 percent of
Asians.
Latest Pew Hispanic Center Publications
Latino Leader? The Job is Open (11.15.2010)
The Latino Vote in the 2010 Elections (11.3.2010)
After the Great Recession: Foreign Born Gain Jobs; Native Born
Lose Jobs (10.29.2010)
Illegal Immigration Backlash Worries, Divides Latinos
(10.28.2010)
U.S. Unauthorized Immigration Flows Are Down Sharply Since
Mid-Decade
(9.1.2010)