Sentences with phrase «latino immigrant population»

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Asked how he could represent a large Latino population, Mr. Perkins initially responded in Spanish before highlighting his support for the Dream Act, which would provide taxpayer - funded college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

«Adriano Espaillat came to this country as an immigrant, and he will never forget the hardship and exploitation that Latino, African and all immigrant populations face.

The son of an immigrant fieldworker who went on to become the youngest mayor of Santa Maria, Maldonado has long been considered the Republicans» best chance to reach out to the state's growing Latino population, which is projected to become the state's largest «race or ethnic group» in March.

Menchaca, in an interview with Gay City News last month, emphasized that his work as a councilmember is focused on empowering a poor community with a large immigrant population, both Latino and Asian, that has long been neglected by the powers that be.

At the same time, new populations exist in cities, in urban school systems — primarily African American and Latino students, and large numbers of immigrants.

Over time, Minnesota would come to host some 30 charter schools focused on students from specific ethnic or immigrant groups, such as Somali, Ethiopian, Hmong, and Latino populations.37

This growing population of Latinos is diverse; Mexican Americans, new Mexican immigrants, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans and Cubans.

Bo has experience working with Latino and immigrant populations and has lived, worked and studied in Central America and is fluent in Spanish.

The relationship between depressive symptoms and step count has only been assessed in specific populations with small sample sizes, such as low - socioeconomic status Latino immigrants, 16 elderly Japanese people17 or patients with chronic conditions such as heart failure18 19 or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.20 21 Studies yield contradictory results, with some observing no association between depressive symptoms and daily step count, 19 21 while others report a negative correlation.16 — 18 20 In one cross-sectional sample of healthy older adults, an inverse association between depressive symptoms (using the Goldberg Depression Scale - 15) and accelerometer measured daily step count disappeared after controlling for general health and disability.22 While a systematic review suggests reduced levels of objectively measured PA in patients with depression, 23 it is not known whether this association is present in those at high risk of CVD and taken into account important confounding such as gender and age.