US for over a century. However, it has not ever acquired a state status. Puerto Ricans have been part of the US population for over a century. Puerto Ricans do not have a vote in the US congress. Puerto Ricans can move freely throughout the US states. Such movement is regarded as internal migration. However, when Puerto Ricans move to the mainland, they leave a distinctive homeland and a culture. Such a movement comes with numerous cultural transition conflicts. Indeed, the movements come with similar conflicts that occur with actual immigration (History Team, 2017).
According to the census conducted in 2010, Puerto Ricans are… Continue Reading...
to be one homogenous group; the differences in the rates of diabetes prevalence among the subgroups are usually left unidentified or unmentioned. It has since been established that Puerto Ricans and Mexicans manifest a higher prevalence rate among the Latino sub groups. The same studies show that Latinos of Cuban and Southern American roots demonstrate a similar prevalence as the non-Hispanic whites (López & Golden, 2014).
Several risk factors play into the chances of one developing pre-diabetes which moves gradually to the type 2 diabetes level. Some of the factors are beyond one’s control. They include
· History of one’s family: one has a higher chance of developing diabetes if there is a relative with a history of… Continue Reading...
