This volume is being published at a critical time in U.S. history and serves as a comprehensive and much-needed update to what is known about Latinx health. As both the United States and Latinx subgroups experience demographic shifts, it is critical to examine the current epidemiology of Latinx health, as well as the factors influencing the health and well-being of this growing population.

Chapters in this book, written by highly respected experts, illuminate the diversity of the Latinx population and provide strategies to mitigate many of the challenges they face, including challenges related to migrating to new destinations. The book is designed to enrich dialogue around the multilevel determinants of Latinx health and concludes with a call to action for increased culturally congruent, theoretically informed and participatory Latinx health research. The book also encourages the mentorship and growth of early career and junior investigators to conduct research on Latinx health issues.

A selection of the perspectives included among the chapters:

• Chronic disease and mental health issues in Latinx populations
• Substance use among Latinx adolescents in the United States
• Physical and intellectual and developmental disabilities in Latinx populations
• Health insurance reform and the Latinx population
• Immigration enforcement policies and Latinx health
• Research priorities for Latinx sexual and gender minorities
• Racial and ethnic discrimination, intersectionality, acculturation, and Latinx health

New and Emerging Issues in Latinx Health is an invaluable compendium that provides a foundation of understanding Latinx health and well-being and guides future research and practice. The book is essential for researchers, practitioners, and students in the fields of public health and the social sciences including community and health psychology, health administration and policy, community health education, medical anthropology, medical sociology, population health, and preventive medicine. Moreover, the chapters in this volume are also relevant for federal, state, and local agencies, including health departments, and other Latinx- and immigrant-serving community organizations.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Disentangling Language and the Social Determinants of Latinx Health in the United States

Part I: The Health Status of Latinx Persons in the United States
Chapter 2: Chronic Disease in the Latinx Population: Threats, Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter 3: Mental Health Issues in Latinx Populations: Evaluating the State of the Field
Chapter 4: Latinx Child Health: Challenges and Opportunities to Build a Healthy Future
Chapter 5: Substance Use among Latinx Adolescents in the United States: Scope, Theory, Interventions, and Next Steps
Chapter 6: Disability among the Latinx Population: Epidemiology and Empowerment Interventions
Chapter 7: Aging and Health in the Latinx Population in the United States: Changing Demographics, Social Vulnerabilities, and the Aim of Quality of Life
Chapter 8: Health Threats That Can Affect Hispanic/Latino Migrants and Immigrants
Chapter 9: The Status of Latinx Occupational Health
Chapter 10: The Health and Well-being of Latinx Sexual and Gender Minorities in the United States: A Call to Action
Part II: Communities, Systems, and Structures
Chapter 11: Health Insurance Reform and the Latinx Population
Chapter 12: Immigration Enforcement Policies and Latinx Health: State of Knowledge
Chapter 13: Three Ecologies of the Urban Environment and The Health of Latinx Communities
Chapter 14: Racial and Ethnic Discrimination, Intersectionality, and Latinx Health
Chapter 15: Divergent Dilemma: The Reconceptualization and Critical Use of Acculturation in Latinx Health Research
Chapter 16: Health is Political: Advocacy and Mobilization for Latinx Health.<p></p><br>