537 - Section on Latino/a Sociology Invited Session. Food, Land, Health, and Social Justice

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

The rise in obesity, diabetes and heart disease in the Latino/a community has led to a reversal
of the “Latino health paradox.” This session brings together sociologists working at the intersections of health policy and social justice to discuss research aimed at combating health disparities. Papers may focus on food insecurity, access to healthy food & water, green, clean, and public spaces for physical activity and urban agriculture, and the promise & pitfalls of social justice efforts.

Sub Unit

• Section Invited

Session Organizer

• Zulema Valdez, University of California-Merced

Individual Presentations

• Processed Assimilation: Mexican Immigrants, Processed Food, and Assimilation - Marissa Renee Cisneros, Texas A&M University

• Cooking While Brown: Institutionalized Bias in Health Inspections of Ethnic Restaurants - Stephen R. Christ, University of Missouri-Columbia

• Valley Fever: Race, Gender and an Environmental Health Crisis - Sarah Maxine Rios, University of California-Santa Barbara

• Latina/o Health Discourses in Newsprint Media from 2006-2010: A Content Analysis of Four Syndicated Newspapers - Frank J. Ortega, Texas A&M University