The proposed second competing renewal application extends a successful conference series on Aging in the Americas (CAA). Previous CAA installments have had a distinctive focus and each resulted in peer-reviewed books and special journal issues as published on the CAA website http://lbjschool.austin.utexas.edu/caa/. The next three installments at The University of Texas at Austin (2016), University of Southern California (2017), and University of Arizona, Tucson (2018) build upon the same very high quality of work at previous meetings to address a new theme that is a priority for the national health agenda. This will be accomplished by commissioning 36 papers, including six keynote speakers from sociology, psychology, demography, social policy, medicine, gerontology, and economics to address two major goals: First, to provide a vehicle for reviewing and analyzing the contemporary social research on place, the major dimensions of which are physical, cultural and economic, as it relates to supporting the health of aging Latinos, and second, to further the development of emerging scholars through their increased exposure to this body of knowledge, developing their individual research, and career mentoring.
This application presents the plan for a forthcoming conference series and documents the outstanding scholarship and the distinguished scholars that have become a hallmark of the Conference Series on Aging in the Americas (CAA). The purpose of next installments of the CAA is first to provide a vehicle for reviewing and analyzing the contemporary social research on 'place' the major dimensions of which are physical, cultural and economic, as it relates to supporting the health of aging Latinos, and second, to further the development of emerging scholars through their increased exposure to this body of knowledge, developing their individual research, and career mentoring. This will be accomplished by bringing together leading scholars in the field of Hispanic health and aging in the U.S, Mexico and by example Latin America at three scientific meetings in 2016 (U.T. Austin); 2017 (University of Southern California); and 2018 (University of Arizona, Tucson).
| Chinn, Juanita J; Hummer, Robert A (2016) Racial Disparities in Functional Limitations Among Hispanic Women in the United States. Res Aging 38:399-423 |
| Hill, Terrence D; Uchino, Bert N; Eckhardt, Jessica L et al. (2016) Perceived Social Support Trajectories and the All-Cause Mortality Risk of Older Mexican American Women and Men. Res Aging 38:374-98 |
| Gearry, Richard B (2016) Introduction. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 31 Suppl 1:23 |
| Angel, Jacqueline L; Vega, William; López-Ortega, Mariana (2016) Aging in Mexico: Population Trends and Emerging Issues. Gerontologist : |
| Mudrazija, Stipica; López-Ortega, Mariana; Vega, William A et al. (2016) Household Composition and Longitudinal Health Outcomes for Older Mexican Return Migrants. Res Aging 38:346-73 |
| Wong, Rebeca; Angel, Jacqueline L; Riosmena, Fernando (2016) Introduction to Special Issue. Res Aging 38:259-62 |
| Turra, Cassio M; Renteria, Elisenda; Guimarães, Raquel (2016) The Effect of Changes in Educational Composition on Adult Female Mortality in Brazil. Res Aging 38:283-98 |
| Whitfield, Keith E; Angel, Jacqueline L; Wong, Rebeca (2011) Biobehavioral aspects of health and aging among people of Mexican origin. J Aging Health 23:1019-26 |
| Aranda, María P; Ray, Laura A; Snih, Soham Al et al. (2011) The protective effect of neighborhood composition on increasing frailty among older Mexican Americans: a barrio advantage? J Aging Health 23:1189-217 |
