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Health of Aging Mexicans on Both Sides of the Border

Award Number: R01AG068392
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/01/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2026

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Health of Aging Mexicans on Both Sides of the Border - HEALTH OF AGING MEXICANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER. PROJECT SUMMARY. Aging in the United States is increasingly contingent on the health of adults from historically-disadvantaged groups. The Mexican-origin population is one of the fastest growing segments of US elderly and one facing many disadvantages, both from experiences prior to immigration and by hardship experienced since immigration. The accumulation of decades of poor working and living conditions and poor access to health care have likely led to the particularly problematic physical and mental health problems observed in this population in old age, despite exhibiting “paradoxically” low cardiovascular mortality risks. These problems may have deteriorated further due to contemporary declines in the conditions that facilitate the social inclusion of immigrants and their descendants. The impact of these changes on older Latinos and their support networks is essentially unknown. The health impacts of changes in immigration-related climate, policies, and practices also likely affects aging populations in Mexico. One in five older adults in Mexico have previous migration experience in the U.S. Many older Mexican adults depend on economic, social, and emotional support from relatives living in the U.S., particularly their adult children. These family support networks have been disrupted by e.g., the deportation and unplanned return of circa 2 million Mexican immigrants from the United States over the last 15 years. This project examines how changes to migration patterns and policies shape aging in the Mexican-origin population on both the U.S. and Mexico. Using a novel, binational approach that jointly considers different forms of migration-related selection, mortality and proxy selection, and several kinds of unobserved heterogeneity, we examine how the physical, cognitive, and mental health of older adults has changed over time as a function of their migration experiences. We analyze rich longitudinal data from the 2006-2018 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) in the United States and the 2001-2018 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) in Mexico using several ancillary datasets to enhance the measurement of different dimensions of immigrant social inclusion (ISI). We have three aims. First, we estimate the association between cumulative disadvantage and chronic mental, physical, and cognitive health and mortality. Second, we examine the contribution of spatiotemporal variation in attitudes, policies, and practices influencing ISI to changes in mental and physical health among older adults in the US. Third, we assess how changes in the location and support younger adult children provide to elderly parents living in the United States and Mexico affect parental mental and physical health.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $407,088 )
2025	2025	THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO	1 UTSA CIR	SAN ANTONIO	TX	78249	BEXAR	USA	Aging Research	000	5	3/25/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$373,857
2025	2025	THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO	1 UTSA CIR	SAN ANTONIO	TX	78249	BEXAR	USA	Aging Research	001	5	6/18/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$33,231
														Subtotal = $407,088

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $415,470 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, THE	1 UTSA CIRCLE	SAN ANTONIO	TX	78249	BEXAR	USA	Aging Research	001	4	1/4/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$373,923
2024	2024	THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO	1 UTSA CIR	SAN ANTONIO	TX	78249	BEXAR	USA	Aging Research	004	4	5/14/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$688,369
2024	2024	THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO	1 UTSA CIR	SAN ANTONIO	TX	78249	BEXAR	USA	Aging Research	005	4	8/1/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$41,547
2024	2023	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	3100 MARINE ST	BOULDER	CO	80309	BOULDER	USA	Aging Research	003	3	5/14/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$421,226
2024	2023	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	3100 MARINE ST	BOULDER	CO	80309	BOULDER	USA	Aging Research	000	3	1/3/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2022	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	3100 MARINE ST	BOULDER	CO	80309	BOULDER	USA	Aging Research	002	2	5/14/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$267,143
														Subtotal = $415,470

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $421,226 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	3100 MARINE ST STE 481 572 UCB	BOULDER	CO	80309	BOULDER	USA	Aging Research	000	3	1/25/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$421,226
														Subtotal = $421,226

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $429,693 )
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	3100 MARINE ST STE 481 572 UCB	BOULDER	CO	80309	BOULDER	USA	Aging Research	000	2	2/2/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$386,720
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	3100 MARINE ST STE 481 572 UCB	BOULDER	CO	80309	BOULDER	USA	Aging Research	001	2	5/10/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$42,973
														Subtotal = $429,693

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $493,484 )
2021	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	3100 MARINE ST STE 481 572 UCB	BOULDER	CO	80309	BOULDER	USA	Aging Research	000	1	4/20/2021	NEW	$493,484
														Subtotal = $493,484

Grand Total All Awards = $2,166,961

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Health of Aging Mexicans on Both Sides of the Border

Award Number: R01AG068392

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/01/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2026

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