# LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF MEXICAN AMERICAN ELDERLY HEALTH

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · 1993 · $693,849

## Abstract

This application seeks funds to conduct a large longitudinal study of a
representative sample of at least 3,000 Mexican Americans aged 65 and
over residing in the Southwestern United States.  The proposed study aims
at generating data on physical and mental health comparable to those
obtained by other large-scale epidemiologic studies of the elderly, most
notably the EPESE.  We hope, thus, to estimate prevalence of key physical
health conditions, mental health conditions, and functional impairments
in Mexican American elderly and compare this prevalence with that in
African American and Anglo American elderly.  We also plan to investigate
predictors of physical and mental health, both cross-sectionally and
longitudinally (over two years).  Predictors examined include, formal and
informal social supports, psychological resources, sociodemographic
factors, health behaviors, migration history, acculturation, stressful
life circumstances, and access to health care.  In addition to predicting
health and mental health over time, we plan to investigate predictors of
mortality, changes in health behaviors, and changes in social networks
and living arrangements.

The sample will be drawn using area probability sampling procedures to
represent Mexican American elderly in the five southwestern states.
Subjects will be interviewed in their homes.  In addition, trained
interviewers will obtain limited anthropometric measures, blood
pressures, and performance based assessments of physical functioning.

The proposed joint effort by three universities is the first large-scale
study of the health of Mexican American elderly and will go a long way
towards generating the knowledge necessary for addressing this growing
population's health care needs.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3122900
- **Project number:** 5R01AG010939-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON
- **SAM.gov UEI:** MSPWVMXXMN76
- **Principal Investigator:** Kyriakos S Markides
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1993
- **Award amount:** $693,849
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1992-09-30 → 1997-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3122900

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3122900, LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF MEXICAN AMERICAN ELDERLY HEALTH (5R01AG010939-02). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3122900. Licensed CC0.

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