ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1610733
This article is part of the Research TopicMigration and Health: A Human Rights Perspective - Conference Insights and BeyondView all 4 articles
Exploring mental health implications of informal caregiving for the older adult within the Hispanic community: An in-depth cross-cultural analysis of depression symptoms
Provisionally accepted
Angel Munoz-Alicea1,2
William Suarez I I3,4*- 1Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 2College of Behavioral Sciences and Community Affairs, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 3Department of Health Equity, Administration and Technology, Lehman College, Bronx, United States
- 4CUNY- Institute for the Health Equity, New York City, United States
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As the population of ethnocultural minority older adults facing health challenges continues to rise, it is essential to understand how cultural factors influence caregiving. This study explores depression among Hispanic informal caregivers for the older adult through non-experimental, cross-cultural, quantitative research conducted in Colombia, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The findings underscore the importance of gender, ethnocultural background, age, spirituality, familism, education and employment in shaping caregivers' sense of duty and mutual influence in relationships. Additionally, the results highlight the critical role of social support from both family and institutional sources in alleviating the negative effects of informal caregiving. Ultimately, this research aims to enhance our understanding of how caregiving experiences can vary across cultural contexts, especially as the number of ethnocultural minority older adults with health challenges grows in the U.S.
Keywords: 11775 (ALL included: references, abstract, Footnotes, Titles, subtitles, etc.) Tables: 7 Figures: 5 Informal caregivers, hispanics, Ethnocultural factors
Received: 16 Apr 2025; Accepted: 23 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Munoz-Alicea and Suarez I I. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: William Suarez I I, Department of Health Equity, Administration and Technology, Lehman College, Bronx, United States
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