27:T535,

The growing population of young bilingual learners in the U.S. accentuates the need to analyze the dynamic interplays between the perceptions of parents and their children about the students’ learning environment. This study investigates the latent factors undergirding the perceptions of parents and bilingual students regarding various aspects of the learning environments by comparatively analyzing the Bilingual Parental Engagement and Support Survey (BPESS), a parental survey of students’ learning environments, and the Bilingual Academic and Socio-emotional Environment Survey (BASES), a student survey of their learning environments. A factor analysis was performed on parents’ responses (n = 1,212) to BPESS, and three latent factors were identified: Parents’ Perceptions of Schools and Teachers, Parental Socio-emotional and Academic Support, and Parental Interest in Children’s Future. A correlation analysis indicated that these factors have weak relationships with the four factors identified from BASES. The three factors from the parental survey did not significantly predict their children’s academic performance. The paper discusses the implications of the findings and limitations of the study.

28:T417,

Drawing on public health critical race praxis and acculturation theory, this study examines how racialization and immigration status shape the self-reported health of Latinx adults. Using the 2021 California Health Interview Survey data for adult Californians (n = 17,345) and multivariate logistic regression analyses, we find that naturalized and U.S.-born Latinxs have higher odds of being in worse health than U.S.-born white citizens. A key determinant of Latinx health is how long individuals have spent in the U.S. Among Latinx naturalized citizens, only those who have been in the U.S. for at least 15 years have worse health than U.S.-born white citizens. Among Latinx non-citizens, those who have been in the U.S. for less than 15 years actually have better health than U.S.-born white citizens. The findings advance how we conceptualize the complexity of Latinx health by accounting for racialized health policy stratification and the pervasive role of institutionalized racism in shaping Latinx health outcomes.

29:T723,