As a Medical Library Association Latinx Caucus initiative, a team of eight individuals including two search validation experts developed a set of functional and reproducible search strategies (i.e. a search hedge) focused on Hispanic/Latinx U.S. populations for 13 databases. The search hedge is currently available through the institutional repository at Temple University, TUScholarShare: MLA Latinx Caucus Lantinx/Hispanic US Population Search Hedges. The video below is a presentation about the initiative.
This is the PubMed search strategy for United States Populations Hispanic/Latinx. This search is still being validated.
(hispanic*[tiab] OR “hispanic american*”[tiab] OR “hispano*”[tiab] OR “latine*”[tiab] OR “latina*”[tiab] OR “latin”[tiab] OR “latinu*”[tiab] OR “latino”[tiab] OR “latinx*”[tiab] OR "latin american*"[tiab] OR “latin america”[Mesh] OR "spanish speak*"[tiab] OR “mexico*”[tiab] OR "Mexico"[Mesh] OR “cuban*”[tiab] OR “peruvian*”[tiab] OR “dominican*”[tiab] OR "brazilian*"[tiab] OR "central american*"[tiab] OR "costa rican*"[tiab] OR "guatemalan*"[tiab] OR "honduran*"[tiab] OR “uruguayan*”[tiab] OR “argentina”[Mesh] OR “argentine”[tiab] OR “argentinian”[tiab] OR “argentinean”[tiab] OR “panamanian*”[tiab] OR “salvadorean*”[tiab] OR “salvadoran*”[tiab] OR “salvadorian*”[tiab] OR "nicaraguan*"[tiab] OR "south america*"[tiab] OR "bolivian*"[tiab] OR "chilean*"[tiab] OR "Chile"[Mesh] OR "colombian*"[tiab] OR "ecuadorian*"[tiab] OR "paraguay*"[tiab] OR "Paraguay"[Mesh] OR "venezuelan*"[tiab] OR "puerto rican*"[tiab] OR "puerto rico*"[tiab] OR "Puerto Rico"[Mesh] OR "spanish america*"[tiab] OR "boricua*"[tiab] OR "chicana*"[tiab] OR “chicano”[tiab] OR "Hispanic Americans"[Mesh] OR “latinoamerican*”[tiab] OR "Mexican Americans"[Mesh] OR “spanish caribbean*”[tiab] OR "mexican american*"[tiab]) AND ("united states"[MeSH] OR "united state*"[tiab] OR "north america*"[tiab] OR "north america"[MeSH] OR "Midwestern United States"[Mesh] OR "Southeastern United States"[Mesh] OR "Southwestern United States"[Mesh] OR "Northwestern United States"[Mesh] OR “Appalachia*”[tiab] OR “great lakes”[tiab] OR “mid atlantic state*”[tiab] OR “mid atlantic region*”[tiab] OR “middle atlantic state*”[tiab] OR “middle atlantic region*”[tiab] OR “midwestern us*”[tiab] OR “midwestern state*”[tiab] OR “midwest state*”[tiab] OR “midwest us*”[tiab] OR “great plains”[tiab] OR “heartland”[tiab] OR “new england”[tiab] OR “northeastern us*”[tiab] OR “northeastern state*”[tiab] OR “northeast state*”[tiab] OR “northeast us*”[tiab] OR “pacific northwest”[tiab] OR “northwestern us*”[tiab] OR “northwest us*”[tiab] OR “northwestern state*”[tiab] OR “northwest state*”[tiab] OR “pacific state*”[tiab] OR “southeast state*”[tiab] OR “southeastern state*”[tiab] OR “southeast region”[tiab] OR “southeastern region”[tiab] OR “southeast us*”[tiab] OR “southeastern us*”[tiab] OR “southern state*”[tiab] OR “southern us*”[tiab] OR “southwest state*”[tiab] OR “southwestern state*”[tiab] OR “southwest us*”[tiab] OR “southwestern us*”[tiab] OR “deep south”[tiab] OR “black belt”[tiab] OR “rust belt”[tiab] OR “district of Columbia”[tiab] OR “Washington dc”[tiab] OR “Alabama”[tiab] OR “Alaska”[tiab] OR “Arizona”[tiab] OR “Arkansas”[tiab] OR “California”[tiab] OR “Colorado”[tiab] OR “Connecticut”[tiab] OR “Delaware”[tiab] OR “Florida”[tiab] OR “Georgia”[tiab] OR “Hawaii”[tiab] OR “Hawai i”[tiab] OR “Idaho”[tiab] OR “Illinois”[tiab] OR “Indiana”[tiab] OR “Iowa”[tiab] OR “Kansas”[tiab] OR “Kentucky”[tiab] OR “Louisiana”[tiab] OR “Maine”[tiab] OR “Maryland”[tiab] OR “Massachusetts”[tiab] OR “Michigan”[tiab] OR “Minnesota”[tiab] OR “Minneapolis”[tiab] OR “Mississippi”[tiab] OR “Missouri”[tiab] OR “Montana”[tiab] OR “Nebraska”[tiab] OR “Nevada”[tiab] OR “New Hampshire”[tiab] OR “New Jersey”[tiab] OR “New Mexico”[tiab] OR “New York”[tiab] OR “North Carolina”[tiab] OR “North Dakota”[tiab] OR “Ohio”[tiab] OR “Oklahoma”[tiab] OR “Oregon”[tiab] OR “Pennsylvania”[tiab] OR “Rhode Island”[tiab] OR “South Carolina”[tiab] OR “South Dakota”[tiab] OR “Tennessee”[tiab] OR “Texas”[tiab] OR “Utah”[tiab] OR “Vermont”[tiab] OR “Virginia”[tiab] OR “Washington”[tiab] OR “West Virginia”[tiab] OR “Wisconsin”[tiab] OR “Wyoming”[tiab] OR america*[tiab] OR "Americas"[Mesh])