Barriers Contributing to Health Disparities among Latinos in the United States.Increasing ethnic diversity in the United States brings new challenges to many fields, including public health. Health care is a salient issue for many Americans, yet many ethnic minorities, immigrants, and people of low ...
The symposium explores connections between aging and health such as longevity, cognition, disability, and wellbeing in the context of Latin America, aiming to shed light on health-related dimensions and disparities among older Latinos. Using data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging, Gomes...
Health disparities in Chinese Americans with hypertension: A review Hypertension is a leading risk factor for stroke and cardiovascular disease in the United States. Chinese Americans have poorer control of high blood press... ML Chen,J Hu - 《International Journal of Nursing Sciences》 被引量: ...
The Hispanic/Latino population is the largest minority group in the USA. Research has documented health disadvantages of undocumented Latinos/Hispanics compared to their documented counterparts. The economic and social conditions that influence immigrant health may operate differently for undocumented immigrants...
Uninsurance among Latinos leads to health disparitiesExplains that a significant number of Hispanics in the United States are uninsured. Health disparities cause by uninsurance of Hispanics; Highlights on...
in 1986 [6]. For example, Latinos of Mexican origin have a 0.60 hazard ratio for mortality compared to non-Latino whites [7]. Other research shows similar large differences in health outcomes between Hispanic and white non-Hispanic persons [8–23]. There is evidence that living in primarily...
for racial and ethnic minority researchers as well as greater minority representation within the health care workforce. These individuals can serve as a liaison between medicine and the minority communities. Health and health disparities likely are entrenched in larger historical, geographic, sociocultural...
Health risk factors in the U.S. Racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S. U.S. mental health issues Hispanic population in the U.S. Hispanic media in the U.S. Key figures Select health problems Percentage of Hispanics with current asthma Share of Latinos in California wh...
Latinos in Rural Areas: Addressing Mental Health Disparities in New Growth Communities Although many communities fail to provide adequate mental health support for immigrants, the problem is particularly evident in rural areas. In these areas, access barriers—geographic isolation, the lack of public tr...
Indigenous peoples around the world face significant health disparities relative to the dominant groups in their countries, yet the magnitude and patterns