Self-Rated Health among Hispanic vs Non-Hispanic White Adults: The San Luis Valley Health and Aging Study.

Autor:	Shetterly, Susan M., Baxter, Judith, Mason, Lynn D., Hamman, Richard F.
Předmět:	HEALTH ETHNICITY HEALTH status indicators HISPANIC Americans ETHNIC groups SOCIOECONOMIC factors
Zdroj:	American Journal of Public Health; Dec1996, Vol. 86 Issue 12, p1798-1801, 4p, 3 Charts
Abstrakt:	Objectives. This study investigated whether objective health indicators explained lower self-rated health among Hispanics compared with non-Hispanic Whites. It also considered socioeconomic and cultural explanations. Methods. Health ratings of 429 Hispanics and 583 non-Hispanic Whites aged 20 through 74 were analyzed with logistic regression. Results. Illness indicators were found to be strongly correlated with self-rated health in both ethnic groups, but after such markers were controlled for, Hispanics remained 3.6 times more likely to report fair or poor health (95% confidence interval = 2.4, 5.3). Adjustment for socioeconomic factors accounted for a portion of Hispanics' lower health rating, but the strongest explanatory factor was acculturation. Conclusions. Because of cultural and economic influences on definitions of health, ethnic differences in self-assessed health may not accurately reflected patterns resulting from objective health measurements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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