Health Advantages of Ethnic Density for African American and Mexican American Elderly Individuals

被引：19

作者：

Alvarez, Kimberly J. ^{[1
]}

Levy, Becca R. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Yale Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Chron Dis Epidemiol, New Haven, CT USA

[2] Yale Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Social & Behav Sci Div, New Haven, CT USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2012年 / 102卷 / 12期

关键词：

NEIGHBORHOOD COMPOSITION; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; RACIAL DISPARITIES; UNITED-STATES; US BLACK; SEGREGATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES; POVERTY; CANCER;

D O I：

10.2105/AJPH.2012.300787

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Research suggests that greater ethnic density correlates with worse health among African Americans but better health among Hispanic Americans. These conflicting patterns may arise from Hispanic American samples being older than African American samples. We found that among 2367 Mexican American and 2790 African American participants older than 65 years, ethnic density predicted lower rates of cardiovascular disease and cancer, adjusting for covariates, showing that the health benefits of ethnic density apply to both minority communities. (Am J Public Health. 2012;102:2240-2242. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300787)

引用

页码：2240 / 2242

页数：3

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