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Integration of the Filipino culture in the health care interventions of Filipino Americans can be useful in improving participation and health outcomes. Tailoring health screening recruitment strategies, educational materials that build on existing values, and employing Filipino staff who reflect the population have been seen to improve ...
The subgroup of Filipino Americans suffer health risks similar to that of African Americans and European Americans combined. [46] According to the NIH, African Americans are more likely to develop diabetes. Usually, type 2 diabetes is more prominent in middle-aged adults. Being obese or having a family history can also affect this.
Many undocumented immigrants delay or do not get necessary health care, which is related to their barriers to health insurance coverage. [7]According to study conducted using data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey, of the Mexicans and other Latinos surveyed, undocumented immigrants had the lowest rates of health insurance and healthcare usage and were the youngest in age overall ...
A study calls into question the Latino Epidemiological Paradox, since it found that Latinos have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease than non-Hispanic whites. Idea of superior Latino ...
The number of Latinos 65 and older will more than double in 40 years, putting a focus on wealth, healthcare and housing disparities that need to be addressed. Tackling Latino health, caregiving ...
More than 1.8 million Latino children lacked health coverage as of 2019, five times more than in 2016.
Research with Filipino Americans has demonstrated that first-generation immigrants had lower levels of depressive symptoms than subsequent, US-born generations. [19] First-generation Mexican immigrants to the United States were found to have lower incidences of mood disorders and substance use than their bicultural or subsequent generation counterparts.
Health disparities refer to gaps in the quality of health and health care across racial and ethnic groups. [13] The US Health Resources and Services Administration defines health disparities as "population-specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcomes, or access to health care". [14]