Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University Medical School, #309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, Korea.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Dec;15(6):1073-81. doi: 10.1007/s10903-012-9706-3.
Few studies have compared health behaviors of Koreans in their home country and Korean Americans. Using 2009 data from the Community Health Survey (South Korea) and the California Health Interview Survey (USA), we compared native Koreans and Korean Americans, grouped by level of acculturation, on prevalence of specific health behaviors and self-rated health, and conducted multiple logistic regression comparing the odds of these behaviors among the groups adjusted for demographic variables. While Korean Americans exhibit healthier behaviors than Koreans in some areas (e.g., reduced smoking and binge drinking in men, increased utilization of flu vaccinations), we also identified problem behaviors (e.g., increased body weight in Korean American men, uptake of alcohol drinking and smoking among Korean American women). Findings support the critical need for health promotion programs addressing these health behaviors to prevent future health problems among Korean Americans.
很少有研究比较过韩国国内和美国韩裔的健康行为。本研究使用了 2009 年来自社区健康调查（韩国）和加利福尼亚健康访谈调查（美国）的数据，我们比较了具有不同文化适应程度的本土韩国人和美国韩裔，在特定健康行为和自评健康的流行率方面的差异，并针对人口统计学变量对这些组之间的行为可能性进行了多变量逻辑回归比较。尽管美国韩裔在某些方面表现出比韩国人更健康的行为（例如，男性吸烟和狂饮减少，流感疫苗接种增加），但我们也发现了一些问题行为（例如，美国韩裔男性体重增加，美国韩裔女性饮酒和吸烟增加）。这些发现支持了制定健康促进计划以解决这些健康行为的迫切需要，以预防美国韩裔未来的健康问题。
