University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
J Aging Health. 2013 Apr;25(3):510-31. doi: 10.1177/0898264313478653.
We examined the contribution of socioeconomic disadvantage and traumatic life events to ethnic disparities in disability among Israeli adults.
We used data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE-Israel), a sample of Israeli adults aged 50 or older (N = 1,546). Disability measures included functional limitations, limitations in activities of daily living (ADL), and limitations in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).
Arabs and immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) experienced higher rates of functional limitations and limitations in IADLs compared to veteran Jews. The rate of having limitations in ADLs was similar for Arabs and veteran Jews, but was higher for FSU immigrants compared to veteran Jews. Inclusion of education, income, and traumatic life events attenuated, but did not eliminate ethnic disparities in disability.
Identifying factors driving ethnic health disparities in Israel is imperative if we hope to achieve health equity.
我们考察了社会经济劣势和创伤性生活事件对以色列成年人残疾中种族差异的影响。
我们使用了来自欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查（SHARE-Israel）的数据，该数据是以色列年龄在 50 岁或以上的成年人的样本（N=1546）。残疾测量包括功能限制、日常生活活动（ADL）限制和工具性日常生活活动（IADL）限制。
与犹太裔退伍军人相比，阿拉伯人和前苏联（FSU）移民的功能限制和 IADL 限制率更高。阿拉伯人和犹太裔退伍军人的 ADL 限制率相似，但 FSU 移民的这一比例高于犹太裔退伍军人。纳入教育、收入和创伤性生活事件后，残疾方面的种族差异有所减弱，但并未消除。
如果我们希望实现健康公平，那么确定导致以色列种族健康差异的因素至关重要。
