Kuerban Aliya
Nursing Division, Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave, Rockville Centre, NY, 11571, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2016 Feb;18(1):94-101. doi: 10.1007/s10903-014-0155-z.
Healthy migrant effect (HME) of immigrants has been evidenced in various heath aspects. However, few studies have explored the applicability of HME on Asian immigrants' health risk behavior-smoking. This study used three waves of Current Population Survey-Tobacco Use Supplement data, 1998-1999, 2005-2006, and 2010-2011, to compare the rates of being a current smoker among Asian immigrants and United States born citizens. Further, the odds ratios of gender, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, years of migration, and citizenship status on the likelihood of being a current smoker were examined. Across the three waves, Asian immigrants smoked at a much lower rate than their native-born counterparts. The gender gap of being a current smoker was much wider among Asian immigrants. The longer the Asian immigrants stayed in the United States, the more likely they were to become current smokers. These data confirmed the association of HME and Asian immigrants' smoking behavior, and also provided strong evidence of the importance of smoking prevention among Asian immigrants. This study also implied the possibility of a decline in the effectiveness of HME on Asian immigrants as the time they spent in the United States increased.
移民的健康移民效应（HME）已在各个健康方面得到证实。然而，很少有研究探讨HME在亚洲移民健康风险行为——吸烟方面的适用性。本研究使用了1998 - 1999年、2005 - 2006年和2010 - 2011年三轮当前人口调查——烟草使用补充数据，比较亚洲移民和美国本土出生公民中当前吸烟者的比例。此外，还研究了性别、年龄、婚姻状况、社会经济地位、移民年限和公民身份状况对当前吸烟可能性的比值比。在这三轮调查中，亚洲移民的吸烟率远低于本土出生的同龄人。亚洲移民中当前吸烟者的性别差距要大得多。亚洲移民在美国停留的时间越长，就越有可能成为当前吸烟者。这些数据证实了HME与亚洲移民吸烟行为之间的关联，也为亚洲移民中预防吸烟的重要性提供了有力证据。这项研究还暗示，随着亚洲移民在美国停留时间的增加，HME对他们的有效性可能会下降。
