Lee Janilla, Chen Judy, Deng Lili, Parasurama Prasanna
J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Feb;17(1):1-6.
There is little information about Asian American health in Michigan. This highlights an urgent need to collect their health data to understand and help this fastest growing ethnic group live healthier lives and reduce health disparities. Data for about 300 individuals attending two major health fairs were collected to study older Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants. The analyses show that they have high prevalence rates of hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes, even though their body mass index is relatively low. The report of these analyses is a starting point to understand the study groups. Such data can help health care providers give sound advice to their patients and allow those of us in public health to design proper health programs that may benefit them. But more data is needed to include major Asian ethnic groups and identify common health concerns among all Asian Americans.
在密歇根州，关于亚裔美国人健康状况的信息很少。这凸显了迫切需要收集他们的健康数据，以了解并帮助这个增长最快的种族群体过上更健康的生活，减少健康差距。为了研究年长的中国和越南移民，收集了约300名参加两场大型健康博览会的个人的数据。分析表明，尽管他们的身体质量指数相对较低，但高血压、高胆固醇和糖尿病的患病率却很高。这些分析报告是了解研究群体的一个起点。这样的数据可以帮助医疗保健提供者为患者提供合理的建议，并让我们这些从事公共卫生工作的人设计出可能使他们受益的适当健康项目。但还需要更多数据，以纳入主要的亚裔种族群体，并确定所有亚裔美国人共同的健康问题。
