Siordia Carlos, Ramos Athena K
Center for Aging and Population Studies, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Center for Reducing Health Disparities, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska, NE.
Cent Asian J Glob Health. 2016 Feb 18;4(2):220. doi: 10.5195/cajgh.2015.220. eCollection 2015.
Understanding the disability-poverty relationship among minority groups within the United States (US) populations may help inform interventions aimed at reducing health disparities. Limited information exists on risk factors for disability and poverty among "Central Asians" (immigrants born in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and other Central Asian regions of the former Soviet Union) in the US. The current cross-sectional analysis used information on 6,820 Central Asians to identify risk factors for disability and poverty. Data from the 2009-2013 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) file from the American Community Survey (ACS) indicate that being married, non-Latino-white, and having higher levels of educational attainment are protective against disability and poverty. In contrast, older age, residing in the Middle Atlantic geographic division, and having limited English language ability are risk factors for both disability and poverty. Research should continue to develop risk profiles for understudied immigrant populations. Expanding knowledge on the well-being of Central Asians in the US may help impact public health interventions and inform health policies.
了解美国人群中少数群体的残疾与贫困关系，可能有助于为旨在减少健康差距的干预措施提供信息。关于美国“中亚人”（出生于哈萨克斯坦、乌兹别克斯坦和前苏联其他中亚地区的移民）残疾和贫困风险因素的信息有限。当前的横断面分析利用了6820名中亚人的信息来确定残疾和贫困的风险因素。2009 - 2013年美国社区调查（ACS）公共使用微观数据样本（PUMS）文件的数据表明，已婚、非拉丁裔白人以及较高的教育程度可预防残疾和贫困。相比之下，年龄较大、居住在中大西洋地理分区以及英语能力有限是残疾和贫困的风险因素。研究应继续为研究不足的移民群体制定风险概况。扩大对美国中亚人福祉的了解，可能有助于影响公共卫生干预措施并为卫生政策提供信息。
