Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Children's Health Center, San Francisco, California.
J Emerg Med. 2022 Feb;62(2):264-274. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.10.015. Epub 2022 Jan 10.
Political rhetoric from the former U.S. president influences Latinx adults' feelings of safety and their decisions to seek care in the emergency department (ED).
Our aim was to examine the impact of political rhetoric on feelings of safety and health care access in the pediatric population.
This was a cross-sectional study of undocumented Latinx families (ULF), Latinx U.S. citizen families (LCF), and non-Latinx U.S. citizen families (NLF) conducted from November 2018 through February 2020 by means of interviewing a convenience sample of parents and guardians who brought their child to a pediatric clinic and two EDs in California.
Of 705 parents approached, 449 (63.7%) agreed to participate: 138 ULF, 150 LCF, and 158 NLF. Most ULF (95%), LCF (88%), and NLF (78%) parents and guardians had heard anti-immigrant statements from the former U.S. president and most (94% ULF, 90% LCF, 86% NLF) believed these measures against immigrants were being enacted or will be enacted. More ULF (75%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 67-81%) reported that these statements made them concerned about their child's safety in the United States compared with 36% (95% CI 28-45%) and 34% (95% CI 26-43%) of LCF and NLF, respectively. More ULF 17% (95% CI 11-24%) said that these statements made them afraid to bring their child for medical care, compared with 5% (95% CI 2-10%) and 3% (95% CI 1-7%) of LCF and NLF, respectively.
Most parents heard statements against undocumented immigrants by the former U.S. president and most believed measures were being enacted. This rhetoric had a substantial negative impact on ULF parents in terms of safety concerns for their child and fear of accessing health care.
美国前总统的政治言论影响了拉丁裔成年人的安全感，并影响了他们是否选择前往急诊室就诊。
本研究旨在探讨政治言论对儿科人群的安全感和医疗保健获取的影响。
这是一项于 2018 年 11 月至 2020 年 2 月期间开展的横断面研究，通过采访加利福尼亚州一家儿科诊所和两家急诊室的便利样本家长和监护人，纳入了无证拉丁裔家庭（ULF）、拉丁裔美国公民家庭（LCF）和非拉丁裔美国公民家庭（NLF）。
在接触的 705 位家长中，有 449 位（63.7%）同意参与：138 位 ULF、150 位 LCF 和 158 位 NLF。大多数 ULF（95%）、LCF（88%）和 NLF（78%）的家长和监护人都听说过美国前总统的反移民言论，并且大多数人（94% ULF、90% LCF、86% NLF）认为针对移民的这些措施正在实施或即将实施。与 LCF（36%，95%置信区间[CI]28-45%）和 NLF（34%，95%CI26-43%）相比，更多的 ULF（75%，95%CI67-81%）表示这些言论使他们担心孩子在美国的安全。与 LCF（5%，95%CI2-10%）和 NLF（3%，95%CI1-7%）相比，更多的 ULF（17%，95%CI11-24%）表示这些言论使他们不敢带孩子就医。
大多数家长都听过美国前总统针对无证移民的言论，并且大多数人都相信正在实施针对移民的措施。这种言论对 ULF 父母产生了重大负面影响，他们对孩子的安全感到担忧，并担心获得医疗保健。
