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纽约州美国印第安老年人的残疾状况与社会支持及文化归属之间的关联

Association Between Disability and Social Support and Cultural Affiliation Among American Indian Older Adults in New York State.

作者信息

Begum Thoin F, Morse Gayle, Carpenter David O, Byrne Samuel C, Buchwald Dedra

机构信息

Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY, 12144, USA.

Psychology Department-CCP, Russell Sage College, School of Health Sciences, 408 Gurley Hall, 65 1 st Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.

出版信息

J Community Health. 2025 May 10. doi: 10.1007/s10900-025-01471-9.

Abstract

Although American Indian and Alaska Native people make up less than 2% of the US population, they are disproportionally affected by adverse health outcomes, including disabilities. The Indigenous community of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne has faced significant environmental contamination since the 1970s, resulting from operations of three aluminum foundries near the community. The aim of this study was to explore the potentially moderating effects of social support and cultural identity on disability, taking into account age, sex, and health comorbidities among 119 Akwesasne Mohawk adults. We used the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHO-DAS II) to measure disability, the Duke University Social Support Scale with Likert-type responses to quantify social support, and the Orthogonal Ethnic Identification Scale to calculate cultural affiliation. We found that overall social support was significantly negatively associated with disability related to self-care (Relative Risk (RR) = 0.96, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.93, 1.00). Both family support (RR = 0.97, 95% CI: 0.94, 0.99) and non-family support (RR = 0.97, 95% CI: 0.94, 1.00) were negatively associated with disabilities that prevent full participation in society. Cultural affiliation to either the white culture or the Mohawk culture was not significantly associated with disability. Although preliminary, our findings may help inform clinicians advising American Indians and Alaska Natives with disabilities on helpful interventions to provide greater social support. This may in turn improve the quality of life of indigenous communities facing a high prevalence of disability.

摘要

尽管美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民在美国人口中所占比例不到2%,但他们受到包括残疾在内的不良健康结果的影响却不成比例。自20世纪70年代以来,阿克瓦斯奈莫霍克族的原住民社区一直面临着严重的环境污染,这是由社区附近三家铝厂的运营造成的。本研究的目的是探讨社会支持和文化认同对残疾的潜在调节作用,同时考虑119名阿克瓦斯奈莫霍克族成年人的年龄、性别和健康合并症。我们使用世界卫生组织残疾评定量表第二版(WHO-DAS II)来测量残疾,使用杜克大学社会支持量表(采用李克特式回答)来量化社会支持,并使用正交种族认同量表来计算文化归属。我们发现,总体社会支持与自我护理相关的残疾显著负相关(相对风险(RR)=0.96,95%置信区间(CI):0.93,1.00)。家庭支持(RR=0.97,95%CI:0.94,0.99)和非家庭支持(RR=0.97,95%CI:0.94,1.00)均与妨碍充分参与社会的残疾负相关。与白人文化或莫霍克文化的文化归属与残疾无显著关联。尽管是初步研究,但我们的发现可能有助于为临床医生提供参考,以便他们为残疾的美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民提供有益的干预措施,以提供更多社会支持。这反过来可能会改善面临高残疾率的原住民社区的生活质量。

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