Johnson K W, Anderson N B, Bastida E, Kramer B J, Williams D, Wong M
Behavioral and Social Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9205, USA.
Health Psychol. 1995 Dec;14(7):601-12. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.14.7.601.
Ethnic minority populations show patterns of health, health care use, and mortality that differ from the overall U.S. population. Each of the broad groups of minorities (Asian Hispanic, Native, and African Americans) has a unique background of sociocultural factors that influence these patterns. Thus, the larger social environment for ethnic populations, including political, environmental, historical, and economic factors, is a major variable in possible health outcomes. The individual portions in this panel report of the conference seek to identify such factors for each ethnic group and to suggest those macrosocial influences that are most important for observed health effects.
少数族裔群体的健康状况、医疗保健使用情况和死亡率模式与美国总体人口不同。每一个主要的少数族裔群体（亚裔、西班牙裔、原住民和非裔美国人）都有独特的社会文化因素背景，这些因素会影响这些模式。因此，少数族裔群体所处的更大社会环境，包括政治、环境、历史和经济因素，是可能影响健康结果的一个主要变量。本次会议专题报告中的各个部分旨在为每个族裔群体确定此类因素，并指出那些对观察到的健康影响最为重要的宏观社会影响因素。
