Interview language: a proxy measure for acculturation among Asian Americans in a population-based survey.
Interview language: a proxy measure for acculturation among Asian Americans in a population-based survey.
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10.1007/s10903-009-9278-z
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发表时间：
2011-04
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Tsui, Jennifer
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作者：
Lee, Sunghee;Hoang Anh Nguyen;Tsui, Jennifer
我们通过以下文化适应指标检查了亚裔美国人的健康状况和获得护理的机会：出生、在美国生活的百分比、自评英语熟练程度和面试语言，以评估是否有任何指标能更好地区分文化适应。2003年加州健康访谈调查的数据被用来研究4170名美国和外国出生的亚洲人的文化适应指标。我们进行了t检验来比较外国出生和美国出生的亚洲人在人口统计学、健康状况和行为以及获得护理方面的差异，以及外国出生和美国出生的亚洲人群体的不同分类之间的差异。我们的研究结果显示，用英语采访的外国出生的亚洲人比用英语以外的语言采访的外国出生的亚洲人更像在美国出生的亚洲人。与访谈语言相比，通过其他文化适应指标对样本进行二分法显示，被划分群体之间的差异较小。面试语言可以更好地衡量文化适应程度，尤其是在英语水平有限的外国出生人口中。在移民公共卫生研究中，访谈语言可作为健康差异的重要协变量。
We examined health status and access to care among Asian Americans by the following acculturation indicators: nativity, percent lifetime in the US, self-rated English proficiency, and interview language, to assess whether any measure better distinguishes acculturation. Data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey were used to study the sample of 4,170 US-born and foreign-born Asians by acculturation indicators. We performed t-tests to compare differences in demographics, health status and behaviors, and access to care between the foreign-born and US-born Asians, and between various classifications within foreign-born and the US-born Asian group. Our results showed that foreign-born Asians who interviewed in English more closely resembled US-born Asians than foreign-born Asians who interviewed in languages other than English. Compared to interview language, dichotomizing the sample by other acculturation indicators showed smaller differences between the divided groups. Interview language may serve as a better measure for acculturation especially among foreign-born populations with a high proportion of limited English proficiency. In immigrant public health research studies, interview language may be used as an important covariate for health disparities.
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