AGING AND HEALTH STATUS AMONG BLACK AND WHITE ADULTS

描述(改编自调查人员摘要)：本研究旨在 检查白人和非裔美国人身体健康状况的变化 成年人使用两项具有全国代表性的小组研究。它是广泛存在的 知道非裔美国人比白人有更多的健康问题 正如大多数发病率和死亡率指标所显示的那样。这项研究 调查黑人和白人成年人在健康方面的种族差异，并 试图找出健康状况更快下降的机制。 分析中使用的两项调查是：(1)国民健康和 营养检查调查I：流行病学随访研究和 (2)美国人改变生活(ACL)。NHEFS跟踪6931名20岁以上的成年人 而ACL跟踪调查了3617名成年人超过2.5年；这两项调查都包含 广泛的健康信息。前瞻性研究设计用于 评估黑人和白人男性和女性的健康轨迹。特定的 目标是： (1)比较黑人和白人受试者在过去一年中健康状况的变化 合并了选择偏向模型的小组研究的持续时间(例如， Heckman)来解释自然减员。(2)考察社会经济因素的作用 在黑人和白人成年人中维护健康的资源，特别是 注意种族和社会经济变量之间的相互作用。 (3)调查宗教是否影响黑人和白人的健康 成年人。(4)黑人和白人NHEFS受试者死亡风险模型 二十年的时间。 来自NHEFS的数据将用于目标1、2和4，而来自 ACL将用于目标1、2和3。这些调查提供了科学的 具有迄今无法获得的了解健康的信息的社区 黑人和白人成年后和晚年生活的轨迹。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Investigator's abstract): This study is designed to examine change in physical health status among White and African-American adults using two nationally representative panel studies. It is widely known that African-Americans have more health problems than White Americans as manifested on most indicators of morbidity and mortality. This research examines the racial disparity in health between Black and White adults and seeks to identify the mechanisms of more rapid health declines. The two surveys used in the analysis are: (1) The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I: Epidemiological Follow-up Study (NHEFS) and (2) Americans' Changing Lives (ACL). NHEFS follows 6,931 adults over 20 years while ACL follows 3,617 adults over 2.5 years; both surveys contain extensive health information. A prospective research design is used to evaluate health trajectories among Black and White men and women. Specific aims are to: (1) Compare changes in health status among Black and White subjects over the duration of the panel studies incorporating selection bias models (e.g., Heckman) to account for attrition. (2) Examine the role of socioeconomic resources for maintaining health among Black and White adults, with special attention given to interactions between race and socioeconomic variables. (3) Investigate whether religion influences health for Black and White adults. (4) Model mortality risk for Black and White NHEFS subjects over the twenty year period. Data from the NHEFS will be used for aims 1,2, and 4, while data from the ACL will be used for aims 1,2, and 3. These surveys provide the scientific community with hitherto unavailable information for understanding health trajectories in adulthood and later life among Black and White persons.