Health Conditions Among Elderly in Latin America

这是来自该大学人口研究中心的研究人员的平行应用 威斯康星大学和马里兰大学。这个应用程序的总体目标是检查模式， 在拉丁语国家内比较框架内的过渡和健康的决定因素 美洲和加勒比地区。这项研究试图对比该地区内部的模式以及与 在美国发现的那些人，特别是墨西哥血统的人，最近利用 收集到的、高质量的、可比较的、截至目前仍未得到充分分析的老年人调查数据。 我们的目标是利用现有的越野数据来确定促进(抑制) 出现健康状况和残疾与明确的决定因素之间的关系，以及 评估在任何一个国家发现的关系的重复性和概括性。 该项目的具体目标是：评估健康状况的概况和决定因素以及 在墨西哥和拉丁美洲七个首都城市(阿根廷， 巴巴多斯、巴西、古巴、智利、墨西哥和乌拉圭)；确定健康和残疾的决定因素 使用横断面数据对比墨西哥人口的健康和残疾状况 与居住在美国的墨西哥人和墨西哥裔人口的相关性；估计 墨西哥和美国的健康状况变化、残疾过渡和死亡率 强调儿童早期状况、患病经历的作用，以及儿童健康的影响 收入和财富。由于它们在该地区的重要性与日俱增，该项目更加注重 仅限于糖尿病和肥胖，并建议估计糖尿病的发病率和持续时间的模型 糖尿病以及与这些疾病相关的健康相关费用。在追求这些目标时 这项研究补充并微调了现有的方法和程序，以帮助解决两个问题： 美国移民中的健康选择，以及评估健康状况的夫妇模型估计 选定的决定因素对健康和死亡率的影响(扣除共同属性)。

This is a parallel application from researchers at the Population Research Centers of the University of Wisconsin and University of Maryland. The overall goal of this application is to examine patterns, transitions, and determinants of health in a comparative framework within countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region. The study seeks to contrast patterns within the region and also with those found in the U.S., in particular with populations of Mexican origin, taking advantage of recently gathered, high- quality, comparable, and as of yet under-analyzed survey data on elderly people. The goal is to exploit the available cross-country data to identify conditions that promote (inhibit) the emergence of relations between health status and disability and well-specified determinants, and to assess how recurrent and generalizable are relations found in any one country. The specific aims of the project are: to estimate profiles and determinants of health status and disability of elderly populations in Mexico, and in seven capital cities of Latin America (Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay); to identify determinants of health and disability status using cross-sectional data to contrast health and disability profiles of populations in Mexico with that of Mexicans and Mexican-origin populations living in the U.S.; to estimate correlates of health status changes, disability transitions and mortality in Mexico and the U.S. with particular emphasis on the role of early childhood conditions, experiences with illness, and on the influence of income and wealth. Because of their increasing importance in the region, the project focuses more narrowly on diabetes and obesity, and proposes to estimate models for incidence and duration of diabetes as well as health-related costs associated with these conditions. In pursuing these goals the study adds to and fine-tunes existing methods and procedures to help address two issues: health selection among immigrants to the U.S., and estimation of couple-models to assess the effects of select determinants on health and mortality net of shared attributes.