Asian Americans: Subgroups, Health Disparities, Interventions, Quizzes of Health sciences

Download Asian Americans: Subgroups, Health Disparities, Interventions and more Quizzes Health sciences in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 How are Asian Americans defined? DEFINITION 1 Persons of Asian ancestry who was born in or immigrated to the United States From far east, southeast asia, and indian subcontinent TERM 2 What is the US distribution of subgroups in this population? DEFINITION 2 17.3 million Asian Americans Chinese 3.8 Million (22%) Filipino 3.2 (18%) Asian Indian 2.8 Vietnamese 1.7 Korean 1.6 Japanese 1.3 (8%) Other 2.9 CFAVKJ TERM 3 What are the demographic factors of Asian Americans and how do they vary by subgroup and other racial/ethnic groups? DEFINITION 3 70% are foreign born over 65% speak foreign language over 100 dialects & languages 35% linguistically isolated TERM 4 Define model minority? DEFINITION 4 Perceived as having more successful adapted to American life having higher income and higher education levels than other minority groups Idea that they do not face health problems, discrimination, and dont need public services TERM 5 How do cancer disparities vary with Asian Americans compared to other racial/ethnic groups? DEFINITION 5 Higher Incidence (per 1000) of: liver cancer (14) stomach cancer (15.9) TERM 6 How do common behavioral risk factors and health conditions vary in this population as compared to other populations? DEFINITION 6 biggest conditions are : hypertension and diabetes mental health weight cholesterol, cancer, and heart disease Language barrierChange of culture (food, cultural lack of doctor visits)-- many people are new to the countryLack of information TERM 7 educational attainment compared to nation DEFINITION 7 higher educational attainment. except for vietnamese who has lower educational attainment TERM 8 income compared to other racial groups DEFINITION 8 higher personal and household incomehighest percent of people who live in a household with 6-figure income TERM 9 What must you take into consideration when developing interventions for these specific populations? DEFINITION 9 high averages make it seems like there is no disparity over a million live under national poverty level assumption that they do not need services, they are healthy, dont experience discrimination high income & education= perception that they are adapted to American society subgroups suffer disproportionately TERM 10 What can be done? DEFINITION 10 disease prevention programs access to health care services partnerships with community and faith-based organization increase monitoring of health-related data