Ability of Ethnic Self-Identification to Partition Modifiable Health Risk Among US Residents of Mexican Ancestry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11024663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven D Barger (0000-0002-8296-0974, Steven D. Barger is with the Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. Linda C. Gallo is with the Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego.), Linda Gallo (0000-0002-3678-5888, Steven D. Barger is with the Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. Linda C. Gallo is with the Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego.), Linda C Gallo |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1971-1978 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2007.122754 |
| PMID | 18799775 |
| PMCID | PMC2636433 |
| OpenAlex | W2086557495 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 48 |
Objectives. We examined the relationship between ethnic self-identification and the partitioning of health risk within a Mexican American population. Methods. We combined data from the 2000 to 2002 National Health Interview Surveys to obtain a large (N = 10 044) sample of US residents of Mexican ancestry. We evaluated health risk, defined as self-reported current smoking, overweight, and obesity, and compared the predictive strength of health risk correlates across self-identified Mexican and Mexican American participants. Results. Self-identified Mexican participants were less likely to smoke (odds ratio [OR] = 0.70; 95% confidence interval[CI] = 0.60, 0.83; P Conclusions. US residents of Mexican ancestry showed substantial within-group differences in health risk and risk correlates. Ethnic self-identification is a promising strategy to clarify differential risk and may help resolve apparent discrepancies in health risk correlates in this literature
Body mass index · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Health equity · Obesity · Odds ratio · Overweight · Population · Public health · Self-rated health · Socioeconomic status · Demography · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 0.68 |
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| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |